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Intel Atom is a CPU line, based on the x86 architecture. The CPUs are mainly targeted towards mobile devices because of their low power profile.

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I try to install batocera on the internal hard drive from boot usb but it doesn't work

I have a mini PC with an Intel Atom processor (I'm not at home now, when I return I will edit the question adding the model), 2 Gb of RAM and a 30 Gb internal SSD. I mounted the batocera image for ...
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Windows 8 laptop shuts down right after startup

Today Windows Update installed some new updates on my laptop,everything was good,the installation was 100% complete and then my it restarted my laptop.Right when i was about to type my password it ...
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Custom scaling laptop for CRT TV

I have searched online but has not found a solution. I have a CRT tv with aspect ratio 4:3. I need to connect my laptop to the TV with HDMI to AV adapter. It works fine but I am having problems with ...
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Why would a chip manufacturer produce a 64-bit CPU which supports a maximum of 2 GB RAM? [duplicate]

My laptop uses an Intel Atom Z3735F processor, which the CPU specs on the Intel website indicate is 64-bit but only supports a maximum of 2 GiB of RAM. (The laptop came with Windows 10 32-bit pre-...
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What reasons could there be for a 64-bit (X86-64) CPU being reported as a 32-bit (i686) in /proc/cpuinfo

According to Intel (search for "Intel® 64") I have a 64-bit CPU, but when I check /proc/cpuinfo there is no lm flag. When I look up the AD2700-ITX motherboard it says Due to lack of Intel® ...
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Creating a X64 Windows 10 IOt image

I am Creating a X64 Windows 10 IOt image. I am following this guide https://github.com/ms-iot/iot-adk-addonkit/blob/master/Tools/README.md I am at stage 4 “Import the required BSP (for example RPi2) ...
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Android x86 select Sound Card

I really really hope that someone can help me, I spent days trying to get it to work, but to no avail. So here goes: I have a small HP Tablet (Pavilion x2) and installed Android x86. The newest ...
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Measuring Intel Atom total power consumption

I have Intel Atom notebook with integrated Intel HD graphics. I want to measure total CPU + GPU wattage while running a game. To do so I'm using RTSS + HWInfo. There are CPU Package Power and GT Cores ...
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Is an Intel i5 always better than an Intel Atom?

I am looking to buy a (Windows) laptop. I know a little bit about computers, but there is a dizzying array of different Intel cores available. In my mind, an Intel Atom is 8-year-old technology - and ...
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EFI booting poky on minnowboard and BRIX

I am trying to boot automotive grade linux (a poky build) on a Gigabyte Brix device, which is a intel atom with EFI. The AGL image I have boots the kernel if I write it directly to a usb drive, but ...
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Cheap NAS solution for home usage - ARM or Intel?

Im planning to invest in a NAS solution for home entertainment purposes. My budget is about 200$, and dedicated NAS offerings with decent performance is often much more expensive than that. The budget ...
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How can I install CentOS on the Windows Intel Compute Stick

Intel Compute Stick comes in two versions: one with Windows 8.1 and one with Ubuntu, but the Linux version has half the RAM and far less internal storage and nearly impossible to buy. So I am ...
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Can my Intel Atom run windows server 2008 R2

I just wonder if my old junk can run Windows Server 2008 R2. Its an netbook. Samsung N145-JP02, I own it for over few years and done an upgrade on it before. Thanks guys. System: Intel Atom N450 2 ...
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Grub rescue command line, chainloading Windows 7 installer

I currently have grub2 installed on a Baytrail tablet along with Ubuntu 14.10 (64-bit) and Windows 8.1 (32-bit). The tablet comes with 32-bit UEFI only firmware, and a 64-bit atom processor. Using ...
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Can Linux be installed successfully on an intel atom D2500/GMA3600?

