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[peter miller]

My computer has a pent III processor....
But in system info it says:-
Intel 82443Bx pentium(r) II processor to pci bridge(with gart support)...It also says the same again except processor to AGP.

It ALSO says genuine pentiumIII processor.!!
I actually checked inside and it is a pentIII no worrys there.I thought for a second I was had!
But why the pent II stuff being mentioned?

I have heard that this is a windows problem.Has anyone heard of this ?

 

[Brahmb]

For some reason, the sys info program isn't as updated as it should be (you probably have an OEM version of Windows). It will read your chip and if it doesn't know what it is, it will id it as the latest chip at the time the program was written. I had the same trouble with mine.

OEM versions suck.

 

[Emeric]

It's a windows thing, no big deal. Mine says PII even though it's a PIII. Took them long enough to get even PII to be displayed instead of Pentium. Windows ME displays PIII's correctly.

 

[peter miller]

Thanks folks:-I actually just spoke to the guy that I bought the pc off and he said you can get a fix for it.
service pack 3.0 I think he called it.
I'm glad to know it is nothing to worry about though.
Cheers PETE

 

[Emeric]

No fix required. If it ain't broke....

I run into a lot of customers who patch the hell out of their machine to the point where it gets corrupted, and they wonder why. Windows Update, the first icon I delete from new machines. Customers who flash the BIOS on every component that has the capability - the second they get the machine home. Enough to drive one mad.

Had a customer with a ASUS Ge-Force card.. flashed it for no reason, incorrectly. Cooked the card. Why did you flash it? "I don't know, it was a newer version".

If it's working, just leave it.