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Bios vs. Windows
I have a pc that bios says has a PIII 1300. Windows says it has a Celeron 434mhz as does Belarc advisor.
The program Bios Agent say this about the mobo;
Bios ID:6A69MTRAC
Bios Date:07/06/03
Bios Signon:07/06/2003-i810(E)-W8362-6A69MTRAC-00
Bios Type:Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Super I/O:Unknown
Chipset:Intel Whitney 82810E rev 3
OEM Signon:(13PRO) EVALUATION ROM - CH
Cpu says PIII 1300 on it. I know CPU's can be mis-marked, deliberate or not, but why would the Bios report a PIII 1300 if it is only a Celeron 434mhz?
Also can anyone tell me the mfg. of this board by the bios string and if there are any bios updates?
Thanks in advance.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif
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Intel did not make a 1300 P3. There is a 1333. Bios and windows will report wrong if the fsb or multiplier are set wrong. Although intel processors are multiplier locked, I suspect this could happen if the bios does not support the cpu.
Processor Spec Finder
Intel® Processor Frequency ID Utility Bootable
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BIOS may be misreporting the CPU... Celeron 433 has a thick (about 2mm) black colour base, while P3-1333 has a thin green colour base...
Celeron 433 runs at 66Mhz FSB and P3-1333 - at 133Mhz... that may give you an idea... ;)
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As far as I remember, the 810 chipset didn't support anything over PIII 1Ghz. IOW: it didn't support the Tualatin. So, it must be misreporting.
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