Re: Wrong CPU being shown by the BIOS


"ipleb" <plebism@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all

I have an Asus P5N motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.86ghz
Socket 775 FSB800 CPU. All was working fine ... until recently when I
installed an extra gig of RAM which put the system total at 3gig - the
PC runs Vista home pre.

Now I am not sure if installing the RAM did this or messing about in
the OC settings of the bios, but everytime the PC boots it halts at
the BIOS screen with a message sayinh.

"Unknown CPU detected, install latest BIOS to unleash Power"

Now I have the latest BIOS installed but the problem seems to be that
the CPU is coming up as an Intel Xeon 4...@xxx ghz, 2 CPUs detected.

Vista also shows that an XEON is installed

Can anyone think why this has happened?

Thanks



Yes, the BIOS makes a guess as to what CPU is installed based in part on
clock frequency and multiplier, along with other settings you might "tweak"
when you are overclocking. Apparently, in messing around with the OC
settings, you have stumbled upon settings that closely match the specs of a
Xeon. -Dave
iPleb


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