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  • Behemot
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    Re: Modern browsers on legacy PC's (Split thread from PSU hall of shame)

    Apparently it runs OK on the P4i945GC with latest BIOS. It does not seem to have any special microcode, the CPU identifies as normal P4 3.4. This guy had the SL7QB, 3.2GHz version of the same chip: http://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewt...=192944#192944
    Last edited by Behemot; 09-13-2018, 03:20 AM.
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