Prescott and XP SP2

[Melissa Porter]

My system is a Dell Dimension 4600, with BIOS at the highest available
level.

It's my understanding that a Prescott processor with a revision level of
less than 8 will not work with XP SP2.

I ran Intel's Processor Frequency ID Utility and received the info below,
which didn't really answer the question since the rev level is shown as a
letter and not a number. I've been told that "C" is hex code. I've tried to
find verification of this on Intel, Microsoft, and Dell websites with no
luck. Email queries resulted in a non-answer from MS and no responses at all
from Dell or Intel.

Can someone here please tell me whether or not I can safely install SP2 on
this system? Thanks.

Time Stamp: 2004/10/28 00:37:24
Number of processors in system: 1
Current processor: #1
Processor Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80A GHz
Type: 0
Family: F
Model: 3
Stepping: 4
Revision: C
L1 Trace Cache: 12 Kµops
L1 Data Cache: 16 KB
L2 Cache: 1 MB
Packaging: FC-PGA2
Platform Compatibility Guide: 04A
MMX(TM): Yes
SIMD: Yes
SIMD2: Yes
SIMD3: Yes
NetBurst(TM) Microarchitecture: Yes
Expected Processor Frequency: 2.80 GHz
Reported Processor Frequency: 2.80 GHz
Expected System Bus Frequency: 533 MHz
Reported System Bus Frequency: 533 MHz

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

It's my understanding that a Prescott processor with a revision level of
less than 8 will not work with XP SP2.

I ran Intel's Processor Frequency ID Utility and received the info below,
which didn't really answer the question since the rev level is shown as a
letter and not a number. I've been told that "C" is hex code. I've tried to
find verification of this on Intel, Microsoft, and Dell websites with no
luck. Email queries resulted in a non-answer from MS and no responses at all
from Dell or Intel.

Can someone here please tell me whether or not I can safely install SP2 on
this system? Thanks.

[snip]
Family: F
Model: 3
Stepping: 4
Revision: C

Hi

Yes, the "C" is in hex (hexadecimal), and is the same as decimal 12,
so this processor does not have an issue with SP2.

Hexadecimal to decimal conversion table:

0 to 9 is the same
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
D = 13
E = 14
F = 15

 

[Melissa Porter]

It's my understanding that a Prescott processor with a revision level of
less than 8 will not work with XP SP2.

I ran Intel's Processor Frequency ID Utility and received the info below,
which didn't really answer the question since the rev level is shown as a
letter and not a number. I've been told that "C" is hex code. I've tried to
find verification of this on Intel, Microsoft, and Dell websites with no
luck. Email queries resulted in a non-answer from MS and no responses at all
from Dell or Intel.

Can someone here please tell me whether or not I can safely install SP2 on
this system? Thanks.

[snip]
Family: F
Model: 3
Stepping: 4
Revision: C

Hi

Yes, the "C" is in hex (hexadecimal), and is the same as decimal 12,
so this processor does not have an issue with SP2.

Hexadecimal to decimal conversion table:

0 to 9 is the same
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12
D = 13
E = 14
F = 15

Thanks very much for the info and for your time.