Question : Problem: ThinkPad BIOS Processor Identification

I am having a problem. I upgraded my processor from the T2400 to the T7200 Core 2 Duo. Very easy. I flashed the BIOS after the upgrade, I have the latest. I think the new proc is being identified wrong in the BIOS. When I run CPU-Z, it is all good though. Here is what the bios shows, I'm thinking it should say "Core" somewhere in there:

Intel(R) Pentium(R) M CPU 000 @ 2.00GHz 2.00GHz

I have flashed the BIOS twice. Same thing. I have the following setup:

Lenovo ThinkPad T60 2007-EC1 Core 2 T7200 (2.0 GHz), 3GB, 100GB/7200rpm SATA, ATI X1400 128MB VRAM, 15' SXGA+ IPS TFT, DVD-RW/CD-RW DL, Modem, Gigabit, 802.11a,b,g, Bluetooth, Security Chip, Vista Business

Answer : Problem: ThinkPad BIOS Processor Identification

BIOSes do not always correctly report the CPU identity string, because the system was designed before the newer CPUs.  Exactly what it says, I would not worry too much about.  However, if you test the CPU performance against benchmarks, like SIS SANDRA

www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/sandra_benchmark_info/

and the CPU is not running to full specs, then its time to worry about incompatibility.  If the CPU is indeed performing to specs, what the BIOS reports is not really an issue.