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Can the latest version of CPU-Z be wrong?

Yeah, CPU-Z can be wrong. I've actually heard some other people say that it reports the wrong information for certain processors, specifically Athlon XP-M chips like yours. In general, I believe the program executes some specific instructions (CPUID and RDTSC among others) that return information. Then it looks up the results in a table. The PowerNow! technology can also screw up the readings, IIRC. Your best bet is probably to email/post the issue to the CPU-Z authors. cpuz@cpuid.org
 
Looky what I found.... This lappy is supposed to be a socket A board. But it is Socket 754. Woohoo. A64 here i come. Screw you Athlonxp.

I took the damn thing apart because it is 4:30a.m. here and I discovered something nice. A socket 754 processor.

Here is the number I grabbed off of it. I can't make heads or tails of it.

AHN3000BI3AX

It says AMD Athlon

CBAEC
0440VPAW

Can anyone shed light on this?
 
AHN3000BI3AX would be an OEM Athlon 64 3000+, I believe. There was another thread about this exact same laptop, I think. Nice bonus for you, although I have to wonder WTF HP is thinking in advertising that as an Athlon XP when it's clearly not. It *could* still be a Sempron, although I've never heard of a Sempron 3000+ in socket 754 (well, that's coming in the future, but that's a different story). Maybe it's an Athlon 64 Newcastle core that had a defective L2 cache, so they disabled half of it and then turned off (or not?) the 64-bit support? Weird "marketing", whatever the case.
 
Would it be safe for me to take out the processor and put an actual a64 in there? Or would the bios on this freak?

-Glav
 
Ok so Cpu-Z sees it as a A64 with 256kb cache and Cbid shows it as a 3000+ xp chip. However the real kicker is the fact that I took this sucker apart and physically saw a skt754. Tell me do they make an athlonxp for s754??? Is there a 3000+ sempron? The thermal power on Cbid is showing 62watt power consumption. When I took the heat sink off the processor it was a small square not a rectangular square. Obviously there wasn't a heat spreader on there. However if I buy a replacement processor for this lappy should i take the heat spreader off or leave it on?


 
it will most likely accept it, but you cannot be sure (unless the same model is available with that CPU). there is also a 3700+ version of that a64, although it probably is not worth the money. also, the mobiles do not come with heat spreaders, so you do not need to worry about that.
i too remember seeing something about this before, be happy that they gave you a K8 instead of an AXP.
 
Originally posted by: Glavinsolo

AHN3000BI3AX

It says AMD Athlon

CBAEC
0440VPAW

Can anyone shed light on this?
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http://forums.amd.com/index.ph...;st=0&#entry278682

Generally, there are two different types of Mobile Athlon XP-M 3000+ processors:

Athlon XP-M 3000+, model 10 ('Barton') - OPN: 'AXMA3000FKT4C'
Socket A, 72W DTR (Desktop replacement), clocked at 2.20GHz, 1.65V Vcore, 512KB L2-cache, 90°C max temp.

Athlon XP-M 3000+ Family 15, model 8 ('Dublin') - OPN: 'AHN3000BIX3AY'
Socket 754, 62W Mainstream, clocked at 1.6GHz, 1.40V Vcore, 256KB L2-cache, 95°C max temp.

On first sight, the second part (Family 15) may look inferior, however, it is based off the same architecture as the Mobile Athlon 64 processors (minus 64-bit capability and some L2-cache).
Features like the on-die memory-controller, Hypertransport I/O and enhanced virus protection make this part architecturally superior to its older Socket A cousin.
Also, since it uses the same Socket as a mobile Athlon 64, you will be able to replace it with an A64 in the future.
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