topic Re: Problem with E5200 in Mobile and Desktop Processors

Problem with E5200

idata — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:52:15 GMT

Hello everybody. I would just like to clarify something about this CPU.

So, I've been having a bit of trouble with my PC, the company who assembled this put together an ECS 945P-A and an E5200 CPU. This mobo doesn't even support my CPU as far as I know, and that's probably the cause of my problem. The "Intel Processor Identification Utility" shows that both of my cores are running at 1.19GHz-

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b113/Orpheus666/IPIDU.jpg

As far as I know, both the cores should be running at 2.5GHz. I brought my PC to the shop where I bought it from and some guy there ran some tests and told me that this is normal and this is how a dual core CPU works, that both cores work together and add up to 2.5Ghz, something to do with "unified speed" or something, I dunno ( 1.19 + 1.19 = 2.5 ...yeah, right ) I thought that the measurings just aren't 100% accurate and came back home. But now I've been reading about dual core CPUs and they don't work like that at all like the guy at the shop described me.

So please, could someone clarify this up for me? Does the E5200 work differently from other dual core CPUs or is that guy in the shop full of cr*p?

Thanks in advance

Re: Problem with E5200

DBrow22 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:09:12 GMT

He is talking utter , sounds like you need a bios update with the latest microcodes implemented into it.

Name and shame the shop !!

Re: Problem with E5200

idata — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:15:46 GMT

I've already updated the BIOS and done everything I can, but the CPU just won't run at the speeds it should be. The i945 chipset supports only 65nm CPUs, E5200 is 45nm, so I'm pretty sure they'll have to exchange the mobo.

Re: Problem with E5200

DBrow22 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:19:06 GMT

Aye, you're not wrong, sorry - didn't notice it was a 945P.....

http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=8764 http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=8764

Re: Problem with E5200

idata — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:27:58 GMT

OK, so now I know for sure that the guy probably knows less about CPUs than my table leg, or he's just trying to scam me.

Thank you, I'll make sure that his superios will know about this

Oh, and I don't think there's any point in "naming and shaming" the shop, I doubt many if any Estonians visit these forums

Re: Problem with E5200

DBrow22 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:08:42 GMT

Heh Heh ! ;-)