cpu upgrade

Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—and the flurry of "30 days" headlines that followed this announcement compresses a complex, staged retirement into a single-sentence alarm that obscures exactly what will and won't change for users and IT teams...

Microsoft’s extra one‑year grace period doesn’t change the harsh reality: millions of perfectly usable PCs will soon be locked out of the official Windows 11 upgrade unless owners either accept unsupported hacks or invest in small—but sometimes nontrivial—hardware changes. Background: the...

Intel is reportedly preparing an "Arrow Lake Refresh" for the second half of 2025, aiming to address the shortcomings of the initial Arrow Lake processors released in late 2024. This refresh is expected to feature higher clock speeds and an upgraded Neural Processing Unit (NPU), potentially...

I would like to upgrade my computer with Xeon E3-1270 v5, 3.6 GHz to Win11? When performing a health check in order to upgrade, msg 'not compatible for Win11'. How to proceed?

AMD’s new chipset driver is set to revolutionize how Windows users upgrade their processors. Gone are the days of reinstalling Windows 10 or 11 after swapping out your CPU. With version 7.02.13.148, AMD has delivered a host of features aimed at smoother, faster, and more secure transitions...

The dawn of personal computing has seen its share of challenges, with hardware upgrades sometimes morphing into laborious nightmares, especially when it came to a simple CPU swap. For many, the age-old ritual was clear: change the processor, brace for a tedious Windows reinstal. That’s...

This question may be quite rudimentary to many of the experts here, but I just wish to not make a mistake that causes me great issues with my system and current data. I am currently running Windows 10 using ASUS prime Z270-A motherboard and intel i5 6500 cpu. My Motherboard has TPM 2.0 enabled...

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I expect the answer to this is that I'll have to install Windows again, but I wanted to make sure before I open the disk case and waste $80. Details: -Gets to the loading windows screen and crashes just before the four colored balls make contact. The screen freezes for about a tenth of a...

This started about a year ago. What I did was upgrade from an Athlon X3 with an MSI 890S-G46 Mobo (that ran with no problems at all) to a nice FX-8120 with an MSI 890FXA-GD70 Mobo. Not long after that (but long enough to keep me from getting an RMA), I began getting the x101 stop code. I...

I own a dell demension 4600 also i have upgraded the ram to 4 gigs, the cpu to 3.02, a nvidia geForce 6200 agp graphics card, i know i will be needing a sound card, what would you recommend. What i am looking to do is install windows 7 home premium. I seem to have all of the necessary...

HTPC underwent a CPU & mem upgrade, went from XP Pro to 7 Ultimate 64bit Fighting for 2 days with sound issues in many players, most prominent in streaming flash content like Youtube (less problematic, still annoying in Winamp, Foobar, WMP) NO issues with even fullHD stuff in VNC. System: Ram...

I have a windows 7 machine that I use as a 'server' for SageTV (playing DVDs) I dont dirrectly connect to it and the software is stable as far as I did install much software at build and I have changed little recently as far as software.. I recently swapped the CPU out for a quad core and...

Hi, I have a very similar problem - random bluescreens with the title MEMORY_MANAGEMENT. No single application seems to be associated with the errors - they occur unexpectedly, sometimes even when I'm not doing anything on the PC. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, an Asus motherboard and...

Hi All. I have had win7 on for about 2 months now and I should have replaced the hard drive before I did this but I didn't, so here is the question if I replace the hard drive and reinstall win7, when I go to activate windows will it think it is a copy or will it know I have a genuine copy from...

im having a big issue and i don't know who else to ask! my computer is a pentium 4 sony vaio that has winodws 7 on it.2.4ghz and 768mb ram. upgraded the motherboard n CPU to a amd quad core 620 and motherboard is an ECS GeForce6100PM-M2(V3.0).got everything installed.but i cant get into windows...

Hello people, I'm new to the forum and was looking for a bit of help, i currently have Vista Home Premium (had Ultimate but lost the product key and MS is useless..) running on Intel Celeron 2.53GHz CPU. Runs fine no problems with Ultimate but with Home Premium it lags every now and then and...