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Just found a computer in my school dumpster & to my surprise it works. As the computer boots, it says
Pentium S CPU at 90 mhz, so the computer is a pentium right? But when I run Microsoft Diagnostics it says the computer is a 486DX. Why is it reporting this?
My guess is that a 486DX is the highest processor MSD was programmed to detect given how old DOS is. But I could be wrong.
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Spot is 100% correct!
If you want a small program that will detect the CPU correctly download SNOOPER
snoop342.zip
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~sir99jsp/download/download.htm
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... well... you could always open it and have a look... lo-tech answer I know, but it works.
Perhaps it's an old version of MSD - like the one that shipped with Win31 (1992)
My 6.22 version correctly reports my lowly P1 processor.
Syschk is a great little utility for examining and benchmarking your system, small download, shouldn't be hard to find.
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The sad thing is that the school system through away a pentium 90 PC. That sucks! You would think a school system would offer it to a student or donate it to a charity. A pentium 90 isn't a bad machine.
Ugh.
-Michael
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I dont think 486 dx2's are not bad machines but I found one in a dumpster at the college I attend. It was a huge tower pc. Could not find a monitor in the dumpster though. It was working when I plugged it up, loaded with Windows 95 & ran decently. I like the machine. It is such a waste just tossing them out. I remember going into a local thrift store & they had at least 50 desktop computers stacked on top of each other for $45 a piece. They were 486SX I believe. No doubt they got them for a little of nothing, maybe for free. Computers are so odd. They depreciate like crazy.
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If you really want detailed info about your PC download SysCheck from www.syschk.com. It's new so it detects even the latest hardware.
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a pentium 90 its a different socket7 than a 486dx and sx, it takes a special heat sync, and the processor is larger than the pentium class socket 7's and way larger than the 486DX/SX's Sometimes MS Windows 9x versions work on them, sometimes they don't.
I guess thats why the socket 7 class pentium's came out.the socket 7 class started with a CPU speed of 100... I believe.
the Pentium 90 class was a "class of its own"
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If I remember correctly, the Pentium 90mhz systems were a socket 4 category proc and 486dx 2 chips were a socket 5. If it reports a pentium on boot its a pentium. Computers didn't report how fast they were on bootup until the Pentium chip architecture arrived. So it looks like you have a pentium. Look inside the case. If it's a socket 8 computer them you have a legend. You can get something called a slocket (not made up) for the socket 8. With the slocket you can put a P-II in them (max speed for them depends on the brand). It's and adapter changeing the socket into a slot hence the SLOCKET. Happy trails and crack that case :).
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I think that Dark_Sword has little bit wrong Pentium 90 is on socket 5 and socket 8 is for Pentuim Pro. If its Socket 8 www.danbit.com have an adapter so you can put an Celeron on it check it out!
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