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Brand-name microprocessor produced by the Intel corporation from 1993 to 2007

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Intel Pentium D & Intel Core 2 Duo

Are the Intel Pentium D and Intel Core 2 Duo processors the same?
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How to run virtual machine when my processor does not support virtualization?

I am using Windows XP 32-bit and have an Intel Pentium M 725 processor. I used a software tool from Intel to check whether virtualization is allowed: Supporting advaced Intel processor technologies ...
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Processor with higher FSB than motherboard can support

I have an ECS P4VXASD2+ (V5.0) motherboard, which supports a 533 MHz FSB. I want to put in a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor (Socket 478) with an FSB of 800 MHz. Would this be possible? Would the FSB of ...
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Removing HD from PC and putting in another PC

HD here means hard disk. I am a complete beginner at messing around inside computers. But I have a computer with a hard disk with Windows XP installed on it. It uses an Intel Celeron Single-Core ...
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Is my processor Intel Pentium D a dual core?

My processors is an Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz. Does the D mean that my processor is a Dual Core?
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Do processors really have golden pins?

Is it true that processors usually have golden pins? Do Pentium 4s have them?
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My system show extremely hot processor temperature

I've build a small miniITX system with Pentium 4 processor. It works fine but there's extremely hot temperature is shown by the CPU sensor, around 120 C. Of course this is causing the fan run ...
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Do I have to worry about HDD clicking sound?

After my desktop died I bought a used PC for temporary use. It says Intel(R) Pentium(D) 3.00GHz with 150G. I also added my desktop's HDD of 500G. Whenever I open a program there is about 5 seconds ...
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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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When did the Pentium II come out?

Wikipedia says it came out in 1997, but this site says it came out in 1995.
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Why is it said that 'The longer the pipeline, higher the processor clock rate' [duplicate]

I have been recently going through the hyper threading technology of Pentium 4. The number of pipeline stages is high in P4 and is said that it will increase the speed of clock rate. How is that ...
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Pentium 4 shows as 2 processors?

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on a system having a Pentium 4 processor. When I open system monitor and go to the resources tabs, and see the CPU usage history, it shows the graph in two different colors, ...
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How do I deal with an excessively loud Heatsink fan [closed]

I have a ~3GHZ pentium 4 cpu that uses a heatsink fan that sounds like a jet engine Here is the fans model information: C33218-002 CPU Description: found here thanks
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Intel Pentium T3200 - Memory configuration

.Hi! Today I was repairing friends laptop and I did it, but he asked me about upgrading his RAM. He has 2x 2GB ddr2 RAMS and the CPU is 64bit, but I cannot find possible RAM configs for the CPU ...
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How do I troubleshoot high CPU usage?

My CPU usage is very high by default. As soon as I starts a program it touches the maximum. After some time it becomes normal. I have a doubt that my disk is infected. So I tried to install ...
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Two CPU vs dual core?

Are two single-core CPUs (in a two-socket system) equivalent to a single dual-core processor? Can we also say two single-core CPUs have half as much processing power as a single quad-core system? My ...
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CPU noise when under load

So, this question has been bugging me a lot, I used to have a few lovely little toys (well, not so much toys as a pentium pro and a really old Intel 80386DX microprocessor) What I noticed is that when ...
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Sandy Bridge vs Nehalem: comparable to Pentium M vs Pentium 4?

I still remember the huge difference in usability when switching from a Pentium 4 notebook (heavy, hot, low battery life) to Pentium M (light, cool and long battery life). I am wondering if the ...
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Intel Pentium D at bus 200?

So I bought a Pentium D 945 from eBay and used it on my motherboard (quite a long time from now). I didn't use the computer that often but lately I decided to use Hardware Monitor on it. I found out ...
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Can I use the cooling for my Pentium 4 with my new i5 CPU? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can I use LGA775 heatsink on LGA1156 CPU? I recently bought a new i5 2500k CPU, but with my current setup I run the risk of cooling issues. I have an improved heatsink and fan ...
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Swap slower pentium 4 with faster pentium 4

Is it possible to do a straight swap of a 2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 with a 3.4 Ghz Pentium 4 on an Intel motherboard? Do each of these chips have the same socket, or are they different? How do I find out ...
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How to know if there are stability/ compatibility issues with enabling intel(R) speedstep

There is this power-saving app called granola. And it requires enabling Intel(R) speedStep on the bios(CPU Configuration). How would I know if there are issues with enabling this feature with my ...
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Computer stopped working (ASUS P5GD1-VM)

My computer stopped working the other day. I came down and it was kind of chirping away. Then, when I restarted it, it only did the same thing. I unplugged everything not needed and it did nothing ...
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Install Windows XP on old IDE hard disk

I wanted to know if there was a way to install Windows XP on a old Pentium 4 (Intel motherboard) system which does not boot via USB and CD/DVD drive? Is it possible to connect the hard disk to my ...
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No POST No Bios Random Characters on mothers display

I was playing a youtube video and suddenly my screen pixelated with random characters and music stopped. I tried to restart but the motherboard screen displayed with some horizontal lines and ...
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Linux fails to boot or install on pentium 4 machine

I have an old computer, pentium 4 3GHz 32bit and 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD (newer). The HDD was blank since I bought it separately, and I wanted to install Linux Mint on it. I made a bootable USB drive (...
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PCI system error (SERR) for reason b1 on cpu 0

I am trying to boot the SLAX OS using pen-drive but every time i boot it shows this error message "pci system error serr for reason b1 on cpu 0" and after this it says "Linux Kernel Dazed and Confused"...
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Do I really not need thermal paste for my Pentium processor fan?

