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maximum RAM capacity DX58SO + i7 920 only 8Gb

I have a i7 920 cpu on a DX58SO motherboard. Reading the specs of these, I concluded that the maximum RAM capacity should be 16 Gb. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/37147/intel-...
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Way to disable Intel TurboBoost before boot or during Windows Setup?

I'll try long story short. I have an Asus TUF504GM laptop with i7 8750H processor. Recently I was having BSODs, and even couldn't install Windows 10 or any other OS because was always crashing, tried ...
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Intel core i7 4th gen dont use turbo boost

I have a laptop ASUS ROG G751JL. When I bought it, there is Windows 10 installed. Since I formatted it and installed Windows 7. The processor is Intel Core i7 4th generation. It should have the turbo ...
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Do I need to do a BIOS update?

As I am very interested in computer hardware but do not want to waste some valuable hardware, I decided to upgrade an old PC with an ECS H61H2-M12 motherboard. One of the changes I want to make is to ...
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Turbo Boost is not working, for Intel core i7 CPU

Recently I changed the motherboard of my laptop (hp envy 15t-j100) with new one, the laptop is working good. But the processor (core i7 4700 MQ) now does not run in turbo boost mode any more, the task ...
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Did a windows update, restarted, cannot reduce CPU multipliers anymore

I have been using the same laptop (Clevo p151sm1b, i7-4700MQ) for years and have had the turbo boost CPU multipliers reduced to 28x via Intel XTU. Recently, I did a windows update, restarted, and ...
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CPU temp very hot in BIOS but okay in RealTemp/Speedfan

I just built myself a new i7 2600k system with an Intel DP67BA motherboard. Booted into BIOS and was alarmed to find Processor temp reported at 75 C, and steadily rising... sat there while it rose to ...
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