ArkaPro Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Hello good people! I just installed my first hackintosh. I use Q6600 CPU. (check my sig for more specs) For some reason the proccesor is 2.41GHz unknown. but when I look in the "Hardware overview" it gives me the right info. BTW when i use a program like "CoreDuoTemp" it give me 1.5GHz... why? is it normal? or something isn't recognized right... Check attached pics, and my signiture to get my specs. thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh256 Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Same here but seeing as Apple doesn't use Q6x00-series processors this may be expected output... anyone with a Q6600 displaying differently? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-437903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhalls Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I remember seeing it different with various kernels - now with Universal kernel 3 it only sees "unkonown" but thats not really interesting, as i the machine works perfectly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-437920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Since it is only a cosmetic thing, you can edit what your About This Mac says by editing aboutthismac.strings located in... /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app Right click on loginwindow.app and click "Show Package Contents" Go to /Contents/Resources/English.lproj You should see a file called "AboutThisMac.strings" inside English.lproj You can open it up with TextEdit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-437952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkaPro Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 thanks a bunch BJ_MOOSE.. as usual you come and save the day... - Ill try your sugestion when I'l l get to my Hack Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-438015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I think the info screen only shows processor info for the actual processors used in real macs. My Pentium D 830 3GHz shows up as "3GHz Unknown" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-438020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phanguy Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 mine was unknown till i updated to 10.4.9. or maybe it was after i updated the kernel. i don't remember. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-438107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I think the info screen only shows processor info for the actual processors used in real macs. My Pentium D 830 3GHz shows up as "3GHz Unknown" I'm not so sure about that. I think loginwindow 10.4.4 shows my processor as a quad as it does in system profiler. Whenever I upgrade it, say when moving to .9 or .10, it changes to unknown. Although what you say makes sense. Why should we expect an OS to recognize something that isn't part of its realm of possibility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-438168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a23s4a Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hello good people!I just installed my first hackintosh. I use Q6600 CPU. (check my sig for more specs) For some reason the proccesor is 2.41GHz unknown. but when I look in the "Hardware overview" it gives me the right info. BTW when i use a program like "CoreDuoTemp" it give me 1.5GHz... why? is it normal? or something isn't recognized right... Check attached pics, and my signiture to get my specs. thanks! Hi, do you have any problem opening .dmg files. I 've got the same CPU on MB Gigabyte P35-S3. Some disk images won't open on my PC. I get a message "image not recognized". Some archives won't open either. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-446741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phanguy Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Hi, do you have any problem opening .dmg files. I 've got the same CPU on MB Gigabyte P35-S3. Some disk images won't open on my PC. I get a message "image not recognized". Some archives won't open either. you most likely just need a kernel update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61106-cpu-unknown-in-about-this-mac/#findComment-446854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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