Pccheck on a p3?

[squirrel-steam]

I downloaded Pccheck from the discussion "12mhz?" and tried to run it on my gaming computer, but i don't have a ps/2 keyboard hooked up (only works if you plug it in before it boots,) so i tried it on my old Dell L866r computer i use to make floppies. Specs:

Pentium 3 866mhz (16K+16K, 256K cache, coppermine core)
384mb PC-133 (1 256, 1 128 )
20GB WDC IDE
32mb Intel extreme graphics integraded vid card
Windows XP pro sp2

Heres what pccheck said about it:

The processor is identified as a Nexgen Nx586 Pf133
I think the speed is what its running at, not the actual speed. Its 866mhz, but it runs at 480-550 mhz rapidly. It says it only has 1024K ram, and 640K Main memory (really has 393216K of ram.) The bios also registers as AMI, but its a Dell phoenix.

 

[vwestlife]

PC-Check is an old program and doesn't know about the CPU ID tag on newer chips. Therefore its CPU and speed identification is really only accurate on 486s and older.

 

[IBMMuseum]

...The processor is identified as a Nexgen Nx586 Pf133. I think the speed is what its running at, not the actual speed. Its 866mhz, but it runs at 480-550 mhz rapidly. It says it only has 1024K ram, and 640K Main memory (really has 393216K of ram.) The bios also registers as AMI, but its a Dell phoenix.

You're also running it in a VM under XP, so it's not going to show the full underlying capabilities of the system. In some areas XP/W2K/NT are going to mask off certain hardware anyway. With some lines of older systems (like the IBM PS/2s) I like designing some hardware-checking programs like this on a smaller scale - They're not moving targets in their capabilities and options anymore.