Re: How to get correct family, model and stepping of CPU
Perhaps the Windows API returns a somewhat "adjusted" model identifier, maybe to circumvent problems with (whatever) certain software? In this case I'd suppose the identifier obtained via the assembly method to be the correct one, at least when it comes to the real hardware.
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Last edited by Eri523; June 22nd, 2011 at 02:31 PM.
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