Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 05:39:25 12/23/02
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On December 23, 2002 at 01:53:08, Matt Taylor wrote: >On December 22, 2002 at 09:48:49, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On December 22, 2002 at 02:39:20, Thom Perry wrote: >> >>>Bob, >>> >>>I also use Windows 98 SE, and it will tell you both the processor type and speed >>>via the DirectX Diagnostic tool. You can access it by the following sequence: >>>START...PROGRAMS...ACCESSORIES...SYSTEM TOOLS...SYSTEM INFORMATION. From this >>>screen, select TOOLS...DirectX DIAGNOSTIC. The first screen that pops up >>>(SYSTEM) will give you the processor information. >>> >>>Regards, >>>Thom >> >>Thanks. I followed your instructions and here's what I got: >> >>AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, 1000MHz >> >>It still didn't give the info desired. It's not the end of the world, however, >>since I DO know how to remove the cover on the computer. I had to do that to >>install the RAM. >> >>Incidentally, following your instructions had a strange effect: My desktop >>changed to add a one-inch-wide purple boarder around the periphery of the >>screen. I hope that does not mean the Direct-X has a virus in it! >> >>Bob D. > >If you're up to a little hacking, look at the AMD/Intel manuals on the cpuid >instruction. If not, the wcpuid utility is supposedly pretty good at giving you >all that information. (I've never used any utilities as I typically punch it in >and examine the register results in my debugger.) > >However, given your processor speed and vendor, it becomes plain that you have a >Thunderbird generation of the K7, possibly SDRAM, possibly DDR. I honestly do >not recall whether they sold DDR Thunderbirds at 1 GHz. I'm pretty sure they did >because I've got a 1.2 GHz Thunderbird on DDR at home. > >Thunderbird is model 6, and you can download all the spec sheets from AMD. If >you have specific questions, ask them directly and someone will probably have an >answer. > >-Matt
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