find if cpu is unlocked?

[Bud]

how do i find out if my cpu is unlocked i have a 2500+ barton and a 1900+.thanks guys

[a2jfreak]

I don't know you can make that determination with visual inspection (except for maybe the date of the CPU, if all CPUs after a certain date are locked, but I'm not so sure that's the case, though it might be).

Omega?

[mmonnin]

Palominos are locked and the new Bartons are as well. Some motherboards unlock CPUs as well.

[Bud]

i bought mine about 1-2 months ago from newegg

[seversphere]

that barton is probably unlocked but what is the second line of the stepping. for example AQXEA 0330XPMW - if it's a late week like 0341 or 0343 then it's probably locked.

like mmonnin said, if the 1900 is a palomino core then it's locked but if it's a Tbred then it's unlocked. The palomino core is a square while the Tbred has a rectangle.

[keto]

We can probably tell you if you have the full stepping codes from the chips, it takes just a little research.

[Bud]

k guys i guess ill yank the heatsinks and find out what the steppings are and then post them

[Mt_Goat]

Don't bother pulling the HS from the 1900 as they were only made on the Palomino core and as thus are locked. AMD never did make the 1900 on any of the T'Bred cores.

[TheLostSwede]

I agree. If the Barton is 1-2 months old from Newegg then i can almost guarantee that it is unlocked. Might even be a "Y" ,week 30 or 31.

[profdlp]

...you tell by the stepping in wcpuid?

[TheLostSwede]

Nope. :(

[profdlp]

profdlp had this to say
...you tell by the stepping in wcpuid?

Mackanz had this to say
Nope. :(
What's missing? Does the stepping indicated in wcpuid just tell you the "family", and is too general?

Any way of determining it with a program? I've gotten wiser and now write everything down whenever I get a new CPU, but it would be nice to be able to check things with having to take everything apart.

[TheLostSwede]

As far as i know, there is no way to check the stepping on any software as i think Amd isn't programming the steppings in the cpu's in the first place. (i'm thinking of the rebadged thortons and durons) At least not yet.

[Mt_Goat]

profdlp had this to say
profdlp had this to say
...you tell by the stepping in wcpuid?

Mackanz had this to say
Nope. :(
What's missing? Does the stepping indicated in wcpuid just tell you the "family", and is too general?

Any way of determining it with a program? I've gotten wiser and now write everything down whenever I get a new CPU, but it would be nice to be able to check things with having to take everything apart.
I made it even easier and take a picture of all my new chips.

Me older= yes, wiser= when I want to be. ;)

BTW
I have to take a picture to be able to read that itty bitty print anyway. Another fact of being older.

[profdlp]

mtgoat had this to say
I have to take a picture to be able to read that itty bitty print anyway. Another fact of being older.
Good idea! I have had better than 20/20 vision my whole life until last year. I just broke down and got a pair of reading glasses last week, it was either that or get my arms stretched... :rolleyes:
:wow2:

[Mt_Goat]

profdlp had this to say
mtgoat had this to say
I have to take a picture to be able to read that itty bitty print anyway. Another fact of being older.
Good idea! I have had better than 20/20 vision my whole life until last year. I just broke down and got a pair of reading glasses last week, it was either that or get my arms stretched... :rolleyes:
:wow2:
LOL, I know the feeling. I had 20/10 most of my life and recently went to 20/15 and lost a bit of my close up ability. I probably shoud get some reading glasses too. Maybe that's why I don't feel like reading books as much lately but on my screen I can read all day.

[LawnMM]

Just go into the bios, select user define, see if you can change the multiplier...

Easy as pie!

[csimon]

LawnMM had this to say
Just go into the bios, select user define, see if you can change the multiplier...

Easy as pie!
zackly

[Templar]

LawnMM had this to say
Just go into the bios, select user define, see if you can change the multiplier...

Easy as pie!

Make sure it actually changes. My old A7N let me change the multi, but it reset it back to default when it restarted, and gave no indication that it had done that (till I check CPU-Z in Windows..)

[profdlp]

Templar had this to say
Make sure it actually changes. My old A7N let me change the multi, but it reset it back to default when it restarted, and gave no indication that it had done that (till I check CPU-Z in Windows..)
That's what happens on the old lady's Asus A7A266, and on my MSI KT4V. It's FSB or nothing...

[mmonnin]

My KX7 does that too with a Pali but it keeps the setting with a TBred.

[Bud]

k guys when i changed my heatsink i wrote it down
AXDA2500KV4D 9822457270001
AQXEA 0331RPMW
is it unlocked?

[mmonnin]

An easier way would have been if it looked like this:
http://www.short-media.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=36338

If it has all those lines in it, its locked. If not its unlocked.

[Bud]

i dont have a digital camera so i had to write it down

[mmonnin]

I dont mean taking a pic. Does Your CPU have the lines all over the CPU or does it look like this:

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/19-103-391-02.JPG

[Bud]

sorry didnt look they said give code

[TheLostSwede]

That is unlocked, no doubt.

I guessed a "Y" week 30 or 31. And you have a "9" week 31. Not bad at all.

BUT WTF????

Are you sure about the last lines in the first row? It ends with 0001. REALLY sure?

OMG, that's like winning the lottery. Congrats, you have a cpu from the best spot on the wafer. I´m guessing 2.6 on good air actually. Is it for sale? :D

[csimon]

borrowed this from abit forums ...hope it helps

[Bud]

yea Mackanz thats the right line sorry but not for sale though. thats wierd cause im maxing @ 2.2GHz. it must be my ram

[TheLostSwede]

Well that's easy to chesk though. A friend gave me some info that low batch cores is pretty hot at low voltage. Is that the case with you as well? Voltage and temps?