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question on cpu fan and others
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dragnandy
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11. December 2007 @ 00:05 |
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how can i check the max speed clock my motherboard can handle?
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AfterDawn Addict
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11. December 2007 @ 08:45 |
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Dig up the motherboard's product page on the manufacturer's website. If your current CPU's a Willamette I'd think it unlikely that the board would support a 3.2Ghz Prescott. I could be wrong though.
As for the temperatures, download a program called speedfan.
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ddp
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11. December 2007 @ 17:51 |
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unless that board is fairly new then won't read a prescott. had that problem on my 2nd previous board & i was running a 2.4 celeron at the time.
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dragnandy
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11. December 2007 @ 22:59 |
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does this meean i need a whole new board??
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ddp
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11. December 2007 @ 23:32 |
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most likely but 1 that is compatible with your videocard & your ram. if your ram is sdram & not ddr then need new ram too so might as well get new socket 775 board & cpu, new ram & new videocard unless use onboard video.
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dragnandy
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11. December 2007 @ 23:34 |
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wouldnt there be one thats compatible with SDRAM and the cpu and other things i already have?
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ddp
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11. December 2007 @ 23:37 |
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socket 478 boards are discontinued so might be lucky to find a new 1. what ram do you have as in sdram or ddr?
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dragnandy
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12. December 2007 @ 02:05 |
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sdram, pc133. i know its old..
my video card is Nvidia MX/MX400, thats old too but i havent been playing games much, i just wanted to upgrade the cpu because it had a slow performance on just running normal programs.
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12. December 2007 @ 07:59 |
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The only thing I can suggest is to try finding another skt478 CPU, but it'd have to be an old one, quite possibly even just another Willamette, in which case I probably wouldn't bother. Stick with what you've got until you can afford to replace the stuff. Is your Geforce 4MX a PCI version? If it is you can keep that if you buy a new motherboard/cpu/ram combination.
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ddp
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12. December 2007 @ 13:16 |
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how much ram do you have? what is the make & model# of the computer or motherboard to see what you have & is capable of going to?
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dragnandy
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12. December 2007 @ 21:10 |
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i have 3 slots for my ram, i filled it with a 125mb,256mb,and a 512mb.
my computer right now is a prebuilt, IBM netvista A22P. the motherboard name is ibm 229221u. so far i just upgraded the ram, and im adding a dvd drive for christmas =]. i also got a different HDD.
if theres no cheap motherboard to support them, them maybe ill use my 3.0ghz pentium 4 for my future custom built computer that i plan on getting, and keep this current computer at a 1.6ghz.
i believe my video card is gpu.
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ddp
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12. December 2007 @ 22:16 |
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dragnandy
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12. December 2007 @ 23:25 |
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i believe its the 2292 one, because the motherboard name is ibm 2292-21U. other than that i can barely tell the difference
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ddp
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14. December 2007 @ 16:43 |
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dragnandy
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15. December 2007 @ 13:57 |
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thanks ddp. do you know what is the fastest Willamette cpu? like is there a 3.0ghz Willamette? and where?
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15. December 2007 @ 14:14 |
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The fastest willamette was around 1.8Ghz I think, and roughly equates to a 1.0Ghz Pentium 3 in performance.
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