I was not able to find the test software at www.intel.com, but I did find software at the c't website. Here is the output from my SONY Vaio PCG-505F.
: c't Pentium II Info V 1.4(c) c't Andreas Stiller, April 1998 : : CPUID : GenuineIntel, Typ=0, Family=5, Model=8, Step=1 : Processor Core : Pentium-MMX (TCP 1,8/2,5v) myA0-Step : Actual clock rate : 231.1 MHz : Error : No Pentium II => Break If I understand what this is all about, some manufactures overclock Pentium II rated for 233MHz and 266MHz so that they run at 300MHz. However my SONY Vaio PCG-505F is SUPPOSED to have a Pentium-MMX running at 233MHz. (See http://www.sony So why is Debian 2.0 complaining? Is it because the chip is rated at 233MHz, but only running at 231? Or is this just a bug in Debian 2.0? Blair ------Response----- Subject: Re: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"? Date: 21 Dec 98 03:22:40 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Holliday) Newsgroups: linux.debian.user >Hi, >That means that you have gotten one of the fake PII Chips, you can go to >www.intel.com and download the fake Pentium test software. And verify it. > >Mike H. -----Original Message----- From: Blair Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 5:34 AM Subject: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"? >I have installed Debian 2.0 on a SONY Vaio PCG-505F. >Upon boot, I see the following line > > ppa: Failed Intel bug check. (Phoney EPP in ECP). > >Does anyone know what the line means - or what program >is causing this message so that I can investigate further? > >Blair