Computer question.......

[glamfly]

Hey, I'm going to try to install some software on an old PC, but I need at least 350 MHZ P2. Does anyone know what this means, and where can I found out how much this old PC has. I plan on wiping it clean, except for the operating system, if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance.

[creeper2]

Originally posted by glamfly:
Hey, I'm going to try to install some software on an old PC, but I need at least 350 MHZ P2. Does anyone know what this means, and where can I found out how much this old PC has. I plan on wiping it clean, except for the operating system, if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance.

<font size="3" face="Arial">dan, the MHZ is actually the speed of your processor. P2 is the chip class. (P2, P3, P4) to find this, on your desktop right click on MY COMPUTER and select PROPERTIES. on the general tab of the sytem properties window you will see a section towards the bottom that says CPU (stands for Central Processing Unit). there you will see the MHZ of your system.

if you need anymore help just ask.

[glamfly]

Just the man I was looking for.
Thanks Bill, but I did that and can't see anywhere where it shows the MHZ.
It's not on this computer I'm using right now, but I want to be able to check on the other one.
It says:
System:
microsoft windows 95
4.00.950 B
IE 5 5.50.4134.060

Computer:
Pentium(r)
16.0 MB RAM

It also has who it's registered to, but I left this off. I checked our other computer here at work and it was the same way, except with windows 98 and a Pentium II chip. Still didn't see MHZ though.

[glitterwoman]

click on settings---> control panel---> system---> hardware---> device manager ----> go to where it says "processors" click it open and it should say right there.

[creeper2]

ok then, if you are running windows 95 or windows 98 SE/ME then you have to go about it a different way. there is no GUI that tells you the CPU speed in the 95 and 98. you are going to have to pay attention when you are booting your computer up. in the beginning stages of your systems set up (booting) you will see information being posted to the black screen. it will tell you how much memory you have and it's clock speed, what video card is present, what drives it detects, etc... one of the first things it posts to this screen is a line that reads CPU speed. (might be worded different depending on the make of your motherboard) on this line it will give you the MHZ of the CPU. warning though, it is only on the screen for a split second so you have to keep you eyes on it.

P2 machines range between 233 - 450 MHz. anything above 450 jumps to a P3. so when you get to the machine in question, if it says P3 then you are safe. a Pentium machine in below 233 MHZ. and just to screw with us, of course, they broke the P3 class up into subclasses, P3, P3B, P3E and P3"E". the higher up the scale the greater the MHZ.

if you have a Celeron processor instead of a Pentium just take note of the MHZ speed. Celerons do not go by I, II, III, etc.....


if you are having trouble reading the MHZ on the screen you could try this:
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

it's freeware that does it for you. just remember, you never know what spywhere is bundled with freeware. i had to help a friend remove just about every piece of spyware created from her machine because someone downloaded a free game once that installed them all. ey carumba! actually she did all the work, i just sat back haha. anyway, be wary of freeware.

[creeper2]

Originally posted by SmokenAngel:
click on settings---> control panel---> system---> hardware---> device manager ----> go to where it says "processors" click it open and it should say right there.

<font size="3" face="Arial">thats only in xp dude. Win95 and 98 do not display the CPU MHZ in a GUI form.

[creeper2]

dan, you can also try this. go to START | RUN and type in dxdiag

depending on your motherboard the directX diagnostic tool might show you the MHZ of a Win95/Win98 machine. Most motherboards it works on, some *cough cough mine* it does not.

[glamfly]

Thanks Bill. That dxdiag thing worked for my comp at home, so I'll try it on the one in question tomorrow. I have to hook it up first. I think it's newer than mine but not positive.
Thanks again.