Jim,
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>I must say, though, that a $25. or so fee for someone who knows what s/he's doing sounds much wiser to me. I think I'll update the BIOS sometime soon, then get the place I buy the CPU to do the install.

What are you planning to do with your old CPU ? Before you sell it on ebay or worse - let it collect dust - give it up instead of a fee. It should still be worth more than $25 - the vendor can verify it runs ok, eliminating much of the uncertainy factor dropping prices on ebay. MOst of the time vendor has an old MoBo just waiting...

my 0.02 EUR

thomas