dumb question of the day?

[miceormen]

When i install my new q6600 that i just ordered from ocuk

Can i just drop it in and windows will instantly recognise that I have an awesome new quad core or will it shrivel and die in a series of bsods?

See what i mean by the dumb question.

 

[miceormen]

How might you clear the cmos on a ds3r?

: )

 

[miceormen]

No need to reformat with a new CPU.

Just clear the CMOS (it'll be a set of jumpers beside the battery) and select the Load Optimized Defaults upon entering the BIOS. Windows will probably reinstall the CPU drivers automatically on first boot, and after a restart everything should be hunky-dory.

thankyou sir for reassuring my aspirations of lazyness.

spent the last two days revising for my exam this morning. q6600 is my treat to myself lol don't want to be ******* about with reformats tbh.

 

[miceormen]

Right, found my cmos jumper, funnily enough labelled on the mobo as 'cmos clr'

What do i need to attach to it and then do in order to clear said cmos?

cancelled q6600 btw. went and picked up an e8400 instead. *hides*

 

[miceormen]

right then. being the lazy git i am i didnt clear the cmos at all, couldnt get the battery out cos my gts is in the way (and ******** to trying to manouvre that thing out of the case after the blood sweat and tears it took to get in) and i forgot to use the butter knife. doh.

but up and running now. all i needed to do was convince the bios that in actual fact it should be running at 3.0ghz (not 2.07? - changed multiplier to 9, upped fsb to 334 + correct memory timings)

I could get used to this 3ghz stuff.

thanks guys