T3516 processor upgrade

Clarifications

Here is what your motherboard will support:

Specifications

CPU Interface

* Compatible with Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium 4, and Intel Celeron desktop processors
* Socket 775 and Socket 478 processors supported
* Hyper-Threading support
* Support for XD (Execute Disable) bit
* Support for Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology

Memory Interface

* UMA mode operation requires no external graphics memory
* Variants available with single or dual channel system memory support
* Support for DDR or DDR2 memory
* DDR memory speeds to DDR400
* DDR2 memory speeds to DDR2-667
* Up to 4GB system memory size, with up to 256MB reserved graphics memory

PCI Express Interface

* Compliant with the PCI Express 1.0a Specifications
* Single x16 graphics interface
* Up to four x1 PCI Express general purpose links
* All PCI Express lanes connect directly to north bridge for maximum performance

3D Graphics

* Integrated Radeon X300 based
* Full DirectX 9.0 Support (Vertex Shader v2.0 and Pixel Shader v2.0)
* Supports resolutions up to 2048x1536@32bpp
* SmartShader 2.0 allows complex, movie-like 3D effects
* SmoothVision 2.1 improves image quality through anti-aliasing using multi-sampling algorithm with support for 2,4, and 6 samples

Video

* Integrated IDCT and MC (motion compensation) hardware acceleration of DVD and standard definition digital television decode
* VideoShader support
* FullStream technology removes artifacts from lower bandwidth video content

Comprehensive Display Features

* Dual independent display support
* DVI support via optional SDVO-based transmitter
* Compatible with ADD2 cards for build-to-order DVI support
* SURROUNDVIEW support for up to three monitors with an ATI discrete graphics card

TV Out

* Integrated TV encoder with an on-chip DAC (simultaneous output for TV and CRT is not supported)
* HDTV component output for modes up to 1080i
* NTSC or PAL output of resolutions up to 1024x768 32bpp
* Support for Macrovision 7.1 copy protection standard
* CGMS-A copy management support in VBI

Power Management Features

* Fully compliant with ACPI 2.0 specification
* Low Thermal Design Power (TDP) allows use in small form factor systems

Optimized Software Support

* ATI Catalyst driver update support
* Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL drivers
* Unified driver support or all ATI Radeon PCI Express discrete and integrated graphics products
* Support for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Linux Operating Systems, including 64-bit versions

Universal Connectivity

* Integrated Hi-Speed USB 2.0 with support for 8 ports
* Up to 7 PCI v2.3 compliant 32-bit PCI slots
* Integrated Serial ATA controller with support for up to four high speed Serial ATA devices
* RAID 0 support for improved storage performance and RAID 1 support for enhanced data security
* Dual channel ATA-133 implementation allows for up to four ATA-based hard drives or optical drives
* AC-97 audio controller provides up to 7.1 channel output for theater class audio
* Optional High Definition audio enables additional audio formats
* LPC (Low Pin Count) bus and SM (System Management) bus support
* TPM (Trusted Platform Module) 1.1 and 1.2 support
* Support for advanced PCI Express-based Gigabit Ethernet adapters from industry leaders delivers maximum system performance and advanced features

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... If you upgrade the processor, you MAY need to reactivate Windows. Sometimes it's required, other times it's not. Just be prepared to re-activate IF it asks you to do so.

Some of these M'Boards where designed to only use Celeron CPU's and you can not change this to anything else without changing the M'Board.

Col