As you are able to see by my System Specs I currently have a Phenom X4 925 (Deneb) in my wks. My Mobo manufacturer released a BIOS update according to which I should be able to upgrade the CPU to X61100T (Thuban). Ref.
Will W7 survive?
I realise the new HAL should be able to handle it, but nothing wrong in checking it out.
You will need to do a fresh install. I upgraded all parts myself the other day. But just install over the previous installation and then run Microsoft fix it to recover files from Windows.Old
My Computer
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHzCorsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHzMSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz
Motherboard
Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12
PSU
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts)
nah, on most occasions a reinstall will not be needed. be sure to uninstall all the old GPU drivers and sound drivers as well as IDE Drivers and you should be all set to go. on older hardware you might need a reinstall.. hal versions are only for multiple and single core as well as x86 and x64 cpus. anything above one core is considered multiple cores and whether there are 2 or 56 cores, the Hal versions is the same.
even though I wouldn't recommend doing that, it is possible. doing a fresh install feels soo... fresh anyways!
My Computer
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Windows 7 Professinal x64Intel Core 2 Duo T93008GB DDR2 1066MHZ (4.5GB/s Bandwidth)nVidia Quadro NVS 135M
Well, I am pretty sure that W7 will survive, if it comes to cores alone, but you forget the differencies in CPU architecture. I have been around since Palomino/Duron/Thunderbird and Athlon so I have lots of experience with this (anyone remember SuperSeven Asus KT133 mainboards, well i had many of them covered...CONRAM : ASUSA7V : INDEX , site is a bit broken).
Again, its not so much the cores, but the architecture, that may mess up your Windows. IMO.
If it's simply a CPU upgrade, Windows will most likely survive and detect the new CPU at the first boot and then you'll probably need to do a reboot and it will be fine from there. If you're also upgrading the motherboard, it's a toss up.
My Computer
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1Intel Core i3 530 2.93 Ghz Clarkdale4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC12800) Low Voltage Desk...Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1 GB of RAM
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3 530 2.93 Ghz Clarkdale
Motherboard
ASRock P55 PRO/USB3 LGA 1156
Memory
4 GB OCZ DDR3 1600 (PC12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti with 1 GB of RAM
Sound Card
Realtek HD ALC892
Monitor(s) Displays
20'' eMachines E202HDbmd Glare Panel Widescreen
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black Edition (7200 RPM) SATA
Hitachi Deskstar 500 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
Samsung SpinPoint 400 GB (7200 RPM) SATA
PSU
Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-D-B ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V (750W)
Windows will run on anything x86 as long as the windows version is x86. changing cpus is not a problem as long as you have the proper OS architecture type that supports it as well as the corresponding supporting CPU. Whether it is a 400mhz Celeron X86 or a Core i7, Windows X86 doesn't care. (minus the motherboard differences.. that would be crazy lol)
Windows 7 X86 = Pretty much any x86 AND x64 CPU
Windows 7 X64 = Any x64 CPU only
IA x86 and x64 are different.. but we aren't referring to or using any of those.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Professinal x64Intel Core 2 Duo T93008GB DDR2 1066MHZ (4.5GB/s Bandwidth)nVidia Quadro NVS 135M
