Search Help

To enter a query, type in one or more descriptive words or phrases and press Enter (or click the Search button) for a list of relevant Web pages and documents. Since Search only returns Web pages and documents that contain all the words in your query, refining or narrowing your search is as simple as adding more words to the search terms you have already entered. Your new query will return a smaller subset of the pages that were found for your original "too-broad" query.

For best results, it's important to choose your keywords wisely. Keep these tips in mind:

• Try the obvious first. If you're looking for information on the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, enter "Pentium" rather than "processors".
• Use words likely to appear on a site with the information you want. "broadband wireless technology" gets better results than "really fast internet connection without wires".
• Make keywords as specific as possible. "ultimate gaming PC" gets more relevant results than "home computer".

By default, Search only returns pages that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms. For example, to learn about High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions for business, simply type:

Searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "wireless", "Wireless", and "WiReLeSs" will all return the same results.

To provide the most accurate results, Search does not use "stemming" or support "wildcard" searches. In other words, Search looks for exactly the words that you enter in the search box. Searching for "processor" or "processor*" will not yield "processors". If in doubt, try both forms.

You can increase the accuracy of your searches by adding operators that fine-tune your keywords. The options listed on this page can either be entered directly into the search box in the header or the functionality is available by entering your search keywords into the specific search boxes on the Advanced Search page.

Sometimes what you're searching for has more than one meaning; "card" can refer to a variety of PC add-in devices including networking and graphics. You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to avoid. (Be sure to include a space before the minus sign.)

For example, to find Web pages about add-in cards that do not contain the word "network", type:

Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes ("like this") will appear together in all results exactly as you have entered them. Phrase searches are especially useful when searching for famous sayings or proper names.

Search supports the logical "OR" operator. To retrieve pages that include either word A or word B, use an uppercase OR between terms.

For example, to search for servers based on either the Intel® Itanium® 2 processor or the Intel® Xeon™ processor, just type:

Product dropdown menus can be used along with a keyword to narrow your search.

To narrow your search results, select a family and specify a keyword. To further narrow your search results, select a line. For very specific results, select the name of the product(s).

Keep in mind that by selecting a family, line and product, in addition to using a keyword, you may narrow your search to "no results". In this case, try your search again without selecting a product name:

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