Does anyone know where I can find information about the sizes and associativity of the TLBs built into different Intel x86-CPUs? The information I could get the CPUID function 2 according to "Intel Application Note 485, Sept 2006" does give only a few diffent possibilities that couldn't be all...

Hi, I'm having an Intel Pentium 4 630 CPU and running Linux (AMD64) and FreeBSD (AMD64) OS. Does anybody know how to scale clock frequency of this CPU, using EIST, not using Pentium 4 Clock Modulation (which is available in the Pentium 4s with no EIST capability). Or could anybody point me to Intel...

Even when I selected "Hard Disk Drive" as "Boot Device Priority", the BIOS shows "CD/DVD-ROM" above "Hard Disk Drive" in the "Boot Device Priority" section. Why is that? I'm using the latest BIOS version.

Anyone know why prices on processors seem to be going up? They came down for a while, but seem to have reversed in the last couple of weeks. Any idea when they may be coming back down-maybe after Christmas? Thanks, Clark

I heard that the 80286 had 20 bits in for each address in memory but an address bus of only 16 bits! How did I access a memory with this limitation?

Hi all, Can anyone tell me how i can determine once n for all if my case is compatible with my mobo? I have an asus P5LD2 SE motherboard whichi think (for my net resarch n a quick look in the manual) is ATX and a icute A71FN case, which i think was described as a modding case... when i tried to...

Before I place an order for the subject MB I wanted any opinions or comments. Mated to the Core 2 Duo 2.4Mhz E6600. 2Gb ram @800Mhz. I am looking at the Lian-LI PC-V1200 Plus case. The MB mounts upside down and the door opens on the right. Has anyone used this type of arrangement? mi

Intel has a BIOS update for my D102GGC2 board. The update file is gc1074.bio. (Note the .bio extention). Intel says: "2. Using software capable of uncompressing and writing an ISO image to a CD, burn the data to a blank CD. Note: Copying the ISO image file to CD will not work; the...

I heard that the 80286 had 20 bits in for each address in memory but an address bus of only 16 bits! How did I access an address in memory with this limitation?

My Intel Bad Axe motherboard has an onboard 12v 1x4 PCI-e power connector, which powers PCI-e cards. I, of course, connected a power cable to it. Now, my X1900GT card has a 2x3 PCI-e power connector. Should I also connect a power cable to it???

Hello, I have been buying servers with Adaptec and LSI RAID cards for years. These are real RAID cards, no use of the host CPU, great preformance, etc. I need to build a server that supports mirroring. My Pointy-Haired Boss doesn't want to spend the money on a real server. He wants me to buy a...

I've bought an Antec P180B to build a Core 2 Duo/Bad Axe system. According to the manual, two tool boxes should have come with the case. Mine came with only one (it was inside the lower HD bay). What I have is: 1. Rails for 5.25 & 3.25 drives. 2. Top fan spoiler 3. A few brass standoffs and...

http://tinyurl.com/ydtq7k (nytimes.com) http://games.kikizo.com/news/200610/063.asp http://tinyurl.com/yadece (teamxbox.com) http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68767 it seems Microsoft will try to design its own multi-core CPUs. the same thing was said shortly after Xbox1...

Just moved from RC1 to RC2 and a couple of nagging problems are still present: 1) I use external USB drives to store digital photos and the drive is not being recognized unless I reboot the computer with the USB2 drive connected. Works fin with XP-Pro SP2. When I turn on the drive in Vista RC2...

An Interview With Cell Architect Jim Kahle Thursday, October 26, 2006 The PlayStation 3: An Interview With Cell Architect Jim Kahle Dean Takahashi, 12:01 AM in Dean Takahashi, Gaming Microprocessor_party_035 Jim Kahle is the chief architect of the Cell microprocessor and the visionary behind the...

Hello Everyone, Recentely I purchased a box having D945GNT as motherboard with Intel P4 3GHz and WD2500JS as SATA HDD. I loadded the SATA drivers during installation of Win XP using the F6 key. After the installation, When I view the configuration using Intel

I'd like to get mac os X on a dual core without paying the Apple tax on the HW - has anybody tried installing the latest os X on a new dual core HP Dell et al ??????????????

Hi. I've got pentium D 915 and motherboard intel D945GNT. I worry about temperature of the cpu: - when idle, temp. is about 45-47 degrees Celsius (cpu fan: 1000 rpm) - when 100% use of cpu, the temp. is about 59-61 degrees Celsius (cpu fan: 1400-1700 rpm). The cpu fan is intel box. Cpu isn't...

Considering building a new system for my wife. Therefore it MUST be stable. Looking at a Core 2 Duo 6300, 2 gb of 667 memory, ASUS P5LD2-VM R2.0 mb, no video card, and the rest of the usualy suspects (DVD burner, hard drive or two, etc. - nothing special) What would be the minumim PS needed to...

This may be a dumb question, but... does the new Core 2 Duo show up as 4 processors?