>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.
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>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...

A great idea, Thomas. It was only going to collect dust, so If I can get a free install out of it I'm ahead on the game.

cheers
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>my 0.02 EUR
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>thomas