Dylan C wrote:
Even if you get the machine to power up, windows might have issues
with just "dropping in" a dual core cpu. You might have to do an
installation repair to get windows to install the SMP kernel.

-Dylan C

I replaced a 3000+ XP 64 by a 4800+ X2, after upgrading the BIOS, and Win XP
loaded the multiprocessor HAL without reinstallation.

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