I bought an Intel Pentium processor (G2120) fan. I could not find any aluminium part under it, and the shopkeeper said that this would be the new model from Intel and I would not need any thermal ...
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How to find out register sizes of Intel Processors

I'm wondering about the register sizes of the three following intel processers. i7-2920XM i5-2540M G6960 I've been to Intel's specs and also have gone through the datasheet. But I couldn't seem to ...
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How to overclock Intel Pentium III 450 MhZ?

I hope this will help: Number of cores 1 (max 1) Number of threads 1 (max 1) Name Intel Pentium III Codename Katmai Specification Package (platform ID) Slot 1 SECC2 (...
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Laptop Auto Shutdown After Power Off

I got a used laptop from someone which works like a charm when on power but as soon as I remove the power cord and let it use battery power, it goes shutdown even though the battery shows there is 95% ...
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I changed my CPU but my computer won't post into BIOS

I upgraded my cpu from an intel pendium G440 into intel i5 94000F to y computer having a motherboard ASUS H110D D3. The result was that my computer won't post into BIOS. I checked and connection and ...
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virtualbox, my cpu is dual core T4200, this cpu doesnt support VT

VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration is not available on your system. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature and will fail to boot without it. so virtualbox error screen capture try to ...
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Intel Windows install to amd

Is it possible to take a Windows installation on a HDD that was installed with an Intel cpu, and transfer the HDD to an AMD build? Aka I have an Intel pc, then I take the HDD with win10 on it and ...
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Windows 10 vs XP on old machines

I just got 5 old Pentium 4 3ghz pcs, and one of them I would like to use as a normal desktop to see what games I can run on it (League of Legends, GTA SA online). Will Win 10 do better in the terms of ...
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Enable hardware virtualization in windows 7

I'd like to enable the Hardware Virtualization functionnality in my Computer, so download the Securable Tool. When i launched the program i got this result My computer's configurations : I ask: ...
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Windows 7: which version for which Pentium?

I have to install Windows 7 on two machines, but I'm not sure if I must pick Windows 7 version 32 bits or 64 bits for each of them. Here's what appears in my computer > properties: Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3....
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Damn Small Linux with XAMPP Linux to create a webserver on a P4 machine or Mele A2000

A couple of days I'am busy to figure out to create a powerful light weight server that can be used as webserver to serve some simple sites that using PHP and mod-rewrite. The P4-box (actually a ...
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Performance difference between Pentium M and Core 2 Duo? [closed]

This may be an "apple to oranges" question, but what is the approximate gain in performance of a Core 2 Duo processor over a Pentium M at similar clock speed?
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Processor Intel Pentium 4 3.40 Ghz can run Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64 bit?

Does the PC with the specs below can run Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64 bit ? Pentium 4 3.40 GHz, 65 nm Cedar Mill Socket LGA775 2 GB DDR2 RAM 160 GB Hard drive nvidia 6500 GT video The min sys req for ...
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Do I need a Alternative Heatsink?

I have Intel Pentium G2020, it is not overclocked (i guess) but still should I bother getting this heatsink for my processor just so that my processor stays at room temperature while I am doing some ...
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Installing Windows 7 on Dell Optiplex 745

I have 2x Dell Optiplex 745 machines, each with a slightly different spec. 1st machine Core 2 Duo @ 1.86 GHz 2 GB RAM 250GB HDD 2nd machine Pentium D @ 3.0 GHz 1 GB RAM 250GB HDD I have ...
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Increasing RAM to 1GB from 512MB help improve system speed with the same processor

I have an old PC with 512MB Ram(DDR2), Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3GHz, running Windows XP. (See my System Info). The PC is acting slow and laggy from last few weeks, maybe because of new programs I ...
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Pentium 3 freezes on XP. (SSE2)

On my old work PC I often encounter freezes until it is rebooted. I can work all day but something happens and my computer stops responding (mouse freezes too). I'm aware of Pentium 3 issues with SSE2 ...
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Installing a faster Pentium CPU than the one listed in the motherboard manual

According to my old Intel D810EMO motherboard manual, the faster processor supported is Pentium III 800EB. However, there are Pentium III processors with Socket 370 up to 1.13Ghz, so the question is ...
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I foolishly detached the fiddly "push pin" cooler from a client's old PC. Here are some possible plans of action. What would you do, and why?

A client of mine brought me an outdated home PC. The specs: It's a compact tower PC, sixteen inches tall. It includes a Pentium Dual-Core E2200 and 1 GB of RAM. An independent computer store built it ...
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Strange sound from motherboard

I have a MSI 7222 ver 1.1 motherboard, a Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz/1M/800/04A processor and 2x1 GB of DDR2 RAM. When I boot the computer, the motherboard makes a "siren sound" (like low pitch and higher ...
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Computer boots only to motherboard splash screen

I have a file server running Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit, with an Intel 915PBL motherboard and a Pentium 4 620 processor, with 2 GB of memory. Yesterday, it started booting just to the Intel Pentium ...
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Pentium 4 3.4 GHz cooling

I have an old Northwood compatible Shuttle XPC that I upgraded from a 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 (Northwood) to a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 (Northwood). Now, I'm wondering if it is cooling it well enough. I've seen it ...
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Incredibly SLOW installation - ASUS P5Q SE PLUS & Windows 7 64-bit

The last time I installed Windows 7 was the 32-bit version on my 2005 ABIT AS8 board with a Pentium 4 670 3.8GHz CPU. This took around 30mins and worked fine but for some unknown reason, my current ...
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