Z690 Steel Legend Reporting WRONG CPU
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Forum Name: Intel Motherboards
Forum Description: Question about ASRock Intel Motherboards
URL: https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=22284
Printed Date: 22 Jul 2025 at 5:53pm
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Topic: Z690 Steel Legend Reporting WRONG CPU
Posted By: tzsawyer
Subject: Z690 Steel Legend Reporting WRONG CPU
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 2:34am
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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? ------------- TZS |
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Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 6:27am
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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. ------------- 
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Posted By: tzsawyer
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2022 at 7:58am
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Thanks for confirming my thoughts - Major US vendor. Rats this upgrade has been painful. ------------- TZS |
Posted By: tzsawyer
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2022 at 7:40am
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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. ------------- TZS |
Posted By: Xaltar
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2022 at 1:56am
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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  -------------
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