I've Been HAD!

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:16 am

Bought a XP 3200+ off ebay a couple weeks ago, and it has laser cuts on the L12 and L6 bridges! I decided fuck it and installed it anyways. It posts at 3200+ ( 2.2ghz ) with 400 mhz FSB hell, even under full load it doesn't go over 38C. So, i'm keeping it. Ah well, it was only a small upgrade to last me a year.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:34 am

What do you mean by laser cuts?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:36 am

Prolly was advertised as a older core 3200, turned out to be a newer one with the bridges cut..

Ftw, you can fix those bridges with some Lead ink, pencil lead, or some lead based grease..

Post by **Canidae** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:37 am

Its a lower grade CPU that has be O/Ced

Post by **Hr.O** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:39 am

Iirc, they (AMD) did use laser-cutting to prevent overclocking on some cores/series.

Post by **SoM** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:38 am

i wonder if i could get circumsized by a laser...

Post by **q4aholic** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:39 am

SoM wrote:i wonder if i could get circumsized by a laser...

wtf ur talking about

Post by **SoM** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:06 am

:icon27:

Post by **glossy** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:00 pm

fearing your foreskin will get in the way while you're pounding ass in prison, SoM?

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:48 pm

Well, i may be wrong, here's a pic of it, tell me if it's genuine.

[lvlshot]http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/8227/dsc011946ed.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:51 pm

Silver conductive pens?

Post by **-Replicant-** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:51 pm

i believe AMD has a thing where you can type in the serial code down there and it'll tell you what it originally was/is

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:58 pm

I also thought the 400 FSB Bartons were orange instead of green

Post by **DiscoDave** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:08 pm

Scarface wrote:I also thought the 400 FSB Bartons were orange instead of green

Well my old one is...

If you write down the stepping (first line under the AMD Athlon bit on the black sticker) it would make it easier to determine what yours is. Can read it all

Edit:

if you see this one:

you'll notice on the black bit:

AXDA3200..

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:12 pm

Post by **DiscoDave** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:13 pm

Thats really strange, according to that its a 3200+ but i've never seen an 3200+ XP on a green chip

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:13 pm

but you see, you don't have any cuts on the l12 or l6 bridges

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:15 pm

even cpu-z recognizes it properly

[lvlshot]http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/6207/untitled4mv.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **DiscoDave** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:18 pm

Does your BIOS correctly state the same? ie all settings are set to default for CPU fsb and multiplier?

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:25 pm

[lvlshot]http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3121/dsc011959gg.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3148/dsc011967qh.jpg[/lvlshot]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:43 pm

Wtf, why is your ram running at 166mhz instead of 200mhz

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:59 pm

well, i actually don't have pc3200 ddr ram installed. I have pc3000, but it seems to work, I've even benchmarked the cpu and it's on par with the 3200+ results. wierd huh?

Post by **Scarface** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:20 pm

okay, well, i was able to set the memory at 200mhz, and it seems to be running fine, no problems.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:21 am

for christ's sake, update your XP service pack

Post by **Dave** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:21 am

oh and the T&T mods want people to post in T&T now (go figure)