I'm triyng to install debian on an intel D2500HN motherboard that features the GMA3600 Power VR video chip. I tested various versions, 32 and 64 bit but the result is always the same: an artifact ...
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lm-sensors reporting wrong temperature on Intel Atom N270

I have a Mini-ITX board with an onboard Intel Atom N270. It's a fanless system and getting very hot, so I want to monitor the temperature, but lm-sensors is always reporting the same values: > ...
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Windows 7 Editions compatibility on a netbook

I have an ASUS EeePC 1015CX netbook currently running Windows 7 Starter Edition. I wanted to install Windows 7 Enterprise. Would it work well? (I don't mind disabling things like AERO Glass stuff to ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a slow computer?

I'm looking at installing Ubuntu on two computers that both have Intel Atom processors and only 1-2GB RAM. My experience is that Windows 7 is horribly bloated for these machines, and even Ubuntu 13.04 ...
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Intel Atom D2500, 64-bit mode

I have an Intel Atom D2500 processor which the spec site claims it supports a 64-bit instruction set. However, cpuinfo shows this: # cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep "(processor|flags|address)" processor ...
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Home server: to SSD or not to SSD?

I was thinking to build an home server. What I focus on the most is low power consumption. It should be able to run CentOS with a webserver, a trasmission client, host git repos, and maybe a DNS ...
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overclock atom n2800 CPU

I have a netbook (EeePC 1025C) with atom n2800 1.86GHZ CPU. I tried to use SETFSB to overclock, but I can't find the required 9LPRS432AGLF clock generator. In the BIOS there is no overclock option ...
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Intel Atom overheating in ASUS EEE Box 1501P

I have had an ASUS EEE Box 1501P for just a little bit over a year. Of course it breaks 2 months after the warranty runs out. http://www.asus.com/Eee/EeeBox_PC/EeeBox_PC_EB1501P/ I have been using ...
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What could cause the CPU Maximum Frequency to dip to 0% for several seconds?

I am testing a .NET application that has advanced GUI capabilities. One specific action takes a long time to complete, up to 5 seconds. While watching the standard Windows Resource Monitor, I noticed ...
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Resolution "scaled down", need to move mouse to edges to navigate the desktop

I have installed Windows 7 Embedded Standard on a machine running an Intel E6xx. When in Windows the desktop is severely cut off, only displaying approx 600x400, even though I have set the resolution ...
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How accurate are the on-die temperature sensors in an atom processor?

I've been running: 5 identical systems (all running Windows XP embedded) The systems are running identical loads (and nothing else) Coretemp to test temperatures. For 5 systems all of which have ...
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Can you run TeamCity 7 on an intel 2700/amd e450 based system?

I am looking at setting up a cheap low power pc to run as a build server primarily, but also maybe run mongodb and mysql and iis. It would only be for my personal projects so it would not get totally ...
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Should I setup x86_64 system on Atom 230? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: 32-bit vs. 64-bit systems I've got mini-ITX motherboard (945GCLF, afair) and I always setup only 32-bit OS on it. But few weeks ago my father told me that I should use 64-bit ...
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Is an Intel Atom D525 suitable to run MythTV [closed]

I have an oldish netbook with an Atom N450 (1.6GHz, 512KB cache) - I've been using it to experiment with MythTV, but it seems really slow, even just to work through the menus! Seconds, sometimes 10 or ...
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Will an SSD speed up an Atom-based netbook?

I have an Asus EEE PC 1000H, which I bought for its light weight and great battery life. However, it is painfully slow. Judging by the constant flickering of the HDD light, disk I/O looks like a ...
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interface an lcd through rs232 interface

Linux has character device file representing serial port /dev/ttys*. I can simply open , read , write , close a serial port using system calls in my c program. I am working on a board which has an ...
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Force Windows 8 Metro apps to run lower resolutions below 1024x768?

I have installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my Samsung NB30 netbook. I was very excited to try it on this little box cause it has a touchscreen and Windows 8 is supposed to be optimized for ...
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Adding sensors on Intel Atom through GPIO

I am building a portable medical kit on Intel Atom N240 series, loaded with FC 11. I am adding sensors (spirometer oximeter) through GPIO, (using RS 232, spi. USB is also an option). I have loaded ...
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PCI Graphics Card prevents post

I bought a Quadro4 400 NVS (4 screen) PCI Graphics card many years ago and still works in every computer i try but not my new one. My new pc is a Intel Atom D525MW with 4GB of ram. As soon as i ...
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External "power brick" style PSUs - are they reliable enough?

