I made the mistake of ordering a thouroughbred Athlon XP processor and placing it in a Palomino compatible only mobo. The CPU was obviously incompatible, but I have another computer which I can place this CPU in that IS compatible.

I want to make sure, but since it was only an uncompatibility issue, and I had it all correctly installed and everything, the CPU is OK? I am riding on the fact that it is, but I want to double check.