Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 20 Mar 2003 19:06:53 +0000 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: CPU misdetection and, (probably unrelated) IDE data corruption |
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 02:52:22PM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> * Misdetection of an Athlon 1700XP as a Duron > model name : AMD Duron(tm) Processor
This string is set by the BIOS at power-on time. If it really is an Athlon, your BIOS is horked. Try upgrading it.
Out of curiosity, what does x86info[1] make of it ?
Dave
[1] See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/cvs/ for a snapshot.
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