Conflicting Info on Aspire 3000

Before I upgrade my Acer Aspire 3000 I took a look at the CPU-Z and the Crystal CPUID data. Here is what I got.

CPU-Z version 1.33.1.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 1
Name Mobile AMD Sempron 2800+
Code Name Georgetown
Specification Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
Family / Model / Stepping F C 0
Extended Family / Model F 1C
Brand ID 35
Package Socket 754
Core Stepping DH8-D0
Technology 90 nm
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2
CPU Clock Speed 1600.1 MHz
Clock multiplier x 8.0
HTT Bus Frequency 200.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Instruction Cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 1600.1 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 128 bits

Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer Acer, Inc.
Motherboard model Lugano M, Not Applicable
BIOS vendor Acer
BIOS revision 3A27
BIOS release date 08/24/05
Chipset SiS 760GX rev. 03
Southbridge SiS LPC Bridge rev. 25
Sensor chip FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Status enabled, rev. 3.0
AGP Data Transfer Rate 8x
AGP Max Rate 8x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled

Memory
DRAM Type DDR-SDRAM
DRAM Size 1536 MBytes
DRAM Frequency 160.0 MHz
FSB RAM CPU/10
CAS# Latency 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge 3 clocks
Cycle Time (TRAS) 7 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 10 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
Command Rate 2T
# of memory modules 2
Module 0 DDR PC2700 - 1024 MBytes
Module 1 PDP Systems DDR PC2700 - 512 MBytes

Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

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CrystalCPUID 4.9.1.319 (C) 2002-2006 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World [ http://crystalmark.info/]
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OS : Windows XP Professional SP2 [ 5.1 Build 2600 ]
Date : 2007/01/27 6:16:16

CPU Name : AMD Mobile Sempron 2800+ [LV] (Sonora)
Vendor String : AuthenticAMD
Name String : Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
Architecture : x86
Process Rule : 90 nm
Platform : Socket 754
CPU Type : Original OEM processor [0]
Number (Total) : 1
Physical Core : 1
Family : F
Ext. Family : F
FamilyEx : 00
Model : C
Ext. Model : C
ModelEx : 1
Stepping : 0
Ext. Stepping : 0
APIC : 00
Brand ID : 23
Feature : MMX SSE SSE2 MMX+ 3DNow! 3DNow!+ NX
PowerManagement : PowerNow!/Cool'n'Quiet

Current Original
Clock : 1600.06 MHz 1600.00 MHz
System Clock : 200.01 MHz 200.00 MHz
Multiplier : 8.00 8.00
Data Rate : ---
Over Clock : 0.00 %
L1 I-Cache : 64 KB
L1 D-Cache : 64 KB
L2 Cache : 256 KB [Full:1600.06 MHz]
Memory : 1407 MB
QPF : 3.579545 MHz

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Chipset Information
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Chipset : SiS 760
North Bridge : [1039:0760.03] SiS 760
South Bridge : [1039:0008.25] SiS 5513
Video Chip : [1039:6330.00] SiS 661FX/741/760

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BIOS Information by WMI (Windows Management Interface)
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BIOS Vendor : Acer
BIOS Caption : Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
BIOS Version : PTLTD - 6040000
BIOS Date : 08/24/2005
SM BIOS Caption : 3A27
SM BIOS Version : 2.31
Mother Vendor : Acer, Inc.
Mother Product : Lugano M
Mother Version : Not Applicable
System Vendor : Acer, inc.
System Model : Aspire 3000

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System Information by DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
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SM BIOS Version : 2.31
BIOS Vendor : Acer
BIOS Version : 3A27
BIOS Date : 08/24/05
BIOS ROM Size : 512 KB
Mother Vendor : Acer, Inc.
Mother Product : Lugano M
Mother Version : Not Applicable
CPU Socket : Socket A
CPU Vendor : AMD
CPU Version : AMD
Current Clock : 1600 MHz
External Clock : 400 MHz
Max Clock : 1600 MHz

As you can see, the two programs read the Brand ID differently which gives me a different Code Name. Georgetown in one case and Sonora in the other.

In the past 18 months I have upgraded the following items: Battery to 8 cells, HD to 80 GB 5400 WD and memory to 1.5 GB. Next on the agenda is to upgrade the processor from the Georgetown/Sonora Sempron 2800+ to a Turion MT 34. I will be monitoring the heat quite closely after the mod.

 

Have you tried using the latest version of CPU-Z? Georgetown seems to be th codename for the DTR series semprons. I owned the aspire 3000 series for a while and the Sempron it shipped with was definately Sonora...
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=56051

In any case there shouldn't be any heat issues with the Turion MT series as they have the same TDP(25W) as the Sonora Semprons and is much lower than the DTR Semprons.

 

Thanks, Miner. With the latest version of CPU-Z my report is accurate. However, I noticed that even with the older version of CPU-Z your chip reported correctly on your link.

CPU-Z 1.38 report file
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 1 per processor
Number of threads 1 (max 1) per processor
Name Mobile AMD Sempron 2800+
Code Name Sonora
Specification Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
Package Socket 754
Family/Model/Stepping F.C.0
Extended Family/Model F.1C
Brand ID 35
Core Stepping DH8-D0
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 1597.2 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 8.0 x 199.6 MHz
HT Link speed 798.6 MHz
Stock frequency 1600 MHz
Instruction sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 256 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge SiS 760GX rev. 03
Southbridge SiS LPC Bridge rev. 25
Graphic Interface AGP
AGP Revision 3.0
AGP Transfer Rate 8x
AGP Side Band Addressing supported, enabled
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1536 MBytes
Memory Frequency 159.7 MHz (CPU/10)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 2.5 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 3 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 3 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 7 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 10 clocks
DRAM Idle Timer 16 clocks
Command Rate 2T
System
System Manufacturer Acer, inc.
System Name Aspire 3000
System S/N LXA5505263519087D3EM00
Mainboard Vendor Acer, Inc.
Mainboard Model Lugano M
BIOS Vendor Acer
BIOS Version 3A27
BIOS Date 08/24/05
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR, PC2700 (166 MHz), 1024 MBytes, unknown brand
Module 2 DDR, PC2700 (166 MHz), 512 MBytes, PDP Systems
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c