Hey!
CPU-ID is an identification program that reveals the particulars of your cpu. It is common on all Intel and I believe AMD based boards. The patch part is the latest revision. If you have a Pentium 3 and it is identified as a Celleron the patch is out of date and can't recognize a P3.
It also tells stuff like L1 and L2 cach. I believe when you use cpu information utilities the utility reads the CPUID program and lists it in gui form.
Thanks for your responses, but a little confused.....
This code is displayed on the 1st line of the POST right after it displays the motherboard part number.
The CPU is identified correctly as (200x16) 3.2GHz
Is this code embedded in the CPU or is it produced by the BIOS or Motherboard in order to detect the correct CPU?
I have had a response for Gigabyte, and I have to be honest, they REALLY annoyed me, see what you think:
Quote:Dear Sir or madam
Although we try our best to answer many technical questions on a wide range of subjects please bear in mind we are only the motherboard manufactures.
Some onus has to be with the user when finding broad range or common answers.
If you are undertaking your own project in this field, a certain technical level has to be obtained for several reasons:
1. Understanding the technical answers we give.
2. For the user to be confident that he/she will not cause damage to their components or indeed themselves.
3. Technical Speak or Jargon is often translated in different ways and wrong answers may be given back.
Please Remember. (If you ask a technical question we give a technical answer)
If you have asked many questions and emails are not giving you the answers, may be its time to seek advice at a more local level. Your local dealer or PC shop can answer a vast array of questions on Chipset, CPU, Memory, HDD, etc also The Vendor website for all components will all be covered more in depth on the actual vendor site for the corresponding components.
Thankyou for your Understanding.
I ask you what sort of a fob off is that.............
it is embedded in the cpu that the bios reads, the supposed original purpose for the cpid was for tracking purposes(big brother any buddy).gigabyte explanation sounds like a politician talking thru the side of their mouth
CPUID is basically a four character instruction that as ddp says the bios or other such utilities read from the cpu. The utility then deciphers the code and you get info on the cpu.
Go here and get version 1.24 and you will better understand--compare your code 0F29 to the utility.
Excellent instructions as ever you 2, thanks very much.
I had a feeling that it is CPU related and not the motherboard, pity I didn't realise that before I sent my reply to Gigabyte:
Quote:Forgive me for being blunt, but what sort of answer is that?
I posted a legitimate question regarding your product, and the response I receive from a 'technical' service is that of a none technical one.
Now it appears that you may not possess the technical background in order to answer my question, and therefore request this question to be resubmitted to a colleague who indeed possesses the technical knowledge and someone who in fact resides in the 'Global Technical Service'.
My question is directly related to this Gigabyte Motherboard, and to read such a response from yourselves suggests to me that the service you are providing falls short of ANY technical service you are advertising to offer.
If this is the level of service I can expect from Gigabyte then, I shall be submitting this post as a complaint because I have found your response to my original question very insulting and refuse to be treated in such an unprofessional manner.
LOL, we'll see what kind of response I get from it.........heehee........
