https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:44:22 +0000 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:56:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=22284 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94294&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94294 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 22284
Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 1:56am

Sorry to hear you ran afoul of a scam artist. It happens all too often I'm afraid.
At least you didn't have any issue with the return, I have often seen retailers
refuse a return claiming consumer fraud on the part of the victim. It's why I
video unpacking new stuff these days, just in case such a thing happens to me.

Enjoy the new system ]]> Tue, 08 Mar 2022 01:56:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94294&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94294 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94251&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94251 Author: tzsawyer
Subject: 22284
Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:40am

Turns out that the cpu was incorrect - somebody did a return product scam and swapped the CPU and repackaged. I did not verify when I popped it into the board (my error). Lesson learned.

All is good now I9-12900 performing as expected. Thank you.


]]> Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:40:42 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94251&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94251 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94246&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94246 Author: tzsawyer
Subject: 22284
Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:58am

Thanks for confirming my thoughts - Major US vendor. Rats this upgrade has been painful.]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:58:03 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94246&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94246 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94245&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94245 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 22284
Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 6:27am

I would immediately return that CPU. It's a fairly common return scam, people buy
both a high end and a budget CPU of the same socket type then delid them both and
return the cheap one with the heat-spreader (and all the screen printed info) of
the expensive one. It isn't as easy to trick boards into thinking one CPU is a
different one these days, not since the CPU's themselves began shipping with thier
own locked firmware identifiers.

Odds are, if it's reporting as a Celeron, it's a Celeron disguised as an i9.

Good luck.]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 06:27:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94245&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94245 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94242&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94242 Author: tzsawyer
Subject: 22284
Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 2:34am

Z690 Steel Legend - New motherboard with "Intel I9-12900K" CPU installed - BIOS/UEFI and WIN10 reporting the wrong CPU.

Reporting CPU as "Celeron(r) G6900." BIOS/UEFI flashed ok to Z690 Steel Legend 4.01 - system operating but... what going on here?]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:34:57 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284&PID=94242&title=z690-steel-legend-reporting-wrong-cpu#94242