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| Thread ID: 101208 | 2009-07-05 06:22:00 | Intel Processors/drivers - in Windows XP | WarNox (8772) | Press F1 |
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| 789160 | 2009-07-05 06:22:00 | Hey! I've installed Windows XP Pro on a machine with a Core 2 Quad q9550 processor . When it was first installed I looked in System information (right click My Computer -> Properties) and the processor showed up as "Intel Pentium III Xeon" . I researched this and found a fix that microsoft has ( . microsoft . com/kb/953955" target="_blank">support . microsoft . com) installed it and now it shows up as "x86 Family 6 Model 23" . Does this seem right? Everest Ultimate (software that shows hardware on your pc) shows the processor as it should . --- I cannot seem to find any drivers for the processor on the Intel sites, only some software that scans your processor . The processor driver in device manager is from 1/4/2004, thats from before that processor existed?! Thanks for any help, Gregor |
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| 789161 | 2009-07-05 06:29:00 | Update the BIOS. Sometimes the BIOS fixes what windows detects the CPU as. I did that with a CPU WT sent me, windows detected it as an engineers CPU or something. I updated it, now windows detects it as the right CPU. I wouldnt trust the updates from the MS site | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 789162 | 2009-07-05 07:08:00 | Thanks for that! I flashed the BIOS and that did fix the problem, the Processor now shows up correctly but the date for the processor driver is still from 2004, weird but I don't think it matters. Thanks again. |
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| 789163 | 2009-07-05 07:14:00 | Cool, good to hear that fixed it :) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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