Bios and Core 2 Quad E6x00

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max1971
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Hy to all,

i'm a newbie. I would upgrade my cpu with a one like in object but i'm not sure if bios support it. My pc is a Desktop MediaCenter Sony VAIO XL 201 with a E6300 C2D cpu. This is what came out with cbrom:

** Micro Code Information **
Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
PGA423 2C 0F25 | SLOT1 17 0F34 | SLOT1 17 0F41 | SLOT1 05 0F43
SLOT1 06 0F44 | SLOT1 03 0F47 | SLOT1 03 0F49 | SLOT1 04 0F4A
SLOT1 02 0F4A | SLOT1 04 0F64 | SLOT1 0A 0F32 | SLOT1 02 0F37
SLOT1 05 0F60 | PGA478 07 0F61 | PGA478 0F 0F62 | PGA478 07 0F65
SLOT1 51 06F2 | PPGA 60 06F7 | SLOT1 44 06F6 | SLOT1 04 0660
SLOT1 33 06F5 | SLOT1 33 06F5 | SLOT1 26 06F4 |

Can someone helps me to read this table?

Thank you very much

Max
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let's take this as an example: PGA423 2C 0F25

Platform:

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PGA423
the platform is derived from the Platform ID. It should be interpreted with regard to the CPUID described later. cbrom obviously just uses a single table to convert the Platform ID to a human readable format.

Version:

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2C
the version of the microcode update. There might be several updates for the same CPU family and each update carries a version number. The latest version includes all fixes of the former updates, too.

CPUID:

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0F25
the ID of the CPU this update is meant for. The ID contains Family, Model and Stepping (FMS). 0x0F (decimal 15) is the family which means the core is a Pentium 4. Model is 0x02 (decimal 2) which means that this is an update for a Northwood core. Stepping is 0x05 (decimal 5) which means that this update is for M0 steppings only.

you can use intel's processor finder to map FMS codes to processor names.
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max1971
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Thank you very much for your explanation. So if I understood in that list there are only old processor and anyway not mine or quad core that are LGA775.
I post even the first part of cbrom list:


F:\VGX\Bios VGX>cbrom182 vgx.bin /D
cbrom182 V1.82 [04/11/07] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2007

******** vgx.bin BIOS component ********

No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================
0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K) 141A3h(80.41K) 11221.BIN
1. XGROUP CODE 0F090h(60.14K) 0A250h(40.58K) awardext.rom
2. ACPI table 05076h(20.12K) 01EF8h(7.74K) ACPITBL.BIN
3. YGROUP ROM 0D3F0h(52.98K) 06709h(25.76K) awardeyt.rom
4. GROUP ROM[ 0] 05E60h(23.59K) 027EAh(9.98K) _EN_CODE.BIN
5. BIOSF9 0F380h(60.88K) 005C7h(1.44K) _RT.BIN
6. BIOSF7 004D0h(1.20K) 003D3h(0.96K) _Xsetup.BIN
7. Flash ROM 0BCB3h(47.17K) 066C4h(25.69K) AWDFLASH.EXE
8. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K) 00A83h(2.63K) VAIOLOGO.BMP
9. LOGO1 ROM 4B30Ch(300.76K) 00999h(2.40K) SN4IMBW.BMP
10. PCI ROM[A] 03600h(13.50K) 02534h(9.30K) AHCI.bin
11. PCI ROM 0E000h(56.00K) 08B22h(34.78K) BA1240L2.lom
12. PCI ROM[C] 0F400h(61.00K) 0955Ah(37.34K) RAID1022.bin
13. GV3 01B51h(6.83K) 00C22h(3.03K) PPMINIT.ROM
(SP) NCPUCODE 11C00h(71.00K) 11C00h(71.00K) NCPUCODE.BIN

Total hole area space = 40000h(256.00K)
Total compress code space = 95000h(596.00K)
Total compressed code size = 5842Ah(353.04K)
Remain compress code space = 3CBD6h(242.96K)

In my case unfortunately CPUCODE isn't present. So where can i find the list of supported cpu? In NCPUCODE?

Thanks again for your help

Max

PS:My BIOS is :
Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
11/22/2006-Broadwater-MrBig4-00
4003.003 11/22/06
8 Mbit
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yes, the cpucodes are inside the NCPUCODE.BIN
but i don't know if cbrom can handle NCPUCODE.BIN. last time i checked it didn't. just take a shot. good luck.
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