Changing my E2160 for E2160

[Eric Tardes]

Hi ,

I'm thinking about changing my E2160(L2 stepping) for E2160(M0 stepping), because I can't get a stable overclock past 2.4GHz.

My question is, should I reinstall my OS( Win Xp Pro 32bit) when I make the change, or will everything work without any problems?

Thanks for the reply.

 

[badge]

Hi ,

I'm thinking about changing my E2160(L2 stepping) for E2160(M0 stepping), because I can't get a stable overclock past 2.4GHz.

My question is, should I reinstall my OS( Win Xp Pro 32bit) when I make the change, or will everything work without any problems?

Thanks for the reply.

will everything work without any problems?

Should work fine, no reinstall of OS needed.

 

[Eric Tardes]

Thanks for the reply.

Hope this one overclocks to 3GHz .

 

[review_benchmark_hun]

There's no need to re-install the OS.

I once upgraded my motherboard and cpu just like that, and it booted up just fine.

 

[Eric Tardes]

Thanks.

This evening I made the switch, and my new CPU just flies @ 3000 MHz .

Adn everything runs without any problem.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

I agree, no need to reinstall the OS.

 

[Mondoman]

Unless, of course, the instability of your previous system led to corruption of the OS and/or other files. As long as you didn't run Windows under the unstable conditions for a number of hours, you should be OK.

 

[husky mctarflash]

I agree with all the above in principle. However, Mondoman's post carries the day.

I got a 2180 last month (functional equivalent to your 2160 for OCing, minus one multiple). I am stable at 3.2, with 400 x 8, 1:1 memory, and 1.385V.

I got it to that without reinstalling Windows. But it wasn't stable. After about 3 days of grief, reinstalling Windows with a complete HD reformat did the trick. On multiple occasions, regardless of the "issue", I found that a complete reinstall solved most problems. It is a complete pain in the arse, but you will waste hour upon hour of trying to avoid the reinstall, only to realize that is the only remaining solution.

Good luck!

 

[Eric Tardes]

I will do extensive benchmarking today,but I think it's stable.
Thank you for the advice.
Btw I tried reinstalling Win when I was unable to OC my CPU beyond 2.4GHz, but unsuccessfully due to CPUs' bad OC potential.
But it's all in the past now .