Keen to build a quiet, power-efficient always-on HTPC/media server, I've been looking at mini ITX boards that have their own external power-brick style power supply. These appeal because they are ...
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Do the Atom motherboards from Intel support USB boot?

I was unable to find if the Atom boards manufactured by Intel (namely this one: http://ark.intel.com/products/48951/Intel-Desktop-Board-D425KT) support booting from USB. The D425KT has only two SATA ...
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FreeNAS ZFS questions about CPU, Ram, & HD speed

I'd like to build the most energy efficient NAS possible but still be able to run FreeNAS with ZFS. I've been looking at Atom processors, but haven't found any that could support more than 4gb of ...
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Power consumption of Pentium 4 laptop vs Atom nettop? [closed]

I'm using a Pentium 4 laptop (an IBM T42) as a home server, mainly to ssh to my home network from outside. Most of the time the machine is idle. If I got a new "Nettop", with an Atom D525, for example,...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu

I used a live CD to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my HP Netbook (Mini Atom 1GHz CPU). I booted it up and then upgraded it to 11.04 Natty Narwhal. From the below I assume it got hacked, so how do I securely ...
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Can a PSU power or bad battery affect netbook's heating?

My old netbook (AOA110) is getting extremely hot when connected to charger, (thus it has battery dead above 50%), actual charger is about 20-30% more powerful (current/watts) than original - which ...
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RAM limitations on netbooks - how is it done?

For a long time now, I've been pondering buying a netbook, but not just any netbook. I have very specific requirements. When the Asus EEE PC 1015pem, with the Intel Atom N550, came out, I almost ...
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Visual studio 2010 Express edition on Intel Atom N550 based netbook?

The answer was yes for 1.6 Ghz Atom Processors... For the N550, it's a 1.5 GHz DUAL CORE processor, will it be able to run VS 2010 ? http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/netfxsetup/thread/...
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Slow Image serving (Windows7 Home + Atom CPU)

I am in the process of rolling out a touchscreen display system that uses Win 7 Home, IIS, SQL 2K8R2 Express all running on an Intel Atom platform. I am finding that images (served straight from disk ...
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Can I execute 64-bit instructions on my x86-64 CPU under 32-bit Windows?

I am running 32-bit Windows 7 on a 64-bit Intel Atom and I'm wondering whether the OS puts the CPU in a mode that still allows 64-bit instructions to execute or in a full 32-bit compatibility mode ...
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Out of MTRRs at boot

It seems my laptop (an Acer Aspire One AOA150) runs out of MTRRs at boot. I've done some googling on the problem and read that people recommend turning on MTRR sanitizing to fix it, however, it still ...
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Computer power consumption

I have a small single board computer. According to the manual the came with it: when powered by a 5V ATX power supply, average consumption is 1.90 A (9.5 watts) when powered by a 12V ATX power supply,...
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Processor energy management in Windows 7

What does it mean to set the cpu's top performance at 60% under a Windows 7 power plan? I have an intel atom processor at 1.66Ghz, does that mean it will act as underclocked at 1.00Ghz? Or are there ...
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I have netbook with an atom N450 and DDR3 Does this make sense?

Is this possible or Speccy got it wrong?
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Windows Server 2008 R2 on the Intel D525MW motherboard

Has anyone installed Windows Server 2008 on this motherboard? I know Intel doesn't officially support windows servers on their Atom motherboards. I would like to build a headless server, so video ...
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What is my Atom's architecture doing?

The short answer is that it's a dual core 64 bit processor at least in my case with a 330. But the Atom's architecture has traits of x64 and x86. So, what is it?
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Is there a big difference between Atom N450 and Atom N280? [closed]

Is there a big difference between Atom N450 and Atom N280? (mini laptop)
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