P4-1.60a <- Is this Williamette or Northwood?

[Troy McClure]

I was under the assumption the 1.60a was a Northwood Processor when I purchased my Mobo and CPU but Sandra reports it as a Williamette.

Am I confused? Did I get the wrong CPU?

Thanks,

Troy

 

[Inteleron]

WELCOME 2 THE FORUMS (my 1st yippe!)

sounds like a northwood 2 me.. did u inspect the chip before you installed it, if it said on the top /512/ ...its a northwood, and on your boot screen it should say your cache memory and try wcuid, or try the intel program, the prcoessor identifier... that would work perfect.. i'll find a link

 

[Inteleron]

http://support.intel.com/support/processors/tools/frequencyid/

Here it is reports, default and current bus, stepping, features, and ofcourse.... cache ...and its straight from intel, it should be right on, just look for 512 and your home free w/ a northwood. ...good luck

 

[Troy McClure]

Thanks for the reply and link, here's the info.

Intel(R) Processor Frequency ID Utility
Version: 4.5.20020228
TimeStamp: 2002/3/12 11:47:30
Number of processors in system: 1
Current processor: #1
Processor Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
CPU Type: 0
CPU Family: F
CPU Model: 1
CPU Stepping: 2
CPU Revision: 3
L1 Trace Cache: 12 Kµops
L1 Data Cache: 8 KB
L2 Cache: 256 KB
Packaging: FC-PGA2
MMX: Yes
SIMD: Yes
SIMD2: Yes
NetBurst(TM) microarchitecture: Yes
Reported processor Frequency: 1.92 GHz
Reported System Bus Frequency: 480 MHz
Expected processor Frequency: 1.60 GHz
Expected System Bus Frequency: 400 MHz
*************************************************************

This is the data.....does not look like Northwood to me.

Are Northwood's marked with the a (i.e. 1.60a)?

Thanks,

Troy

 

[saytan]

the heatspreader has "512k" on it if your chip is a northwood


also the northwood 1.6a's SL code is SL668

 

[batboy]

The p-4 1.6 gig with 256k cache is a Willamette and the p-4 1.6a gig with 512k cache is a Northwood. The CPU you have appears to only have 256k of cache, therefore it's a Willamette. Looks like you got a raw deal.

 

[Troy McClure]

That's what I was thinking but here's my screwy situation. As said, the box (Retail) says 1.60a and was sealed.

Do I go back to the retailer or Intel? And at the same time, they most likely will ask me, does it run at 1.6? Well, yeah it does.

Thanks,

Troy

 

[disturbed]

Also, I had the same problem with my 1.8a before I installed the bios update. What kind of mobo you got, and does it have an update to recognize the Northwood?

 

[batboy]

Disturbed makes a good point, especially if the sealed box did say 1.6a. Maybe you need an updated BIOS for it to be recognized properly.

 

[Inteleron]

now that there is so much could bes/should bes...
easiest way to find out now is... rip of the HSF/Block, and read the chip if it says 512 your in biz, flash the bios.. but i think that intel program should be running fine.. definitly pull the chip out and look at it.. i would.

 

[Troy McClure]

Thanks for all of the replies and help guys. I am hoping that it is only the bios but am thinking that the Intel Program is or should be reporting correctly.

When I get home this evening I'll rip off the HS and see....or wait a sec......is the stock tape that is on there sticky....I don't remember. If so, then I am going to have to get some sealant before doing that.

Thanks,

Troy

 

[batboy]

You should be using a good thermal paste instead of the heat tape anyway, now you have a couple good reasons to pull the heatsink off.

 

[TC]

You might also want to try the current version of CpuID by HOda.