NW labeling

[lagger]

Just wondering I recently built a 2.0a ghz northwood system .. my neighbor liked it so we went to a local copmputer show and he bought a intel 850 and a 1.80a northwood .. but when I boot my sis based system it indicates on the first line after the bios version that it is a 2.0a etc .. his only says 1.8 .. no "A" wondering if he was hosed .. his chip came in a retail box.. didn't check to see if it was open .. do any of you with the 1.8 or 1.6 NW's have a moment to let me know what yours is reported as ?? perhaps it is because we use different chipsets on thse boxes ??


lagger

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[Smilin]

You might just need to flash up to the latest bios. See the mobo manufacturers website.

 

[FatBurger]

Check the BIOS, and use WCPUID to see how much L2 cache there is.

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[lagger]

ahh right wcpuid forgot that one really didnt want to tell him to install sandra he is not that into it..

thanx

lagger

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[eden]

Don't retail boxes mention such info?
Oh yeah a flash would do the trick... any probing software would tell you how much cache there is.
I am sure he bought an NW.

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