Dell Dual Core Extreme Edition does not show in My Compute..

[frank]

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I just got a Dell and in "My Computer" the processor showed up as the dual
core pentium extreme edition (which is what I have)

I reformatted the system and installed windows xp (I typically wipe any
system fresh when I get it) and now in my computer the processor only shows
Intel Pentium D CPU 3.20GHz

Nothing has changed, bios or anything, but just thought it was odd...

Any ideas? Do I need special drivers or anything? Or is this what should
show? Thanks!

Frank

 

[Guest]

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You may need to reinstall the motherboard drivers to get it to recognize the
processor.

"frank" wrote:

>
> I just got a Dell and in "My Computer" the processor showed up as the dual
> core pentium extreme edition (which is what I have)
>
> I reformatted the system and installed windows xp (I typically wipe any
> system fresh when I get it) and now in my computer the processor only shows
> Intel Pentium D CPU 3.20GHz
>
> Nothing has changed, bios or anything, but just thought it was odd...
>
> Any ideas? Do I need special drivers or anything? Or is this what should
> show? Thanks!
>
> Frank
>
>
>
>