Fierce competition between Intel and AMD has pushed prices for many CPUs well below $100, making a processor upgrade more practical for older PCs. Three scenarios make a CPU upgrade worthwhile: Moving ...

I have an HP Pavilion ze5501US notebook, which utilizes a 2.30GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4. Per CPU-Z it's a Northwood model, socket 478 mPGA, 0.13 um. Sorry I don't have its S-code and manufacturing ...

A PC builder avoided replacing hardware after a CPU swap left their system unable to boot, thanks to the BIOS flashback feature on their X570 motherboard. The tool allowed a firmware update without a ...

I posted this at another forum, but couldn't get any help.<P>Here it is:<P>I know that I have the jumpers set right so that's not an issue. The CPU was dead on this computer. I tested it with another ...

While Huawei is known to offer its smartphones with its proprietary chipset from the HiSilicon Kirin series, its PC offerings (including laptop and desktops) usually offer either an Intel or AMD ...

As Ebay wisely notes in its buying guide, "the CPU will limit how fast anything can occur in the system." That's an important fact to remember when choosing a processor for your computer. Although ...

The number-one PC maker has answered our question whether it’ll honor Intel’s two-year extended warranty on damaged chips — but the answer doesn’t even include the word “warranty.” Lenovo has been ...