Hey, who's taking my name in vain? One thing you have to be sure of is if the mobo can support faster than you have now and that you get the same type socket/slot/etc of processor. Is it an Intel cpu and if so what level (PIII, P4, Celeron, etc) or an AMD (K5, K6, etc) Part of the slowness can be cured with more ram as well. Sounds like the screensaver needs too much processor time as well. -----Original Message----- From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cuffy Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:31 AM To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [CTS] Re: Joe/Screensaver I bought two Celeron 1.1ghz CPUs for $24.50 each about six months ago. No more difficult to replace than a HDD. Just think...... Russ does it all the time ! If he can do it, it should be a piece of cake for you ? Post the specs on your motherboard and we can do some shopping. I was crawling around the web after posting this reply and it seems that those older CPUs have taken a price hike since I bought these. All you can do is try........... si ? CRAZYDOVE@xxxxxxx wrote: Hahahahahaha.......upgrade my CPU.......yes I know WHAT it is..but what do YOU mean..buy a new one??? Motherboard..LOL..it's the same old one that came with this pc. I will NEVER attain geek status at this rate. The only thing I ever upgrade is my home furnishings. LOL Is that the "flash" your bios thing..upgrading my motherboard..or do you mean installing a new motherboard (she laughs hysterically). I think it's time for a new pc...then it's all done for me.. Could you esplain Lucy..remember..the most I've done is install and setup harddrives, cards..etc. Never messed with motherboards or bios or cpu's. Jackie