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I've Been HAD!
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:16 am
by Scarface
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.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:34 am
by Giraffe }{unter
What do you mean by laser cuts?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:36 am
by SOAPboy
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..
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:37 am
by Canidae
Its a lower grade CPU that has be O/Ced
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:39 am
by Hr.O
Iirc, they (AMD) did use laser-cutting to prevent overclocking on some cores/series.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:38 am
by SoM
i wonder if i could get circumsized by a laser...
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:39 am
by q4aholic
SoM wrote:i wonder if i could get circumsized by a laser...
wtf ur talking about
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:06 am
by SoM
:icon27:
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:00 pm
by glossy
fearing your foreskin will get in the way while you're pounding ass in prison, SoM?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:48 pm
by Scarface
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]
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:51 pm
by Massive Quasars
Silver conductive pens?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:51 pm
by -Replicant-
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
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:58 pm
by Scarface
I also thought the 400 FSB Bartons were orange instead of green
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:08 pm
by DiscoDave
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:
AXDA
3200..
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:12 pm
by Scarface
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:13 pm
by DiscoDave
Thats really strange, according to that its a 3200+ but i've never seen an 3200+ XP on a green chip
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:13 pm
by Scarface
but you see, you don't have any cuts on the l12 or l6 bridges
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:15 pm
by Scarface
even cpu-z recognizes it properly
[lvlshot]http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/6207/untitled4mv.jpg[/lvlshot]
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:18 pm
by DiscoDave
Does your BIOS correctly state the same? ie all settings are set to default for CPU fsb and multiplier?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:25 pm
by Scarface
[lvlshot]http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3121/dsc011959gg.jpg[/lvlshot]
[lvlshot]http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/3148/dsc011967qh.jpg[/lvlshot]
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:43 pm
by Guest
Wtf, why is your ram running at 166mhz instead of 200mhz
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:59 pm
by Scarface
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?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:20 pm
by Scarface
okay, well, i was able to set the memory at 200mhz, and it seems to be running fine, no problems.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:21 am
by Dave
for christ's sake, update your XP service pack
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:21 am
by Dave
oh and the T&T mods want people to post in T&T now (go figure)
