Swapping the mainboard and CPU out... what do I need to know?

[Steve]

Senectus . wrote:
> I cooked my CPU this morning :-( so I'm swapping the mainboard and CPU
> out from an A7n8x Asus (nforce2 chipset) and AMD Barton core 2800+,
> over to an Asus A8v-MX (via K8M800 chipset) and AMD 64 3200+
> Processor. Am I going to be able to do this without formatting and
> reinstalling everything?
> 
> Is there any doco or procedure for a trick like this?

You might want to google for some pointers, but basically it is very 
straightforward. Remember to ground yourself. Make note of where all 
cables and connectors are on the existing board. Some of the more tricky 
ones are the several small connectors from the motherboard to the 
chassis items such as the power button, drive light indicators etc. 
Going from Asus to Asus should be pretty similar if not identical though.

As far as the operating system, everything should boot up just fine. As 
you're upgrading to AMD64, however, eventually you'll probably want to 
upgrade your Ubuntu kernel to the AMD64 variant someday.

Good luck!

-Steve.
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