Anyway to tell which AMD CPU insitu?

[moggsy]

Hi all

I've been given a mates' PC to look at as it was crashing all the time.

I'd tried various things before I managed to get a spare stick of ram - that's what it was in the end!

I'd reset the cmos earlier and when I managed to get it all up and running, I noticed the CPU in My Computer properties was showing as 950mhz Sempron.

I looked on the net for details on Semprons as I'd never had one, and found it ran at a bus speed of 166 - the mobo had defaulted to 100 - so I set that and left all the rest at Auto.

It came up then as a Sempron 2200+ @ 1500Mhz.

My mate hasn't got a clue which model of Sempron is in it.

I was wondering if it was at the right speed now or if it is a higher spec than that. Is there a way to find out for sure, or is it a case of just upping the dividers bit by bit till it wont boot or something. If so whic one should I start off with?

Thanks for any advice....

 

[mmorpheus1]

download and run cpuz, it will tell you what processor is installed

 

[Ben M]

cpu-z should do the trick

 

[moggsy]

Thanks for the suggestions...

I'd already tried cpuz and it was saying the same as 'My Computer' >properties...ie. just a Sempron 950mhz initially and now as a Semp 2200+....It doesn't actually say anywhere (that I can see at least...) what it's full capabilities are....

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Initial POST screen?

Edit: Whatever it is... Bad times with a low clock Sempron are waiting.

 

[Quixote]

The cool and quiet driver reduces the cpu speed by lowering the multiplier when under no / light load. It does so to lower power consumption. You need to place the cpu under some load, such as a game in windowed mode or even a lighter task. Then you should see the speed go to the correct value. I would leave all the bios settings on auto rather than trying to manually find out the settings. Though if do choose that route, cpu-z should be able to identify the cpu. I would leave cool and quiet on as it saves power and provides the full speed when it's needed.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

But surely it comes up with some sort of model name during POST?

 

[Tetras]

But surely it comes up with some sort of model name during POST?

Actually no, I don't think it does, iirc with these old AMD CPUs the BIOS picks up the model name by matching it to a table.

OP: can you post CPU-Z CPU screen here?