Intel Xeon 5000 series identification

[idata]

Is it possible to tell which processor I am looking at by the printed white numbers on the black tab on the top side of the processor like.

2L64354

9AB452

My company is cheap and will not pay for thermal grease

[HERBERT_H_Intel]

No. you can't use those numbers to identify it. thats the processor serial number. you need to remove the thermal paste.

5000 series xeon processors look like this:

http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-030330.htm

they will always have a number which starts with 'SL' use this number here http://processorfinder.intel.com/

OJ

[JLodh]

Hi,

As ojconcentrate advised, you can proceed further however you can also find CPU information by using this free utility http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php This will assist you extract information regarding your CPU.

OJCONCENTRATE - Thank you! You and Rajiv Doulab are doing a great job, we really appreciate your efforts. Keep up the great work

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Javed Lodhi

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