new mobo

"S.Heenan" <sheenan.RemoveThis@wahs.ac> wrote in message
news:nInXd.612547$8l.310950@pd7tw1no...
 > rbowes wrote:
  >> I am planning to buy a new mobo, so that i can get a pci-e video card.
  >> I want to use the processor i already have. I'd like to know how hard
  >> is it to take out the processor and put it in a new mobo, and what do
  >> i have to do? Also, will there be any problems putting the old ram
  >> into the new mobo? Do i need a new fan, heatsink thing?
  >>
  >> Oh ya and the processor is a P4 2.8Ghz 533fsb
 >
 > It might be a little tough getting a socket 478 processor in a socket 775.
 > IOW, only socket 775 supports PCI-Express.
 >
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 > "Even a broken clock is going to be once twice a day." - Jedidiah in
 > cola
 >
 >

Heres 2 of them. They are out of stock at newegg but could probably be found
elseware. <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Clob wrote:
 > "S.Heenan" <sheenan.TakeThisOut@wahs.ac> wrote in message
 > news:nInXd.612547$8l.310950@pd7tw1no...
  >> rbowes wrote:
   >>> I am planning to buy a new mobo, so that i can get a pci-e video
   >>> card. I want to use the processor i already have. I'd like to know
   >>> how hard is it to take out the processor and put it in a new mobo,
   >>> and what do i have to do? Also, will there be any problems putting
   >>> the old ram into the new mobo? Do i need a new fan, heatsink thing?
   >>>
   >>> Oh ya and the processor is a P4 2.8Ghz 533fsb
  >>
  >> It might be a little tough getting a socket 478 processor in a
  >> socket 775. IOW, only socket 775 supports PCI-Express.
  >>
  >> --
  >> "Even a broken clock is going to be once twice a day." - Jedidiah in
  >> cola
  >>
  >>
 >
 > Heres 2 of them. They are out of stock at newegg but could probably
 > be found elseware.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1</font" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1</font</a>>

If you mean the ECS board(s), I don't consider them to be anything more than
paperweights.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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