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[Rugbyfan1972]

K61,

I know I am in the wrong forum, but I am not sure if you frequent the Help forum, I would like to pick your brains if I may.

I bought a new processore AMD X2 6000+, which appears to be working fine, unfortunately when I switch on or check control panel>system it says "AMD processor unknown", it does list the correct speed in system @3.01Ghz and DXDiag shows that I have 2 CPU's installed.

My question is how do I get my motherboard & system to recognize/display the processor that I am running.

My motherboard is less than a year old (february).

The processor was installed by a friend who has built his own systems in the past, but who has now knowledge of dual core processors.

Thanking you in advance for your assistance.
Rugbyfan1972

[Rugbyfan1972]

K61,

I know I am in the wrong forum, but I am not sure if you frequent the Help forum, I would like to pick your brains if I may.

I bought a new processore AMD X2 6000+, which appears to be working fine, unfortunately when I switch on or check control panel>system it says "AMD processor unknown", it does list the correct speed in system @3.01Ghz and DXDiag shows that I have 2 CPU's installed.

My question is how do I get my motherboard & system to recognize/display the processor that I am running.

My motherboard is less than a year old (february).

The processor was installed by a friend who has built his own systems in the past, but who has now knowledge of dual core processors.

Thanking you in advance for your assistance.
Rugbyfan1972

[JNorman77]

yep its the wrong forum have you tried installing the processor drivers from AMD

[Kaleun1961]

My knowledge of the new dual core CPU's is academic, at best. I've only got the one machine with a dual core and that was a pre-built machine, not a custom build. JNorman's advice is good; consult the AMD support page as you may have to install a driver. It may seem strange to have to install a driver for a CPU, but not all boards are ready for a CPU that is newer than the board. Your system board may also need a BIOS update, so I'd also check with the board vendor.

[Realjambo]

Rugbyfan1972 - There is a driver for dual cores which forces Windows to recognise both cores and sorts out all the frequency timings etc.

I think, from memory, it's here, on the AMD Support Site and is the last download at the bottom the page.

Failing that, have a mooch about the site and I'm sure you will find it

[Goose_Green]

I had to do to the very same. It's a small installation program but works effectively.