Just installed i7-4790k on MSI z87-g41 PC Mate and see wrong CPU in device manager

[dmavro]

I replaced an i3-4340 with an i7-4790k on my MOBO and just noticed that it shows a Xeon E3 -1200 v3/4th Gen processor under System Devices. Shouldn't I see my I7-4790k instead?

Searched online and really didnt see much info. Is it possibly becuase im using a z87 board not a z97? Im just guessing here and have no clue

Any input would be appereciated!

 

[rgd1101]

bios up to date?

 

[photonboy]

not a Z87 issue AFAIK

What does Task Manager say your CPU is, and what maximum "SPEED" does it show under load?

What CPU does the BIOS say it is?

Apparently if you already have Windows installed it may not show the correct CPU version for some reason (though it should still work properly.. again in Task Manager show all graphs to confirm EIGHT of them and monitor the CPU Speed under load).

I believe under load the CPU should be roughly 4.2GHz or so (4.4GHz is max turbo with mostly one core only)

OTHER:
Latest BIOS was v1.8, I'd update if not up to date as it may be more stable though the CPU shouldn't even work if the correct BIOS isn't installed in which case it should detect the CPU properly

 

[dmavro]

bios is version 1.8
Task Manager shows i7-4790k @ 4GHz which is correct and the stock speed.

But I decided to use MSI's OC Genie until I manually OC so I see the equivalent of 4.4 GHz in CPU-Z.

I searched web today to try and see if I should have reinstalled OS and saw a lot of posts saying I shouldnt of had too but do you guys think I maybe should give it a shot?

Thanks again for responding.

 

[Karadjgne]

That's not a wrong processor. That's a factory driver, one of many that gets loaded, you might just say it's Intel generic. The Xeons and core series are related but not identical, so share many of the same drivers, just not all. I have a 3570k with win7 and the exact same drivers. Change your view from by connection, to by device.

 

[dmavro]

Thank you for clarifying that. I didnt have "by device" as a choice. I had to change the view to "by container" and then I saw my CPU.

 

[dmavro]

I did clean install because I purchased a Samsung 850Pro. When I originally built rig I installed windows 7 the upgraded to 10 so I figured it wouldn't hurt to start with a clean slate. Now Device manager looks like this.

Those devices drivers are gone and so is the Intel Z87 LPC controller, plus a few other differnces.

 

[Karadjgne]

Those drivers are probably related to MBR or something windows feels it needs to manage a hdd as boot/OS drive that GPT doesn't require on an SSD. Don't know for sure. What I do know is you still aren't looking at default view, which will list the hardware, you are looking at a different view listing how the hardware is connected.