Re: Wrong CPU being shown by the BIOS

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:05:19 -0700, ipleb thoughfully wrote:

On 30 Sep, 02:51, david <n...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:46:29 -0700, ipleb rearranged some electrons to
say:

On Sep 29, 1:32 pm, "Dave" <no...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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

Hmmmmm

Do you know how I could work out what the original settings the
actual CPU would be?

Check your motherboard documentation.  Most MBs have a jumper that can
be set,and removing the battery for a minute or so will clear the
settings to the factory default.  Don't forget to put the jumper back
to where it was.

Hi there ...

I have done the removing the battery and jumper combo but to no avail

I plan to remove the RAM next to see what happend

Thanks :D

Are you sure you installed the right bios upgrade?

Is the new memory module compatible with the original modules?

Does your motherboard support 3 memory modules or requires paired of
memory? Maybe it works fine with 2 or 4 DDR but doesn't work with 3?
.

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