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    newegg bought 2.6C with a 162.9 FSB and a 16 mutl ???

    Okay, I called Intel and they said to use THEIR frequency tester. And it got all correct things in their tests (2.6GHz and an 800MHz FSB). So, it appears that WCPUID just sucks. ;) Now, does anyone have any ideas about why I was getting those errors? EDIT: Yeah, I updated to BIOS 16 first...
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    newegg bought 2.6C with a 162.9 FSB and a 16 mutl ???

    Damn, that is messed up. Everything is normal in CPUZ. Why would there be a difference? Also, maybe I am wrong but CPUZ reporting 1.488 v for the CPU, isn't that low for a P4C? -dr1ft
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    newegg bought 2.6C with a 162.9 FSB and a 16 mutl ???

    Here is what happened: I built the machine then tried to install XP. When XP rebooted (you know how it does that a bit during installation) I get an error something like "CPU is unworkable or has been changed. Please recheck - CPU SOFT MENU". So, I dug around in the case and ended up...