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Questions tagged [intel-pentium]

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

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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 Intel(R) Virtualization technologies …
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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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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 the processor just be limited to 533 MHz?
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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 delay then I hear a clicking sound and then the…
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Power consumption of Pentium 4 laptop vs Atom nettop?

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, would it use less power if both are left on…
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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 Processor. I have another PC that I want to put this…
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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 extremely fast as well making the whole system very…
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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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Why is it said that 'The longer the pipeline, higher the processor clock rate'

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 possible? My reference material
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How do I deal with an excessively loud Heatsink fan

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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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, one being for Processor 1 and second for…
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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 MalwareBytes and Kasperkey to scan it. But they consume…
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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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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 mentioned in the title. Can anyone tell me if 8GB will…
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