I am trying to Upgrade my Protege M750 with Intel® C™2 Duo processor T6670.
The Upgrade starts but after while I got message Processor not supported.
Any explanention why it is happened as even older processors are supported
Perhaps 32-bit Windows 10 will run on it but not 64-bit?
Run coreinfo.exe from Microsoft sysinternals to see what features the processor has. live.sysinternals.com - /
To run x86 Windows 10 you need NX, PAE, and SSE2
To run x64 Windows 10 you also need CMPXCHG16B and other 64-bit extensions
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P AMI BIOS 1005.1001 03/02/2005 OS: Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240 CPU: Intel socket 775 Pentium 4 540 HT 3200 Prescott Motherboard: Fujitsu Siemens ASUS P5GD1-FM/S AMI BIOS 1005.1001 Memory: 2GB DDR Graphics Card: GeForce 9500GT 512MB driver version 341.92 Sound Card: on-board Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Hewlett Packard HP vs17 Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech PSU: Antec 380W Case: Antec NSK 4000B Cooling: Big case fans Hard Drives: 2 Seagate 500 GBs, Maxtor 300GB, WD160 all rescued from old Sky and NTL STB throwouts. Internet Speed: BT 70 down 20 up Browser: Edge Antivirus: MS Defender Other Info: This is seriously old kit - dating back to early 2005. Almost all of it was thrown out as trash at some time! The keyboard and mouse, and the Graphics Card cost about £20 altogether.
It lives in a case with 8 drive bays, and runs several multibooting systems - from Windows XP to 10, and some Linux distributions without problems, and generally with good speed.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Acer Travelmate 2423 OS: Windows 10 14393.2007 1607 x86 CPU: Celeron M 1.50GHz 1 core 32-bit Motherboard: Acer Phoenix BIOS 23 May 2006 Memory: 2 GB, 1.45 GB available Graphics Card: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Monitor(s) Displays: Advent (Mirage driver) dfmirage.sys 2.0.105.0 Screen Resolution: 1400x900 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech M-U0026 PSU: Acer, External Case: Clamshell Cooling: Ext. laptop fan assist Hard Drives: Kingspec PATA IDE SSD 128GB Internet Speed: 80 down 18 up (BT) Browser: Chrome Canary Antivirus: Defender Other Info: Originally XP home x86 U/G to Pro, U/G Windows7 Pro, U/G Windows 10 Pro
screen hinges show fatigue cracks on the clamshell screen damaged when dropped hence ext monitor; battery dead, touchpad barely usable, and keyboard pretty knackered, hence ext kb and mouse. internal WiFi adapter failed, so use wired ethernet. int DVD also now unusable, modem disabled
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P AMI BIOS 1005.1001 03/02/2005 OS: Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240 CPU: Intel socket 775 Pentium 4 540 HT 3200 Prescott Motherboard: Fujitsu Siemens ASUS P5GD1-FM/S AMI BIOS 1005.1001 Memory: 2GB DDR Graphics Card: GeForce 9500GT 512MB driver version 341.92 Sound Card: on-board Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Hewlett Packard HP vs17 Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech PSU: Antec 380W Case: Antec NSK 4000B Cooling: Big case fans Hard Drives: 2 Seagate 500 GBs, Maxtor 300GB, WD160 all rescued from old Sky and NTL STB throwouts. Internet Speed: BT 70 down 20 up Browser: Edge Antivirus: MS Defender Other Info: This is seriously old kit - dating back to early 2005. Almost all of it was thrown out as trash at some time! The keyboard and mouse, and the Graphics Card cost about £20 altogether.
It lives in a case with 8 drive bays, and runs several multibooting systems - from Windows XP to 10, and some Linux distributions without problems, and generally with good speed.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Acer Travelmate 2423 OS: Windows 10 14393.2007 1607 x86 CPU: Celeron M 1.50GHz 1 core 32-bit Motherboard: Acer Phoenix BIOS 23 May 2006 Memory: 2 GB, 1.45 GB available Graphics Card: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Monitor(s) Displays: Advent (Mirage driver) dfmirage.sys 2.0.105.0 Screen Resolution: 1400x900 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech M-U0026 PSU: Acer, External Case: Clamshell Cooling: Ext. laptop fan assist Hard Drives: Kingspec PATA IDE SSD 128GB Internet Speed: 80 down 18 up (BT) Browser: Chrome Canary Antivirus: Defender Other Info: Originally XP home x86 U/G to Pro, U/G Windows7 Pro, U/G Windows 10 Pro
screen hinges show fatigue cracks on the clamshell screen damaged when dropped hence ext monitor; battery dead, touchpad barely usable, and keyboard pretty knackered, hence ext kb and mouse. internal WiFi adapter failed, so use wired ethernet. int DVD also now unusable, modem disabled
My experience running Sysinternals makes me think the * on the sysinternal shots means that item is not supported [but I could be wrong].
