Visit the Intel site below to find a utility to give information on CPU
family, model and stepping.  Look under the heading "Processor
Authentication" and subheading "Verifying a processor purchase and current
operating speed".
http://www.intel.com/newsgroups/processors/pent2help.htm#sixteen

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael James <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 11:33 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Is It Real or Is It Butter


pcbuild,

I just picked a machine that was built by a local computer store on
contract.  The CPU is supposed to be a P 3 - 500. I checked in device
manager and it reports the CPU as" x86 Family 6 Model 8 stepping 1 ", What's
This?
Michael E. James, CNA
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