Questions tagged [chipset]
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Why should I install hardware drivers if my computer is working fine?
I've just installed Windows 7 on my PC.
I went online to look for drivers. For my motherboard, Foxconn offers LAN drivers, on-board audio drivers, and chipset drivers. And for my graphics card, ...
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Can 'AMD-only' RAM really be restricted to AMD chipsets, and if so, why?
I was browsing for a RAM upgrade earlier for my system, and came across 'AMD-only' RAM (aka, RAM that only works on AMD chipsets).
This RAM can easily be found on sites such as eBay, and seems to be ...
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I want to install more than the supported amount of RAM on my PC. Is it likely to work? [closed]
I have a Shuttle SG32G2 PC that I'm using as a small home server. It has two 240-pin DDR2 RAM slots, and officially supports 2GB per slot, for a maximum of 4GB of RAM, which I already have installed. ...
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How do I identify what is my 'Intel Chipset' , on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit system?
How do I identify what is my 'Intel Chipset' , on a Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit system?
This is actually a follow-up question to
USB 3.0 ports function as USB 2.0 ports on Windows 7 -- trying to ...
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SATA drives or chipset throwing DRDY ERR and ICRC ABRT
I have an SD-VIA-1A2S PCI card with 2 sata ports (and one ATA-133 that isn't used). Two new Western Digital Caviar Green drives (WD10EARS 1TB) throw repeated errors in kern.log (removed date/time/...
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Motherboard says PCIe 3.0, but chipset only supports PCIe 2.0. Who's right?
As part of integration testing for our product, we received a client machine with a Supermicro X10DRi motherboard in it, with 2 Xeon E5-2620 v4 CPUs and a Quadro P5000. That motherboard is using the ...
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Difference between chipset and motherboard
What is the difference between chipset and motherboard? Can I use chipset instead of the motherboard? Any disadvantage in using chipset?
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How to avoid purchasing Faulty "Cougar Point" Chipset motherboard?
I plan on purchasing an Intel 2600K processor and am worried about my motherboard choice considering the faulty chipset ("Cougar Point" Chipset ) issues.
What should I check to make sure I don't ...
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Running a Sandybridge i5 2500K on an h67 board
Is anyone aware of any issues/downsides of running a Sandy Bridge i5 2500K on an H67 board?
Some info for context:
I'm planning on building a dual
monitor, quiet, development rig.
I have no plans to ...
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Which intel socket type is more future-proof?
I'm planning on building another Highend Desktop - or dual CPU server (not sure which right now) but I heard that some of Intels chipsets might be dropped soon. Which ones? Which ones are supposed to ...
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PCIe network card deactivate DVI output (but NOT VGA output) on Shuttle SG41J1+
It's all in the title :) Inserting a network card (or any other PCIe card, RAID controller, SAS, etc ) in the PCIe 16x slot of the Shuttle SG41J1 deactivate the DVI output. The VGA output still works ...
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Ralink MT7601U Wi-Fi USB adapter failed to set master mode
I'm using virtualbox with installed latest Kali linux for Wifi related stuff for education purpose only where I using MT7601U chipset for same.
fluxion tool for Captive Portal in client end also tried ...
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Is it possible to calculate theoretical i/o throughput of CPU?
I have machine with i7-2600K and I'm turning it into storage server. It's using P67 chipset which uses 20 Gb/s DMI interface to CPU. There are also pcie x8/x8 slots on board wired directly to CPU. I ...
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Change OS with A/B cable?
I have this machine with embedded linux, and it has an A/B port, so i can connect it directly to my PC. I would like to change the OS on this device, and as I have tried many different ways, this ...
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Chipset supports 8gb of RAM but computer is 32bit?
I have a Compaq Pressario SR1222NX that I am looking to upgrade the RAM on. So the max supported RAM is for my computer is 4 GB. This makes sense to me as the 32 bit address limit is 4GB. However......
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