Windows XP Processor Speed

We are on ZEN 3.2 SP2 and the fields of Operating System Name and Maximum
Processor speed are incorrect for both Windows NT and Windows XP
operating systems. Has anyone else seen this problem? We upgraded to
client 4.9sp1a thinking it might solve the problem but it did not help.
Brian

Hi,
There are two effective DMI fields which refer to the speed of the
processor. The one the scanner (Zen) is looking at shows the EFFECTIVE speed
of the CPU. The other one is embedded in the description of the processor.
Speedstep technology and other similar processor abilities, adjust the speed
of the CPU according to power needs. So, it might say your CPU is running at
40MHZ when in actual fact you might have a 2GB CPU in a laptop whose battery
is almost flat.
Pentium II and earlier machines didn't have this ability so the field was
almost always accurate (unless the CPU was downclocked to a compatible speed
in the BIOS). However, the speed they were packaged to run at, was rarely
the same as the true manufactured speed of the processor (which is how it's
possible to overclock Intel CPUs). In that event, you would often find the
CPU description looked wrong, but the effective CPU speed looked right.
I once had to write a VB routine to compare the CPU class against the two
seperate DMI strings, then figure out which one was most likely to be
right.It was the only way to ensure I had an accurate table of CPU speeds.
"deva" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:CTo6c.2923$[email protected]..
> I also see this issue. Mainly with anything higher than a PIII, the
> processor mfaily is not correct, and also some 40MHZ CPU's seem to be
> detected, but I know they don't really exist!
>
>
> regards
> deva
>
>
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:4HK5c.333$[email protected]..
> > We are on ZEN 3.2 SP2 and the fields of Operating System Name and
Maximum
> > Processor speed are incorrect for both Windows NT and Windows XP
> > operating systems. Has anyone else seen this problem? We upgraded to
> > client 4.9sp1a thinking it might solve the problem but it did not help.
> >
> > Brian
>
>

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