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unknow cpu type 1700+

I have a Athlon XP1700-AR running on a M7-MSI-6330-v5.0 board and it seams to be running on the right speed my only concern is when you boot the computer and it's check for the processor type it says "unknow cpu type 1700+" does anyones know about that?

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jdff

jdff

ASKER

I think it use to say Athlon 1700+.

jdff

brandinius

Looks like it's specific to AMD, and likely a BIOS issue.

http://www.soyola.com/kb/kbdesc.php?id=125

http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread/t-8194.html

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-March/023285.html

brandinius

More:
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread/t-9462.html

http://forums.vnunet.com/thread.jsp?forum=17&thread=25669

http://www.hardcoreware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=222465

Callandor

I think this was common to AMD mobile chips, which implemented Power Now.

SciGuy

My laptop (athlon-4) has this issue. But, I have processor drivers for win2k that lets the OS correctly identify it to the system. (NOTE* These were NOT PowerNow! drivers... for me, those can be installed separately). After installing it, the processor shows up correctly, but other than that, it didnt do anything for my system.

You can try searching for a similar drivers, but other than PowerNow! drivers, I dont if there are any generic ones out there...

But like I said, it didnt make any difference to my system. You can get CPU identifier utils from AMD, but I dont think thats quite what you're looking for:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2364,00.html

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ChrisPy

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jdff

ASKER

But the thing is that my bios right now is using the latest update available on the website, what should I do?

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jdff

NWCS

dont worrie about it. if its running the proper mhz then its fine. the msi 630 board came out way before the xp line of procs.
thus it donst know the names of the xp procs

jdff

ASKER

Well the only weird thing is that I have two of this boards and only one says that, they all have the same bios.

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jdff

ChrisPy

It is probably not a big deal, as long as the processor benchmarks where it should be.

But, to try and get it right, did you click on the link in my last post and install the MSI Live Update software, and run through all the updates?

I know you said you already have the latest, but that is the next troubleshooting step to take, and that is a professional opinion.

ChrisPy

jdff

ASKER

Yes, Chrispy I did and Updated to the latest one again nothing changed. I know it's not a big deal. I just wanted to get it straight.

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jdff

jdff

ASKER

Any other ideas?

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jdff

ChrisPy

Sorry I have not been around, but I was working on getting a new job, and I started Monday, so I have been rather busy!

I am really at a loss over this. I would contact their online tech support about this, see if they have a solution, and if not, consider asking for an RMA for a replacement board, if it is important enough to you. Sorry I could not find an actually solve for you!

ChrisPy