Celeron 333MHz replace/upgrade???

Hi - I am a complete novice at this -- I am a teacher and my computer at
school has a fried CPU - it is an Intel Celeron 333MHz MMX with 66MHz Bus.
It would seem to me that just getting a new one and plugging it in would be
the easiest thing to do -- is it in fact as easy as this? If I find a chip
on Ebay or something, can I just swap it out?

Also, is there an easy upgrade I can do? What I mean to ask is that is
there a chip that I can purchase that I could still just plug right in?

Thanks for any information you can help me with!

Bill

Bill Berris

How did you diagnose the problem to be a "fried CPU"? (Wouldn't want you to
spend the money and NOT solve the problem.) If it is, 66MHz CPUs are out of
production, so you'll probably pay a premium and you do need to know if the
Celeron needs to be a Slot 1 processor or a socket 370 processor. Ideally,
you know the brand and model of your motherboard and the type of RAM in your
system. Look up the specs on your motherboard (chances are it'll take CPUs
with a FSB of 100MHz and 133MHz as well) and hopefully your PC is derating
the performance of the RAM in it (capable of running at one of the faster
bus speeds). After you've weighed all your options, it might look more
attractive to replace the motherboard, processor, and RAM with something
newer...after you've looked at that, you might want to check
www.techbargains.com to make sure you're not paying more than the cost of a
new PC (Dell regularly has desktop systems on sale for around $350). Good
luck.

"Bill Berris" <shrinerbillNOSPAM @ sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> Hi - I am a complete novice at this -- I am a teacher and my computer at
> school has a fried CPU - it is an Intel Celeron 333MHz MMX with 66MHz Bus.
> It would seem to me that just getting a new one and plugging it in would
be
> the easiest thing to do -- is it in fact as easy as this? If I find a
chip
> on Ebay or something, can I just swap it out?
>
> Also, is there an easy upgrade I can do? What I mean to ask is that is
> there a chip that I can purchase that I could still just plug right in?
>
> Thanks for any information you can help me with!
>
> Bill
>
>

First, I would question if your problem really is a bad cpu. I've been
in this business professionally for 11 years now and have never seen one
fail accept through severe overheating or overclocking, and that takes
doing something really stupid.

Tell us what your symptoms are and we can all try to help you.

In answer to your question though ... changing a cpu is pretty simple.
Kill the power, remove the fan and heatsink then lift the zif socket
lever up 90 degs. and the cpu will just lift out. Replace it with the
same one and you then reverse the process.

Bill Berris wrote:
>
> Hi - I am a complete novice at this -- I am a teacher and my computer at
> school has a fried CPU - it is an Intel Celeron 333MHz MMX with 66MHz Bus.
> It would seem to me that just getting a new one and plugging it in would be
> the easiest thing to do -- is it in fact as easy as this? If I find a chip
> on Ebay or something, can I just swap it out?
>
> Also, is there an easy upgrade I can do? What I mean to ask is that is
> there a chip that I can purchase that I could still just plug right in?
>
> Thanks for any information you can help me with!
>
> Bill

Hey George - Thanks for the note --

The tech at our school diagnosed the problem -- The fan gave out and there
was no noise or any other indication so the cpu actually overheated --

The way the distric works, it would take forvever to fix, and so I was
thinking of doing it myself -- I have seen these CPUs on ebay and the like
going for like $4.00 or so, so I am kinda figuring what the heck...

Thanks!
~Bill




"George" <> wrote in message
news:...
> How did you diagnose the problem to be a "fried CPU"? (Wouldn't want you
to
> spend the money and NOT solve the problem.) If it is, 66MHz CPUs are out
of
> production, so you'll probably pay a premium and you do need to know if
the
> Celeron needs to be a Slot 1 processor or a socket 370 processor.
Ideally,
> you know the brand and model of your motherboard and the type of RAM in
your
> system. Look up the specs on your motherboard (chances are it'll take
CPUs
> with a FSB of 100MHz and 133MHz as well) and hopefully your PC is derating
> the performance of the RAM in it (capable of running at one of the faster
> bus speeds). After you've weighed all your options, it might look more
> attractive to replace the motherboard, processor, and RAM with something
> newer...after you've looked at that, you might want to check
> www.techbargains.com to make sure you're not paying more than the cost of
a
> new PC (Dell regularly has desktop systems on sale for around $350). Good
> luck.
>
> "Bill Berris" <shrinerbillNOSPAM @ sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:G8rKb.6048$ m...
> > Hi - I am a complete novice at this -- I am a teacher and my computer at
> > school has a fried CPU - it is an Intel Celeron 333MHz MMX with 66MHz
Bus.
> > It would seem to me that just getting a new one and plugging it in would
> be
> > the easiest thing to do -- is it in fact as easy as this? If I find a
> chip
> > on Ebay or something, can I just swap it out?
> >
> > Also, is there an easy upgrade I can do? What I mean to ask is that is
> > there a chip that I can purchase that I could still just plug right in?
> >
> > Thanks for any information you can help me with!
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
>
>

curious if the pc beeps when you turn it on.

Bill,

Yes, eBay is a possibility. Also, www.computergeeks.com seems to sell a lot
of processor pulls.

Good luck,
George

"Bill Berris" <shrinerbillNOSPAM @ sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:061Lb.8068$.. .
> Hey George - Thanks for the note --
>
> The tech at our school diagnosed the problem -- The fan gave out and there
> was no noise or any other indication so the cpu actually overheated --
>
> The way the distric works, it would take forvever to fix, and so I was
> thinking of doing it myself -- I have seen these CPUs on ebay and the like
> going for like $4.00 or so, so I am kinda figuring what the heck...
>
> Thanks!
> ~Bill
>
>
>
>
> "George" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > How did you diagnose the problem to be a "fried CPU"? (Wouldn't want
you
> to
> > spend the money and NOT solve the problem.) If it is, 66MHz CPUs are
out
> of
> > production, so you'll probably pay a premium and you do need to know if
> the
> > Celeron needs to be a Slot 1 processor or a socket 370 processor.
> Ideally,
> > you know the brand and model of your motherboard and the type of RAM in
> your
> > system. Look up the specs on your motherboard (chances are it'll take
> CPUs
> > with a FSB of 100MHz and 133MHz as well) and hopefully your PC is
derating
> > the performance of the RAM in it (capable of running at one of the
faster
> > bus speeds). After you've weighed all your options, it might look more
> > attractive to replace the motherboard, processor, and RAM with something
> > newer...after you've looked at that, you might want to check
> > www.techbargains.com to make sure you're not paying more than the cost
of
> a
> > new PC (Dell regularly has desktop systems on sale for around $350).
Good
> > luck.
> >
> > "Bill Berris" <shrinerbillNOSPAM @ sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> > news:G8rKb.6048$ m...
> > > Hi - I am a complete novice at this -- I am a teacher and my computer
at
> > > school has a fried CPU - it is an Intel Celeron 333MHz MMX with 66MHz
> Bus.
> > > It would seem to me that just getting a new one and plugging it in
would
> > be
> > > the easiest thing to do -- is it in fact as easy as this? If I find a
> > chip
> > > on Ebay or something, can I just swap it out?
> > >
> > > Also, is there an easy upgrade I can do? What I mean to ask is that
is
> > > there a chip that I can purchase that I could still just plug right
in?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any information you can help me with!
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>