View Full Version : My sister bought a laptop with an engineering sample cpu?!
Hoboclese
05-31-2009, 05:16 AM
So my sister bought a new laptop just recently and i really didn't care that much. But her boyfriend took a closer look and realized the cpu was missing super stepping :confused: (apparently it was supposed to have this, i didn't check). So he downloaded that Intel cpu identifier program and it says its an engineering sample. :shocked:
Anyone had a similar problem? and if so how long did it take to fix? and how hard was it to do? (lol long/hard question) :ROTF:
quake6
05-31-2009, 06:03 AM
And what is problem with that?
Martijn
05-31-2009, 06:44 AM
Because it is against ES policy. ES CPUs are property of Intel/AMD and aren't allowed to be sold.
TheGanG
05-31-2009, 06:52 AM
I want to buy both CPU & ES policy problems.
ExodusC
05-31-2009, 10:27 AM
I'd enjoy having an engineering sample CPU in my laptop, just for novelty.
I don't see the problem. YOU LUCKY BASTARD! ahahah I want an ES Atom please...... :D
Mean Machine
05-31-2009, 01:46 PM
Blackmail the manufacturer. :D
It'd suck to buy something you can't legally sell later.
jcool
05-31-2009, 02:10 PM
Awww too bad,
you see, since it's an ES CPU, it will self-destruct once a certain period of time is past (time which reviewer's have to evaluate the CPU).
Someone probably sold it to your sister right before the expiration date...
SamHughe
05-31-2009, 02:52 PM
Is it a new (like brand new, retail) or a use laptop. What are the specs?
quintus
05-31-2009, 03:01 PM
Awww too bad,
you see, since it's an ES CPU, it will self-destruct once a certain period of time is past (time which reviewer's have to evaluate the CPU).
Someone probably sold it to your sister right before the expiration date...
:rofl::ROTF::ROTF::D
dengyong
05-31-2009, 03:03 PM
The program probably misidentified the cpu, just like cpu-z use to say my i7 was an ES.
Frank M
06-02-2009, 06:57 AM
super stepping
what? You mean speedstep (EIST)?
Not every intel cpu has EIST -- e.g. single-core CeleronM-s don't have EIST.
The "ES" can be a sw glitch. Give us specs, so far you have given us a big
pile of nothing. If it is indeed an ES cpu, then you can't "fix" it; but most
ES CPUs have EIST enabled, so it sound strange.
trekie86
06-03-2009, 07:58 AM
Have you tried using another identifying program like cpu-z? Does it still say its an ES? Any specs?
ownage
06-03-2009, 08:09 AM
Probably cpu identifier that screws around.
Coretemp also has a habit of identifying some cpu's as ES while there not.
cdawall
06-04-2009, 07:13 PM
its doubtful its an ES try cpuz and see what that says if it is indeed a ES chip was the laptop new or used and what model is it
Vienna
06-04-2009, 07:26 PM
Its prob just software reading it wrong.
I remember my B3 Q6600 read as a ES chip when I first got it in CPUz, bug eventually got fixed in a later build
denice25
06-04-2009, 07:37 PM
i think they'll have policy problems...