Re: Any way to ID a cpu?

On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:32 -0000, "Rob Hemmings" <rkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"EGK" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is there any software that will ID a cpu short of taking the heat sink off
and looking?

I was recently given an Asus board with a (supposedly) 1800+ cpu on it.
After building a system around it, I set up the bios and the fsb to 133
which I thought was standard for that chip. It reports it as a 2400+.
It's
1800+ when left at the 100fsb default. I didn't think any of the XP
class
cpu's ran at 100fsb.

I could take the heatsink off but it runs stable and I didnt want to risk
chipping the core just to look at it. Software like cpuID seems to only
report based on the speed it's running and nothing about an actual ID
string.

Try CPU-Z (freeware, no install needed):
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
HTH

Thanks. I tried it but it says it's based on the CPUID engine in the
"About" information. It ID's it as whatever I have it set to in the
motherboard bios. If I lower the FSB to 100 it ID's as an 1800+. Sisoft
Sandra does the same thing.

Like I said, I didnt think any of the XP class of cpu's ran at 100 but I
could be wrong. I thought that was only the older Athlons and Durons that
used 100.
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