I have a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop that the repair technican says is going bad. If I replace the processor will Windows ME recognize the NEW processor or will I have to reformat HD with ME?Are you sure the processor is the only issue? That seems unlikely. The processor is USUALLY either bad or not. The motherboard is not a cheap thing for a laptop. How did you come by this INFORMATION?A technician at repair place that i have used for many years did "diagnostics" and said that the processor was the problem. More information...I ACTUALLY talked to the technician....they used a burn in utility and got a number of reports on the CPU that were not within range for the PIII chip. This is what they are basing the idea that it is the processor causing the computer to lock up and shut down. I pressed them and they said there "maybe" a motherboard problem but they cannot tell for sure until the resolve the issues with the processor....I SUSPECT the motherboard will be changed out soon as well.

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