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Old 28-February-05, 08:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Ok so I have a 2400+ @ 2333Mhz

My BIOS *pr3ach3r* shows it as a 3400+(effective), I changed the info for my CPU so everything else sees it as a 3400+.
Is there a way I can trick/ change the file that tells windows what to put there. So insted of it saying "Athlon XP TBred-B 2.33Ghz" it you say "Athlon XP 3400+.

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Old 28-February-05, 08:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure there is a registry hack you can do to change that info. Not sure where it is exactly and I'm at work so I can't go looking for it at the moment.

Edit: Found it!! Open up regedit and go to the following place.

My Computer/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DESCRIPTION/System/CentralProcessor/0

Right click on the ProcessorNnameString (highlighted in purple in the attachment) and choose modify. A dialog box will pop up and you enter the info you would like to see(I chose Athlon XP-M). Click OK, close the editor and check your properties to ensure that it took.
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Old 07-March-05, 05:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i've tried that hack when i reboot it doesn't keep? why
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Old 07-March-05, 07:27 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hmm, I'll have to check into that when I get home. I don't think I have rebooted since I did that.

Edit: Well, it seems that it is a bios issue with getting the info to stick. When I rebooted, the CPU came up as Unknown CPU Type again on the bios boot screen.

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Old 15-April-05, 07:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Just saw this as I was going throw my shizzle. Thanks for the effort SCP.

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