If your CPU goes bad, or the socket on your motherboard supports a faster processor than what's installed in your computer, you might need to remove the current CPU to make room for a replacement.

So, I know this has probably been covered before, but my ars forum search-fu is failing me ... <BR><BR>I have to RMA my motherboard, but when I went to wiggle the retail HSF off the CPU, I guess I ...

Operating system patches alone can protect against the nasty Meltdown flaw affecting Intel processors, but fixing Spectre—Meltdown’s nasty sibling, which affects all CPUs—requires firmware updates for ...