03taxi@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 18:44 +0000, cajun@cajuninc.com wrote: > > A little background. I live in David, Panama. Not really a hot-bed of > > computer supply stores around here. I recently lost a motherboard due to a > > power surge. > > > > The first replacement motherboard I got, didn't work with my AMD > > processor. And that was the only motherboard available to accept my > > processor. > > > > Moving right along, I can get an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor and > > matching motherboard. > > > > My question is, will I be able to run with my existing 32-bit FC5 setup or > > will I have to get the 64-bit version of FC5. Being stuck on dialup and > > needing to download a different O/S is not a fun thing. > > > > Will it work with the 32-bit O/S until I can get somewhere where I can > > download the 64-bit version? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > This message was send from an AMD 64bit system running a 32 bit FC5 > (will also run any 32bit PC OS :) Hmmmm.... All the letters and words look normal. Guess it must be ok. Thanks, this is the type of information I needed. PS - Why would anyone *WANT* to run any other PC OS :-)