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m with Centrino that can't support Windows later than WinXP nor Linux Mint version 14 or later but is happy as a clam with Linux Mint 13.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Customs, Dell, HP, ASUS OS: Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint CPU: AMD and Intel Motherboard: Dell and Gigabyte Sound Card: Onboard Monitor(s) Displays: Dell 24" Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Hard Drives: SATA and NVMe SSDs and SATA HDDs Browser: Firefox, Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, SeaMonkey Other Info: 4 computers on KVM switch
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo OS: Win11 Pro, Win7, Win10 Home and Pro, Linux Mint, MS-DOS 6.20 w/Win3.1 CPU: AMD and Intel Monitor(s) Displays: 12", 13", 14", 15", 17" Browser: Firefox, Edge, Chromium [not Chrome], Vivaldi, SeaMonkey
The asterisk * in coreinfo shows that the feature is present - logically, if all those *features were not present, the processor would not be able to do much at all!
What is in the BIOS or on the Motherboard that is interfering with the recognition - is there a BIOS update for the machine - and is there a switch for NX in the BIOS?
- the Intel entry for that T6670 Processor states that it has the Execute disable bit present, but has a footnote:
‡ This feature may not be available on all computing systems. Please check with the system vendor to determine if your system delivers this feature, or reference the system specifications (motherboard, processor, chipset, power supply, HDD, graphics controller, memory, BIOS, drivers, virtual machine monitor-VMM, platform software, and/or operating system) for feature compatibility. Functionality, performance, and other benefits of this feature may vary depending on system configuration.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P AMI BIOS 1005.1001 03/02/2005 OS: Windows 10 x86 14383 Insider Pro and Core 10240 CPU: Intel socket 775 Pentium 4 540 HT 3200 Prescott Motherboard: Fujitsu Siemens ASUS P5GD1-FM/S AMI BIOS 1005.1001 Memory: 2GB DDR Graphics Card: GeForce 9500GT 512MB driver version 341.92 Sound Card: on-board Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays: Hewlett Packard HP vs17 Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech PSU: Antec 380W Case: Antec NSK 4000B Cooling: Big case fans Hard Drives: 2 Seagate 500 GBs, Maxtor 300GB, WD160 all rescued from old Sky and NTL STB throwouts. Internet Speed: BT 70 down 20 up Browser: Edge Antivirus: MS Defender Other Info: This is seriously old kit - dating back to early 2005. Almost all of it was thrown out as trash at some time! The keyboard and mouse, and the Graphics Card cost about £20 altogether.
It lives in a case with 8 drive bays, and runs several multibooting systems - from Windows XP to 10, and some Linux distributions without problems, and generally with good speed.
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Acer Travelmate 2423 OS: Windows 10 14393.2007 1607 x86 CPU: Celeron M 1.50GHz 1 core 32-bit Motherboard: Acer Phoenix BIOS 23 May 2006 Memory: 2 GB, 1.45 GB available Graphics Card: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Chipset Family Sound Card: Realtek AC'97 Monitor(s) Displays: Advent (Mirage driver) dfmirage.sys 2.0.105.0 Screen Resolution: 1400x900 Keyboard: Logitech K120 Mouse: Logitech M-U0026 PSU: Acer, External Case: Clamshell Cooling: Ext. laptop fan assist Hard Drives: Kingspec PATA IDE SSD 128GB Internet Speed: 80 down 18 up (BT) Browser: Chrome Canary Antivirus: Defender Other Info: Originally XP home x86 U/G to Pro, U/G Windows7 Pro, U/G Windows 10 Pro
screen hinges show fatigue cracks on the clamshell screen damaged when dropped hence ext monitor; battery dead, touchpad barely usable, and keyboard pretty knackered, hence ext kb and mouse. internal WiFi adapter failed, so use wired ethernet. int DVD also now unusable, modem disabled
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