NEC POWERMATE 2000, Service And Reference Manual

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System Configuration 2-49
Technical Support
For world wide 7 days a week, 24 hours a day technical support, please visit the
Intel support website at
http://support.intel.com .
Email: support@intel.com .
In the United States, call 800-628-8686 from 5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time.
For world wide phone contacts, please see
http://support.intel.com/support/feedback.htm
.
Pentium III Processor Identification
NECC computer systems with the Intel
®
Pentium
®
III processor come equipped
with the most advanced Intel Pentium processor available.
Because the Pentium III processor was introduced after the release of the
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98, Windows 95, and Windows NT
®
operating systems,
these operating systems are not able to correctly identify the processor. These
operating systems might identify the Pentium III processor as a Pentium II or
Pentium Pro processor.
Windows identifies the processor on the General tab of the Windows System
Properties sheet. You can get to System Properties in either of the following
ways:
!
Right click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop and select
Properties from the drop-down menu.
!
Select Settings from the Windows Start menu, click Control Panel ,
double click the System icon.
The Windows System Properties processor identification does not effect in any
way the performance of the Pentium III processor. At bootup, the system BIOS
detects the Pentium III processor.
You can obtain a patch to fix the Windows processor identification once
Microsoft releases the patch. Check for the patch on the Microsoft website
(
www.microsoft.com
) or the NECC website (
www.nec-computers.com
).