how can i find the right cpu for my mother boad ibm ?

Answer 1

You can start by noting what type of slot/socket it has for the CPU, and/or any model numbers / designations to the mainboard, as well as the manufacturer. THEN perhaps we can look up something appropriate.

Answer 2

MUCH more details needed.

Typically IBM uses either:
- their own "power pc" CPUs in their high end machines.
- Intel CPUs in their PC lineup

But since there is a huge amount of different machines made over the years, it's next to impossible to tell without having much more details of the machine.
The story of PCs started with the IBM PC having a Intel 8088, the IBM AT with a 80286, then the PS/2 lineup having 80386 CPUs, and from there on it went all faster.

Typically if the board still has the old CPU, you could try to read the markings on he CPU.

Answer 3

the righ thing to do is to go to IBM.com, find the phone number for the parts department an then buy the right replacement part for your PC, because you are not going to find a replacement from any other generic brand, and if you do find one that fits, your IBM is not IBM anymore... is going to be anything else but an IBM... how does that affect you?, if you need to run your recovery disk, is just never going to work again an you are going to have to buy windows again... so, is just better to just buy it directly from IBM.

Answer 4

if the motherboard is in the correct ibm tower (ie netvista) then you can serch the machine type on ibm.com and then look at the specs for that computer.