Re: Bios showing wrong CPU

On 30 Sep, 22:08, "mr deo" <rst...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"ipleb" <pleb...@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

iPleb

What doeshttp://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.phpshow you as the CPU?..
If your FSB is set incorrectly then it's not uncommon for windows or even
the BIOS to confuse chips.

Hi there

I've just used the CPUID - it tells me I am running an Intel Xeon 5110
- a socket 771 lga package - weird as my mobo is obviously a socket
775

The core speed is at 1600 with a multiplyer of x8.0 bus speed at
200mhz and a rated FSB of 800mhz

I have two ddr2 533 pc2 4300 1gig chips and two ddr2 533 pc2 4300
512mb chips to give a total of 3gigs
The DRAM freq is at 266/7 and the max bandwidth of each chip is
pc2-4300 (266Mhz)

Most of that means nothing to me - does it help anyone else?

Oh and taking out the RAM makes no difference - I cannot remember
whether the problem started after installing the ram or upgrading the
bios

Can a bios be downgraded?

Simon


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