Belarc Advisor shows an empty processor socket on HP0A54h motherboard

[Keith65]

Belarc Advisor shows an empty processor socket on my HP0A54h motherboard. The PC has 1 x 1.80 ghz Intel Pentium dual E2160 processor. Can i fit a second identical processor into the empty socket, and if so will it make any noticable difference to the performance. If this is a daft question, I apologise.

[kingtopcat · Accepted solution]

Hi there Keith65 Welcome to your forum!: Even if you could fit  a 2nd processor in that slot it wouldn't work because what you have is a vestigal feature that was part of the motherboard originally as either a MSI, ASUS or any mainstream motherboard that's part of a PC you see in a mag like the late Maxiumum PC or CPU (Computer Power User) when a vendor such as HP gets various boards they disable certain parts of the board to highlight certain other qualities so computers can be built with a certain performance at a given price before it's assembled and "tatooed" this way an owner that has visions of overclocking either the CPU or Video card they are ether limited or not allowed at all to do it so our group or the company won't be liable for any problems that might arise later

I first learned about the "limit" when I found a clock multiplier option in my Amazon motherboard on my Pavilion 7965 but couldn't use it.

in addition you would need to replace Windows 10 with a Workstation edition of Windows as well a 2nd Xeon proc just to exploit that option which would cost you 4 figures to invest in.

hope this enlightens as well as behoove you

if there's anything else on your mind feel free to come back so that we can extend your knowlege of computers

no Keith65 it's not daft at all that's why I & the rest of this august crew are here for

                                                                                                                                        kingtopcat

[Keith65]

Hi

Thanks for the answer and the reasons behind it. It saves a lot of unnecessary fiddling about for no gain.

Regards

Keith

[mdklassen]

From: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00771619

2.4.1 Intel Processor Support

The models covered in this guide support the following processor types:

■ Intel Pentium Processor Extreme Edition - dual-core design with Hyper-Threading (HT)

technology

■ Intel Pentium D Processor - dual-core design

■ Intel Pentium 4 Processor - single-core design with HT technology

■ Intel Core2 Duo - (when available) energy-efficient dual-core performance

■ Intel Celeron D Processor

These processors are backward-compatible with software written for earlier x86 microprocessors

and include streaming SIMD extensions (SSE, SSE2, and SSE3) for enhancing 3D graphics and

speech processing performance.

The system board includes a zero-insertion-force (ZIF) Socket-T designed for mounting an

LGA775-type processor package (Figure 2-14).

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I would consider an Intel Core2 Duo processor, with Hyperthreading, to give you quite a boost, from 1.8 GHz (and dual-core?) to over 3 Ghz (with 4 CPUs -- 2 threads for each of the 2 cores).

Your current Operating System will support the upgraded CPU.

[Keith65]

O.K. thanks. I will try to get hold of one. I will check first to see if either of my dc7600 pc's have one in, otherwise it will be Ebay.

regards

Keith