q9400 says its a pentium 3

[joelss]

so i had a virus . did wipe reload now my computer says my q9400 is a pentium 3 . my system is evga 780i q9400 460gtx xp serv pak 3 . hope that is enough info for some help

 

[eternalone]

spam? That virus is mighty powerfull.

 

[manimal]

Is anything in device manager showing a question mark?

 

[joelss]

no ??? marks in device manager . any ideas out there of how to fix this

 

[Gillbot]

how are you identifying this "pentium 3"?

Have you tried using a utility such as cpuz?

 

[joelss]

in the system information

 

[Gillbot]

try CPUz or another information utility. If those report incorrectly, there's a problem. If not, it's likely an issue with your windows installation.

 

[AsianriceX]

It's an issue with the OS itself.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953955/en-us

The hotfix isn't publicly available, but really it should not affect performance if you're running without it. It's just annoying for those of us in enterprise environments and want to do management that requires knowing what cpu is installed.

 

[eternalone]

Oh wow so this is a real issue? Intresting.

 

[IntelUser2000]

so i had a virus . did wipe reload now my computer says my q9400 is a pentium 3 . my system is evga 780i q9400 460gtx xp serv pak 3 . hope that is enough info for some help

There's no fix. You've got a Pentium III now. 🙂

 

[Patrick Wolf]

There's no fix. You've got a Pentium III now. 🙂

That would be one epic virus. 😀

 

[Smoove910]

One statement for you:

"STOP LOOKING AT PORN!"

Problem solved!