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Putting P4 in dim 8300
I want to put a 3.4 ghz P4 in a Dell Dim 8300, 800 mhz fsb. The dell was bought in May 2004. Will a P4 3.4 ghz, 512mb cache, 800 mhz work? I already have the chip.
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I want to put a 3.4 ghz P4 in a Dell Dim 8300, 800 mhz fsb. The dell was bought in May 2004. Will a P4 3.4 ghz, 512mb cache, 800 mhz work? I already have the chip.
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January 25th, 2011 21:00
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The 8300 should take most of the socket 478 CPUs. The early 8300 systems are limited to 2.8 GHz, but the ones built in late 2003, can take the faster processors, with a BIOS upgrade to version A07.
A Socket 478, P4 3.4GHz processor will only work, if your 8300 was built after December 2003 and with a BIOS upgrade to version A07, if it was built prior to that, the 3.4GHz processor would clock down to 2.8GHz..
Bev.