Well, a 733 celeron wont really make it run any hotter so I wouldnt sweat that part.
And they're not really hard to install at all. You just hafta be sorta careful..dont be in any hurry and start forcing stuff.
And dont touch the pins of the cpu itself..try to hold it by the edges etc.
First you have to pop off the heatsink...and you have to be careful there cuz you can accidently break the "lugs" on the motherboard...and that would be bad. Usually there is a little "thingy" sticking up where you put a flat blade screwdriver so you can push down and out simultaneously to get the prong to come out from under the lug on the motherboard...just look at it really good with a flashlight before you start messing with it and you should see whats up. And again, dont go using a lot of muscle.
After the heatsink is off...there is a little "lever" along side the cpu...you push it down and pull it over SLIGHLTY so that it will pop free and then you raise it up. Doesnt take a lot of force.
The socket is called a "ZIF" socket..stands for "zero insertion force"..that means once you pop that lever up..the cpu is just sitting free in the socket with no tension on it etc..it should lift right out.
Then its just a matter of lining up the new cpu the right way....if you look at the motherboard you see that two of the corners are missing the holes...and on the cpu two of the corners are missing pins....what a coincidence! lol..so obviously you line up the missing pins with the missing holes....so really the cpu only fits one way and again, dont force it down...if it isnt just sort of "falling" into the holes you may have it misaligned so double check it.
ok, you get the cpu in there nice and flat then you just push that lever back down and click it in its little place (like a car hood prop thingy).
Now what you need to do is check the heatsink...see what kind of thermal compound it had....if it had a "pad"...which is like a little flat piece of gum...you need to scrape it off or use some "goof off" to get it offa there and clean the heatsink really clean. If it just had thermal compound on it then just cleanthat off. Also clean the new cpu off good if it has some old compound still on it.
Then you need to put some new thermal compound on the cpu....JUST ONE "DOT" is all you really need..dont go using half the tube!! lol. the pressure of the heatsink will spread it out..it only needs to be thin, so just one small "dot".
Then its just a matter of putting the heatsink on...which can be the hardest part..so make sure it is lined up right etc...it has to be FLAT on the cpu..it cant have one side all jacked up.
go here
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...5E6678,00.html and check out the videos. (ignore what they say about the thermal pad vs the thermal compound, lol)
Dont try to cheat and use the same old pad either..it MAY work but it MAY not, lol. Just run to the local comp store and get some thermal compound if you dont have some.
Quote-> "Is there anything else that has to be done after it is installed? "
That I don tknow, but if you go to the acer site and download the manual it should tell you..there could be jumpers, there could be bios setting possibly.
But I doubt it...probably just reboot and it'll figure it out on its own.
Good luck, JP
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