Help ID P4EE / Xenon Unlocked Engineer Sample

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Dubtech



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:23 pm    Post subject: Help ID P4EE / Xenon Unlocked Engineer Sample Reply with quote

I got this "Mystery CPU" when buying some local parts, He "Threw it in on the deal" saying it was a P4 Single Core engineering sample he got from a local Intel employee. This was about 3-4 years ago. There are NO laser etch markings on the top of the CPU. I tried it in some El-Cheapo 775 motherboards I had but it wouldn't boot or post, I called him and thought maybe it was a dud. He stated that he got it to work in a very high end board, most likely the stepping etc was wrong. I am building a stand up MAME arcade game with spare parts and I figure it's old enough now to find a cheap board. I got it to work in an econo ECS 945GCT-M3 by installing a working CPU, going into the Bios and changing the settings, I.E. the multiplier unlock etc then swapping the processors between re-boot. The CPU posted as 14 x 266 6.0GHz processor. It will actually run quite fast with no errors and no overheating with a cheap aluminum Zalman heatsink / fan so just for squirts and giggles I ran CPU-Z, Lavalys and the Intel utility on it only to find out that each program reported different results, one says P4EE, the other says Xenon. Once I started researching I could not stop. The less I found the more intrigued I got. I started checking the Specs of the CPU in side by side comparisons on the Intel Website. The best clues I found are the F.4.A. Family, the 14x multiplier and the (RO) stepping. I just can't seem to find a processor where all 3 of those line up. Maybe this is an oddball that was never released? Maybe the MoBo is posting wrong? Maybe both?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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Antinomy



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a Pentium 4 EE 3.73GHz. Single core, Prescott-2M.
14x and 266MHz bus is correct.

Show a screenshot from latest CPU-Z.
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Antinomy



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's the CPU: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20Extreme%20Edition%203.73%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PH1092MM%20%28BX80547PH3730F%29.html

fun part is that production samples were N0 stepping while your ES is R0. The core itself is similar to Irwindale Xeon core - that's why some (old?) software can't get it right.
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Dubtech



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Antinomy wrote:
Here's the CPU: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20Extreme%20Edition%203.73%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PH1092MM%20%28BX80547PH3730F%29.html

fun part is that production samples were N0 stepping while your ES is R0. The core itself is similar to Irwindale Xeon core - that's why some (old?) software can't get it right.


Awesome I can't thank you enough, I have been pulling my hair out on this one. That explains why when I put the working processor in and set defaults for N0 stepping it will glitch the Sample and work double time. They must have made this hermaphrodite to test each stepping type before launch? Another quick question, what would you suggest to use for a board that has a broad range of compatibility? Open source Bios?

Is this CPU considered rare or collectable seeing as it has such unique firmware?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bump Smile Any idea of it's value?
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