Is intel's microprocessor architecture open one? If not How come cyrix and via and amd make their processor *compatible* with the intel microprocessor and moreover market them with an adjective "compatible with intel"? don't intel take objection to that? greetings, Bob

Hi all, Soon to be getting a new laptop, and I have two options on the Processor: The first is a Pentium 4 with HT Tech. @ 3.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB The second is a Pentium M @ 1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 400MHz FSB The rest of the two systems are almost identical:

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Help! I have an IBM Apiva desktop pc fitted with an 80210e board with a celeron 533mhx processor. My daughter bought Sims2, and it wouldn't run, says graphics are not dirextx 9.0c. Help files also say minimum 800 mhz processor. So I have to upgrade the pc, but can't justify spending much money on...

Can anyone tell me is there a difference between m-atx and micro atx? Can anyone recomend a desktop motherboard to upgrade my IBM Aptiva (micro-atx)? I want to install my existing IBM 3.3V 256MB NP PC133 SDRAM DIMM and IBM 3.3V 64MB NP PC133 SDRAM DIMM in two slots, and it should have an agp slot...

I'd always been under the impression that underclocking memory is perfectly safe. But at work right now, we have some extra Registered PC3200 1gb DIMMS, and a couple of new Lindenhurst-based servers that top out at PC2700. I tried to upgrade the memory in one of them, and it refused to boot...

Hi, I am looking for documentation on 64bit Itanium Optimization Techniques. Are there any cheat sheets available? presentation slides? examples? Thanks in advance!

I heard a rumor that floating point operation the the 64bit Itanium processors perform faster than integer operations. I do not see how this is possible. Can someone enlighted me? I would appreciate it. If this is not true, I want to put these rumors to rest among my colleages. Thanks in...

I have a D875PBZ mobo and recently had to do a re-install from scratch. USB2 devices failed to work propery with the updates provided on the install CD. I found an Intel driver update on an onscure French site that resolved the issue, but now I have others (problems) that are compelling me to do a...

The agp card is AGP 4 and 8 capable. The motherboard records the AGP speed as 4. Is this mobo 8x capable and if so where the heck do I set it? TIA Geoff

Hi there, I own an Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard, assembly 720932-204. From the Intel documentation, it should support all Pentium III Katmai processors up to 600MHz. It currently runs an old Boxed 450MHz Pentium II processor and I had an opportunity to get my hand on a new Boxed 600MHz Pentium III...

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I'm going to build a computer for someone, but before I do so, I'd like to be clear on a few things. - what's on the horizon for Intel? I've heard something new (or just faster) will be released in November? What, exactly? Would it be better to wait until November for whatever's coming? - I'm...

I have a D915PBL with a 3.4 550 processor and run a rear 120mm, side, top, and front 80mm fans, and yet the CPU temp is 115 F, and the zones at 92 F. The Intel site said that the threshold temp is 167, but I thought that overheating would start much earlier. My P4 3.06 runs 6 fans and the cpu is...

Having scanned available posts in this forum, I have added JK and bullmordt to my kill fill. I mention this so that these two can save the effort of posting to my question. We are considering the Intel se7525gp2 and 2 800fsb Xeon processors at 3 gig for a graphic workstation. The only card to be...

Looks as if the NX-bit handling hasn't been fully debugged yet in the new Pentium 4J and Celeron J. http://www.aceshardware.com/forum?read=115105196 Search for Errata R64, R65, R66, R68 in the following PDF: http://www.intel.com/design/pentium4/specupdt/30235206.pdf There's also other...

I am having some problems with my D865GLC mother board. I am expeirencing extremely slow boot times 3-4 mins from when the memory is counted to when the drives are recognized they are all recognized fine and the system works fine after reboot, I come up with a prompt saying: FIXED DISK 0: 3M...

Hi, can anyone out there tell me x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 belongs to P3 or P4 & what is the speed, and also where can I find all these info, thanks !

Hello All, Brief Question, I can't boot to an AGP card. I have selected AGP as the default video displayed on boot in bios, but the imbedded PCI video is the only one that comes up. The AGP card has been verified working from 2 other Intel boards. SPEC: MoBo Gateway KittyHawk (#2514929), Intel...

I give them 1 or 2 months, then they are dead and AMD will buy them.