How do you tell how much load is on a CPU? On a desktop or laptop, the OS usually has some kind of gadget to display the basics. On a microcontroller, though, you’ll have to roll your own CPU load ...

I have a 3.0ghz p4 dell desktop and need to hardwire the cpu fan to full power. There are 3 wires white red and black. Which wire is the rpm signal wire and which are positive and negative power? No ...

A rite of passage for a digital designer is to build a CPU. That may seem a formidable task and if you are thinking of building a modern CPU like the one in your PC, it is. However, a simple CPU is ...

During twenty years of running an IT services company, one of the questions I heard most often was: should I buy I used high-end processor or opt for a current-generation budget processor? On paper, ...

I've got two computers, one is an old K6-2/400, the other is a P3-733.<BR><BR>When both are running win2k, the differences seem, well slight. I've done some benchmarking and even then the differences ...