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    Sandy Bridge version: ES???

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mp5cartman, Oct 2, 2011.

  1. mp5cartman

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    Just wondering, I went to my BIOS and noticed that Sandy Bridge Version says ES? Do you think dell would actually put a engineering sample processor? or does it mean something else?
     
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    Sure it doesn't say QS, which is normal for Sandy Bridge CPU's? It is very unlikely that Dell would sell an M17x-R3 with an ES chip, although it is confusing since ES chips are sometimes also referred to as Qualification Samples, or QS, in the ES bootleg world.
     
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    lol my bad, i dont know why i typed es I meant QS. Anyways why qs? qualification sample? arent they suppose to have the oems?
     
    mp5cartman, Oct 3, 2011
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    Download CPU-Z, post here what it says your model, stepping and revision are

    It could just be mis-identified by the bios, that's reasonably common, especially if your BIOS is old.
     
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    Don't know why they report as QS, but that's how the Sandy Bridge CPU's are identified on the BIOS screen.
     
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    Traditionally QS and ES type processors identify themselves even to programs like CPU-Z in the specification field that they are indeed QS or ES. Since ours doesnt despite the BIOS saying QS, then it likely isnt.
     
    Beradon, Oct 3, 2011
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