On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> How does one know if one has a "remarked" CPU? I have a pair that have
> serial marks and everything that correspond to Intel 450's, but they
> won't run successfully, SMP or UP, at more than 300. They are from a
> company that recently was nailed "remarking" (or at least somehow
> selling) overclocked CPU's -- I don't know if they were actively
> rewriting the chip markings or not, but how do you tell?
Intel has people that can help you find out what a cpu was originally
marked as. There were a few posts on linux-kernel a few months ago on hot
to go about this.
Peter
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