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Identifying a 62W versus 81.5W mobile processor via software
I have ordered a notebook with the 62w Mobile Athlon 64 3200+
(AMN3200BIX5AP). How can I make sure that I have the 62w and not the 81.5w Mobile DTR Athlon 64 3200+ (AMN3200BIX5AP). They are very similar according to the tech docs. Obviously I don't want to open up the notebook and remove the heat sink to look at the product number. Is there a software solution? I am aware of amdcpuid.exe but this doesn't appear to give me enough information between these very similar processors. Todd |
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"Todd" wrote in message om... I have ordered a notebook with the 62w Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ (AMN3200BIX5AP). How can I make sure that I have the 62w and not the 81.5w Mobile DTR Athlon 64 3200+ (AMN3200BIX5AP). They are very similar according to the tech docs. Obviously I don't want to open up the notebook and remove the heat sink to look at the product number. Is there a software solution? I am aware of amdcpuid.exe but this doesn't appear to give me enough information between these very similar processors. Todd I know this sounds strange.. But where are you getting the laptop from.. If it's some big company then I have serious doubts that they will shaft U.. The 2 part coes for the 3200+'s were the same too.. I would think that the voltage required is different on the 2 chips and that any cpuid program with that ability should help you find your answer. |
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"Todd" wrote in message om... |I have ordered a notebook with the 62w Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ | (AMN3200BIX5AP). How can I make sure that I have the 62w and not the | 81.5w Mobile DTR Athlon 64 3200+ (AMN3200BIX5AP). They are very | similar according to the tech docs. Obviously I don't want to open up | the notebook and remove the heat sink to look at the product number. | Is there a software solution? I am aware of amdcpuid.exe but this | doesn't appear to give me enough information between these very | similar processors. | If I remember correctly, I think the DTR still runs at 1.5v, and the 62w mobile runs at 1.4v. I have never owned a DTR A64, but I know my mobile A64 is identified as such in CPU-Z ("Mobile AMD Athlon 64 3200+). Maybe a DTR will be IDed as a DTR in some fashion. The "offiicial" name for the two is "Athlon 64 Processor for DTR" and "Mobile AMD Athlon 64 Processor". That being that case, I would think they also tagged them differently so any cpu ID software would show the truth. Of course the voltage it runs it should be a dead giveaway if the name can't be used for differentiating. |
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