CPU Information

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Joe Delphi

Hi,

I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access to her
computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to the System
Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.

Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?

Thank you,
JD
 
I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access to her
computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to the System
Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.

Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?
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Why don't you get her to download CPU-Z? It's a very small download a
couple of hundred K IIRC, and doesn't need to be "installed" to be
run. It will tell you most things you will need to know about her
system.



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Joe said:
Hi,

I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access to her
computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to the System
Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.

Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?
Click to expand...
Is this customer a home user?
If you need more system info I would recommend Belarc Advisor. It is
free for your user at home (different commercial use permissions) and
the Computer Profile Summary is one html page with good headings so that
a useful amount of system information can be gleaned easily for you by
any inexperienced user.
http://www.belarc.com/Download.html

HTH
 
This person is too inexperienced to download anything from the Internet, and
I cannot do it for her due to her setup.

I was just hoping that someone could translate the message for me.

Jim
 
Joe Delphi said:
I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access to her
computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to the System
Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.

Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?
Click to expand...

A minute of googling for
+"x86 Family" +"model 8"
provides the answers.

Model 8 tells you that this is a Pentium 3, it looks like there
were some very late mobile Celeron's that were also called
Model 8 but it sounds very likely that hers is a vanilla PIII.

Model and stepping don't tell you the clock rate. But you might
guess this was in the 500Mhz range, or perhaps a little better.
 
Hi,

I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access to her
computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to the System
Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.
Click to expand...

Funny but with Win98SE my System Control Panel shows only "Pentium(r) III
Processor" This is a PIII 450 which the Intel Utility shows as Family:6;
Model: 7; Stepping: 3; Revision E.
Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?
Click to expand...

If you want the speed, the DirectX Diagnostic Tool will tell approximate
MHz: Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Information. Then
click on Tools/DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

Rgds, George Macdonald

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Joe Delphi said:
Hi,

I am trying to determine the clock speed of one of my
customer's
CPUs. I am helping her over the phone and don't have direct access
to her computer. She is running Windows 98 and I asked her to go to
the System Control Panel and tell me what it said.

It says: x86 Family, model 8, stepping 3.

Can someone translate this to "Pentium x, xxx Mhz or xxx Ghz"?
Click to expand...

p3, something around 800-1000mhz
maybe celeron, but I'm not sure, my P3 600 is model 8 stepping 1
just ask her to type 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' in the console :PPP



Pozdrawiam.
 
I have Win 98, and the System Properties panel says "Pentium(r) II
Processor", and I have a Pentium III. :)
 
Well, I have a new P4 Prescott, 1G RAM, XP Pro system sitting
on my lab bench. As soon as I have 100+ hours free here at work,
I can move my apps and data over, and retire the P3 system.
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I hear that! I was just twitting ya! Fortunately I got my boss
(had to go to a VP, but I had BS longer than my arm) to get me a
decent laptop three years ago. It still works. I'm fighting my
new home system now (replacing a 5yo system).

BTW Walt, three-oh was yesterday. Me be gold.
 
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