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Asterisk (*) sign at CPU during POST?

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First post, by deksar

Posted on 2023-01-15, 19:22

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Hi.

I got an asterisk sign during bios post, at the line of CPU info;

(CPU1: *Intel...)

Any clue what that means? Is there anything I should worry about? CPU settings are all default (auto) values in BIOS. No overclocking/manual settings.

Thanks.

Last edited by deksar on 2023-01-15, 20:49. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 1 of 4, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2023-01-15, 19:29

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Hello.

You shouldn't worry about that if the CPU works fine after POST. Depending on the motherboard BIOS, the CPU name will look slightly different during POST.

Reply 2 of 4, by deksar

Posted on 2023-01-15, 19:33

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Hello again,

Thanks a lot. Got few more old PCs/motherboards and I've never seen such sign before, from none of them, and I thought that it (*) must be a sign of error/warning..

Reply 3 of 4, by snufkin

Posted on 2023-01-15, 20:16

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Since it shows CPU1, I wonder if the BIOS supports SMP, even if the board doesn't, and the * indicates the default CPU? I found a picture of an SMP boot on the Award Medallion BIOS here:https://www.askwoody.com/forums/users/dave3283/replies/ which shows CPU2 with a *.

Reply 4 of 4, by deksar

Posted on 2023-01-15, 20:20

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Very interesting and good details.

There isn't any SMP settings in BIOS, here..
But good point.

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