I have a compaq presario with a socket 775 intel p4 chip 2.8, 520J (prescott) the mother board is an asus PTGD1-LA, Can I put an intel Cedar Mill cpu 3.4 intel chip in it. The socket for the Cedar mill is the same, socket 775 but I wonder is that all I need, or do I have to upgrade the...

X-bit labs - Articles - AMD Puts Arms Around ATI: Questions Answered http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/amd_atyt_interview.html Some of the highlights, they are definitely looking at a GPU integrated into the CPU scenario. They are also going to maintain the existing ATI fab...

I recently bought a new custom built computer. It has an ASUS A8V-E Deluxe motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU. My problem is that the computer emits a strange annoying high frequency sound. The sound seems to come from the motherboard (or CPU). It is not from any fan, I tried to disable...

Here is the scenario: a number of years back, I built two systems for my Dad using the ECS K7VZA motherboard, (BIOS revision 1, not 3 - I.E. BT133 chipset, not BT133a) and another for my sister. (+ 1 system for myself, 4 total) This is a socket A motherboard that operates at 200 MHz FSB. The...

They'll be 512KB/core from now on. AMD sacrifices 1MB desktop cores http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32452 Yousuf Khan

The Wall Street Journal is stating that the deal is now a done deal. The WSJ link below is a registration site, so I'll just quote it below the link. The Rahul Sood blog link is free, I'll just post the link with just a single quote. I'm not so sure this is such a good thing to have happened. I...

A Tom's hardware reader took some pictures of the latest Dell laptop to blow up. He said that when the guy who owned the laptop heard the fire alarm, he was about to go and pack up his laptop and take it out with him, before he knew it was his laptop causing the fire. :-) Dude, your Dell just...

Hello, I am in the market for a good computer, with a dual-core CPU. I keep reading that Athlon is better than Pentium, Athlon is faster than Pentium, and Athlon is lower priced than Pentium. But if that is the case, why do most businesses have Pentium based PCs and not Athlon based PCs?...

Today is official Core 2 Duo release day, right? Anyone know of any chips actually for sale? The places I've went make no mention of them...

Ed wrote: "It's something that we've heard customers wanting IBM to explore for some time now," Doherty said. IBM may have forborne tightening ties with AMD until now because "they may have been afraid of injuring the Intel relationship," he added. ...

Rumour reckons Intel launching hostile ATI bid "FIDELITY.COM runs a rum rumour to the effect that Intel (tick: INTC) could bid $23 for ATI to woo it away from an AMD takeover." http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33265

Hello! I would really appreciate some help. I have read some articles saying yes and others no. I have the MSI K8T Motherboard dual processor. I currently have 2 opterons in place @ 1.8 GHz Can I use the Opteron Dual Cores? Even if a single chip! Or can I use the AMD64 4200 X2 (dual core)? ...

Hey all, I'm looking at buying an IBM NetVista M41 Type 6792, and was wondering what the maximum CPU was? The ones I have been looking at have either 1.6 or 1.8 P4s, running with a 400fsb on the 845 chipset. I would like to be able to get a faster cpu in, preferrably 2.4GHz or...

CNN Money: http://www.tinyurl.com/outhh AMD seen close to $5.5 billion chip deal Source says Advanced Micro Devices could announce deal with #2 Canadian chipmaker as early as Monday. July 21 2006: 6:35 PM EDT

Built my own computer: Setup: MOBO-A8N SLI DELUXE,Processor: AMD 3400,Graphics card: BFG- 660OGT, PS-Antec Neopower 480. HD- 1 WD3200JD 320GB ATA, Sony DVD/CD burner. Computer has worked fine for almost a year. Playing Far Cry (not the first time) and unit shut down. Tried rebooting PS supply kicks...

USING: ABIT BH6 motherboard with 1.3GHz Intel Tualatin processor using an adaptor. WD 250GB & WD 200GB harddrives connected to motherboard with Promise Ultra 100 IDE controller card that came with the WD 200GB Hardrive. Video Card - Ati AIW 128 PCI 16MB. BEFO Windows 98(not SE) was loaded onto...

I just upgraded my brother's computer from Win XP to Ubuntu 5.10. It was an unbelievable success! It surprised even me how smoothly it went -- didn't need to go into the command-line even once. Linux has arrived, it seems. My brother is a highly typical computer user, doesn't know how it works,...

Hello all, I've (finally) hopped on the Wi-Fi bandwagon, and bought, among other gear, a pair of PCI 802.11g network adapters. Problem is, the PCI card is properly detected on my recent motherboard (2001 ASUS A7V133-C SocketA) but *NOT* on my older motherboard (1997 ASUS P/I-P55T2P4...

As discussed in another post, I recently put together a new PC with the ASUS A8N-E Motherboard. The MB has the NVIDIA nForce 4 Ultra chip set, and a Phoenix-Award BIOS (Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, 04/07/06, also listed as ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1013). The processor is the AMD Athlon 64...

http://beyond3d.com/#news32202 AMD To Make "Significant" Announcement 24-Jul-2006, 01:35.05 Reporter : geo After months of increasingly specific rumors about the future of ATI as an independent company, it appears all but certain that AMD and ATI will announce tomorrow that AMD has made a...