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so how will i know which ones compatible with my chipset?? is their a list anywhere?

Initially, thats what i thought. Only later on for someone to tell me that that's not so. Then even later for another forum telling me the maximum I can go upto is 2.8ghz and so long as it is the northwood processor and not the prescott version. I am so confused and would like to hear everyones view...

Firstly I know this is a desktop forum and not a laptop forum but I could do with your expertise. Can someone please tell me if a C1 stepping CPU be replaced with a D1 stepping CPU. I really wan't to know what is the fastest CPU that will go in my laptop. Another forum mentioned a 2.8GHZ Northwood w...

I'm looking for a vista forceware driver for my 420 Go. I'm looking at the Guru 3D website but cannot understand what all these forceware release and version numbers are. Please can someone shed some light in which driver I am meant to download for my 420 Go hardware. I need this driver to see if I ...

Hi there, can anyone tell me if the processor below will work on my machine? Mobile prescott processor Specifications Manufacturer Intel Type Mobile Pentium 4 (Prescott, 90 nm) Model SL7NA Clock Speed 3.06 GHz Front Bus Speed 533 MHz Cache 1024 kB Hyper Threading Supported Socket 478 pin PPGA Steppi...

So does that mean i can put either of the processors in then?? Is one better that the other. Ive been told the SL6S5 is hyperthreading and the SL726 is speed step technology. Is Hyperthreading better than Speed Step.

Thanks in advance.

This is the dump from cpu-z: ---------------------- CPU-Z version 1.29 ---------------------- CPUID Output ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of CPUs 1 APIC ID 0 Name Intel Pentium 4-M Code name Northwood Specification Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 -...

thanks for your reply. I thought both of those processors were mobile. Also i have used CPU-Z and that tells me my package is mPGA-478B. Does that not mean I have a 478 socket?

I have a Intel pentium 2.0ghz 4-M package mPGA-478B processor 400MHZ FSB in my laptop. I was wondering if either of the above processor would be compatible with my laptop and if so what are the difference between the 2 and which ones better. Any help appreciated.

what is the difference between the 2 processor and which ones better. Also can I use either to replace my existing toshiba laptop processor Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor - M 2.0 GHz Front Side Bus : 400 MHz 1st level cache : 12 KB 2nd level cache : 512 KB core voltage (AC) : 1.3 V co-processor ...

Where can I download a forceware driver for the Nvidia 420 Go and which version is the best. Also is version 4.5.9.1 a forceware and can anyone please also give me a link to download that version please. Many thanx.

can anyone help me???

Oh that would be brilliant. Thanks ever so much. . By the way, I'm from the UK.

Aol say that they don't offer any support for routers on AOL silver. I'm trying to set the router up but I need the AOL ISP number. They won't give it to me. Where can I find the ISP number??

It's for all rounder. Not for games though. Will be doing sound editing a lot and maybe dvd burning and general internet usage.

Centrino's come with low CPU speed but very high Cache memory. I can get a normal laptop (which is wifi upgradeable) with a high CPU speed but half the Cache memory of the centrino. Example: A 1.6ghz with 1MB Cache or a 2.8Ghz with 512KB Cache??

What is faster a low speed processor with a high cache memory or Higher speed processor with a lower cache memory.