Core 2 quad fake?

[panospixel]

Hey guys,i bought today a so called Intel q6600 quad core cpu(it's used so i bought it for 30 euros)Speed fan recognize it as an Intel q6600 quad core so does windows system properties but when i refreshed my windows experience index it dropped from 5.9 calculations per sec to 5.4( i was using intel celeron e3300) and that seemed doubtful so i tried checking ms config on the boot setting where you choose how many cores you want to use on start up but they were only 2 cores.I am using windows 7 ultimate 32 bit he showed me too on another windows application i think that the cpu had 4 cores,can it be fake?What can i do to really find out. Thank you in advance!!

 

[correon]

Pull of your cooler and clean the surface of the cpu and read the info on the cpu surface then you will be sure.

 

[panospixel]

Oh i forgot,he said that the cpu was i believe coated with something so that it remains cooler(bullshit) but its super smooth and has a more silverish/shiny color than my older cpu.Therefore i cannot see the writing.

 

[correon]

Cpu-z will tell you. Www.cpuid.com

 

[panospixel]

Cpu-z will tell you. Www.cpuid.com

It's saying that it's an Intel core 2 quad Q6600 but on the bottom it says that it has only 2 cores..

 

[chromic]

had same problem, had fx-6100, upgraded to fx-8320, everything said 8320 but CPU-Z & bios showed 6 cores.

how to fix, follow these instructions. : http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/howto-get-windows-7-to-detect-your-new-multi-core/71519d51-f6cb-47df-b3ff-66c2928d6de4

 

[correon]

http://ark.intel.com/products/29765 - there is the site to info on the Q6600

 

[Hellboy]

Have you tried updating the motherboards bios... There may be an issue with this processor which needs a bios update.

As we do not know what motherboard you have we can not verify what bios you need

 

[chromic]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/howto-get-windows-7-to-detect-your-new-multi-core/71519d51-f6cb-47df-b3ff-66c2928d6de4 <---- seriously... this works..

 

[panospixel]

Everything works like a charm now,even refreshed my windows experience index and it jumped to 7.1 calculations per sec,Thank you guys i really appreciate it!!