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Questions related to processors and memory from roughly a decade of personal experience, willing to take a stab at any question you might have, with knowledge reaching from the AMD K7 (Athlon, AthlonXP, Duron, Sempron) to the AMD K8 and K9 (Athlon64, Athlon64 FX, Opteron, Athlon64 x2, Phenom X3/X4) generations, and from the Intel Pentium III to Core 2 generation, as well as accompanying technologies, including mainboards, chipsets, and memory.
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Computer enthusiast and hobbyist, years of IT experience here and there (still always room to learn!).
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Recent Answers from Bobbert
2009-11-19 How to upgrade a sempron to a intel core 2 doe:
If download speeds are the issue, this won't be influenced by the microprocessor directly, your internet connection speed will more heavily influence this, what kind of internet connection do you presently
2009-11-17 How to upgrade a sempron to a intel core 2 doe:
No, it cannot be "anything", it has to be an AM2+ compatible AMD processor, such as a Phenom II X4 or X3, although without knowing the specific application load, I'm not really able to help you with making
2009-11-17 How to upgrade a sempron to a intel core 2 doe:
With your system, it will be impossible to upgrade from a Sempron to any Intel processor, as your system has an AMD processor, and AMD processor socket. From HP, your system has an AM2+ socket, meaning
2009-11-16 Cannot access BIOS:
The mainboard will have some form of branding on it, however minimal, look for a manufacturer logo, such as Asus, Abit, ECS, DFI, Foxconn, or similar, and a model number near to that (it may even display
2009-11-14 Cannot access BIOS:
Aside from trying fairly common key combinations for the BIOS (ESC, Insert, Delete, F1 through F12, etc), you'd need to know the model of the motherboard or system overall, in order to know the correct
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