Where to find CPU plant and stepping info?

[Tekunda]

I have a P4 1.7 GHz CPU with 500 MB Infineon RDRAM and a Asus P4T mobo.
I got the new new Swiftech fan assembly and from a hardware perspective, I should be able to pretty decently overclock the cpu.
But the best I can get is 1.9GHz
But people were able to overclock thi 1.7 GHz cpu with the Intel stock fan beyond 2 GHz, so I need some more info about my cpu.
I ran Wcpuid, but I cannot find any info about the stepping, plant and week of manufacturing.
How can I obtain this info. Is there another program out there?:(

[Yodums]

There are numbers on the CPU which determine the batch # the week it was made.

Also on the CPU it will give you a word like "Malay" taht is the plant which is Malaysia.

This is direct around the core of the chip.

All chips P4 1.7 gig have the same stepping.

Do you have a 423 pin or a 478 pin because the people who had bad luck had 423 pins and the people got it over 2gig was the people with 478 pins mostly.

[MilkPowder-2]

Noooo.. Both 423 & 478 pin package are available in both C1 & D0 stepping in P4 1.7 ;)

[dolemitecomputer]

If you are using windows usually in the system properties it will show the stepping and model.

[Tekunda]

So please, how do I find the stepping then. Is there a program for it?

[dolemitecomputer]

Did you check the system properties in windows? It should show it there if not try the Sandra benchmark program. It gives detailed CPU info. See here: Sandra (http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/)

[Tekunda]

I was able to get the plant and stepping info, but how do I find the FPO Batch, Plant and S code info?

Sysandra, wcpuid of Intel`s cpuid tool do not show any FPO Batch or week info!

[MilkPowder-2]

Tsunami already explained it to you in the first reply. It's on the CPU. You'll have to take removed the HSF and see what it says :)

[Yodums]

Yea you will look around the CPU and then just write down the number and we'll help identify it for you as well next time you'll know what to do and it'll be much easier.


The number they give are split up into their Batch #, Week and Spec thingy.

So if you don't mind doing this heatsink all over then go for it.

Although its not very important and you should just leave it the way it is since its running.