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Unknown CPU type
I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was
supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. |
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"007dust" wrote in message ... I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. Usually the indication of a "mobile" cpu. Or you just need a BIOS update. |
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007dust wrote:
I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. What does wcpuid http://www.webattack.com/get/wcpuid.shtml say it is? I agree with Bill that it's either a mobile or your bios could use an update. If it's a mobile they ususally o/c quite well, but a lot depends on your other kit - memory, psu, mobo etc. I have the 1.35v / 35w mobile 2400 and it o/cs very well :-) -- Ian |
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007dust wrote:
I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. ============== Posted through www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb - free access to hardware troubleshooting newsgroups. You should have posted what motherboard you're plugging it into but, odds are, it was probably made before that speed was available so it doesn't 'know' about them. A BIOS update would probably 'inform' it of the newer types. As for 'telling the difference', there's more to the 'feel' of a system than just the CPU and, for typical use, the speed of the hard drive will have as much, if not more, impact because people sense program load times more than anything else. If you're a gamer and your display card is running full tilt then more processor power won't help much, etc. It should be a bit more obvious if you try something CPU intensive, that's not excessively constrained by something else, like video encoding. |
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:05:32 -0400, 007dust wrote:
I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? As they should. Your bios doesn't know what the model number is for this speed cpu, so it reports Unknown. It's just cosmetics and has absolutely no effect on performance. A bios upgrade may give you right info. Then again, it might not, depending on what board you have. In any case, it's not a true problem. Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. There's only 2 things that set cpu core speed. Multiplier x FSB clock = CPU speed. Many things can affect success though. Vcore, ram, etc., etc. Without know ing what MB you have, no one can help much except give you these basics. See link below for more general info. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Wes Newell wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:05:32 -0400, 007dust wrote: I bought an AMD 2400 XP 266 FSB off of Pricewatch.com. It was supposed to be new but i noticed right away that it is most likey a pull. I got a good deal on it so i'm fine with that. It works fine, (although i can't tell much difference at all between it and the 1.4 Gig it replaced) My only concern is that it is listed as an Unknown CPU type - 2.0 Ghz. I am positive this is a genuine AMD chip. All the correct markings are on it. So why would i be getting this type of response from the cpu? Windows and Bios both say unknown. :? As they should. Your bios doesn't know what the model number is for this speed cpu, so it reports Unknown. It's just cosmetics and has absolutely no effect on performance. A bios upgrade may give you right info. Then again, it might not, depending on what board you have. In any case, it's not a true problem. That is probably true in his case but it is not universally correct as the BIOS also set's up various processor registers and if it is unaware of what the processor needs it may not initialize it properly; which can cause it to run slow, or not at all. Anybody out there have any ideas? I'd like to know what overclocking options might be available to me too. Any help is appreciated. There's only 2 things that set cpu core speed. Multiplier x FSB clock = CPU speed. Many things can affect success though. Vcore, ram, etc., etc. Without know ing what MB you have, no one can help much except give you these basics. See link below for more general info. |
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It's just cosmetics and has absolutely no effect on performance Ahhhhh, but Sandra docks you 30 points for that. The OP is lucky though, as others point out it is a mobile chip and they are OC monsters. ----------------------- All lower case to respond by mail. If you give a little they give a lot http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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AndrewJ wrote:
It's just cosmetics and has absolutely no effect on performance Ahhhhh, but Sandra docks you 30 points for that. The OP is lucky though, as others point out it is a mobile chip Well, it 'might' be a mobile but it's by no means 'for sure' as a 266 MHz FSB XP 2400+ is a perfectly normal processor. and they are OC monsters. ----------------------- All lower case to respond by mail. If you give a little they give a lot http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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Well, it 'might' be a mobile but it's by no means 'for sure' as a 266 MHz FSB XP 2400+ is a perfectly normal processor. Of the dozen some Barton's I'm running, only three are not auto-detected. Those are the three that are Mobiles. That is on three different brands and two basic mobo types. Asus, Biostar, Chaintech. With VIA and NF2. ----------------------- All lower case to respond by mail. If you give a little they give a lot http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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"AndrewJ" wrote in message ... Well, it 'might' be a mobile but it's by no means 'for sure' as a 266 MHz FSB XP 2400+ is a perfectly normal processor. Of the dozen some Barton's I'm running, only three are not auto-detected. Those are the three that are Mobiles. That is on three different brands and two basic mobo types. Asus, Biostar, Chaintech. With VIA and NF2. Maybe so, but the 266 Mhz XP2400+ isn't a Barton... ----------------------- All lower case to respond by mail. If you give a little they give a lot http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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