Showing XP-M in System Summary/BIOS

[anarchistjon]

I have a Mobile Athlon XP, in my bios and in my system summary (properties on my computer) it shows Unknown CPU Type, is there anyway possibly to change this, its not really needed, but its kind of annoying.

Thanks

 

[mhhwa]

A BIOS update may do it. What type of processor is it? What type of motherboard do you have?

 

[anarchistjon]

Athlon XP Mobile 2200+
Biostar M7NCD-Pro

Do normal bio's even recognize mobile cpus?

 

[mhhwa]

Of course...my friend has a mobile 2400+ running on an MSI motherboard and it works just perfectly. The only reason I can think of your system not recognizing the CPU's correct name is because the motherboard may not official support it. For example:

About two months ago I built a system around an older SOYO board with a 2400+. The 2400+ was beyond what the board supported but the motherboard was able to determine the correct multipliers and voltage ratings and run it anyways with the name "Unknown AMD Processor - 2000 MHz". I went to SOYO's website and downloaded the latest BIOS update and the CPU's official name was recognized.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: anarchistjon
Athlon XP Mobile 2200+
Biostar M7NCD-Pro

Do normal bio's even recognize mobile cpus?

Usually not. Since the mobile is made for laptops, not desktops, desktop mobo's don't susually recognize them. It's not a pronlem, you just have to set the FSB and multi yourself.

The exception is that some boards (the DFI, IIRC) have new BIOS available that will allow the mobile to be recognized.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Fern
The exception is that some boards (the DFI, IIRC) have new BIOS available that will allow the mobile to be recognized.

I hope to see this for my NF7-S R2 soon.

 

[mhhwa]

I thought ABIT had already added support for the mobile chips on that board. Didn't they?

 

[Megatomic]

New modded BIOS, released by -=Merlin=- over at the Abit forums, for the Abit NF7-S R2. The biggest attraction to this BIOS is the inclusion of CPUID strings for XP-M chips! Check it out:

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I'll be trying this later after dinner.

mhhwa, all NF2 boards support these chips, none of them properly recognize the chips (by name) yet. Hopefully Abit stock BIOS files will in the very near future.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

The Shuttle AN35N-Ultra BIOS detects my Mobile XP 2400+ as a Mobile XP 2400+ (when not overclocked, of course), and has a CPU-Throttle option for it as well.

 

[mhhwa]

Oh, gotcha. Thanks for the link.