Asus A7V8X MX SE, AMD 2500 and 3200 processors

danford1

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I have an ASUS A7V8X MX SE board and AMD 2500 processor, stock heat sink and fan.
My MB specs are here. http://dlsvr.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/so...7v8x-mx_se.pdf
It says I can use up to a AMD Athylon 3200.
Can I simply unplug my 2500 chip and plug in a 3200 chip?
Do I have to do any set up or tweaks to the bios or anything?
Is this as simple as it sounds , unplug and plug in another one?

Thanks.
Danford1

PS I thought of overclocking the 2500, but never did it. In the future, I may over clock the 3200 if my MB can take it.
 

Tyreman

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Just get 2 512 sticks of GOOD ddr 400 ram and then clock the barton 2500
get the most recent bios to 1st.
daughters is running this way for years.
lists the cpu the larger one.