Can Anyone CONFIRM Thortons at Newegg?

GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
edited November 2003 in Trading Post
//edit: this thread is more of a discussion of Thortons now than a Thorton-at-Newegg thing...
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  • seversphereseversphere
    edited October 2003
    still AXDA
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    AXDC is Thorton's OPN code, newegg still has AXDA, as serversphere said.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Someone bring me up to speed here - what are the features of the Thorton core?
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Leonardo had this to say
    Someone bring me up to speed here - what are the features of the Thorton core?

    Leo,

    The Thorton is a "crippled" Barton. So with some bridge work you can have a Barton and even a 333fsb, 512kb L-2 cache dualie chip for cheap.

    Check out Mac's thread "Got me a Thorton".
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum
    growls.

    Thanks for the info; I forgot about the OPN code even though I read the post where Thrax, er, thracked down the difference.

    Anybody know of where to get a Thorton online? I'm looking for one within about a month to two months. Maybe I should put that in Help Me Find a Deal......
     Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    growls.

    Thanks for the info; I forgot about the OPN code even though I read the post where Thrax, er, thracked down the difference.

    Anybody know of where to get a Thorton online? I'm looking for one within about a month to two months. Maybe I should put that in Help Me Find a Deal... at any rate, buying one I can see locally like Mac suggested is a no-go, since there's about a $50 price difference between buying local and buying online. :banghead:
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Maybe it's time to see about a gift from overseas??? Shipping on a processor wouldn't be bad.
  • seversphereseversphere
    edited November 2003
    the xp2000 with AXDA is palomino or Thoroughbred core?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    tbred.
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I'll let you know when mine comes in how it does.


    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?catalog=343&DEPA=1&submit=property&mfrcode=0&propertycode=&propertycodevalue=4159,3928
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Hey! ya just confirmed Thortons at Newegg! Cool!
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Hmm, looks like your not quite the deal finding monster you seem to think ya are! LOL! I just couldn't pass that one up, nor could I leave the 2 gig CPU for 75$ at NE. Hopefully this one will run under 50*C at Idle unlike this POS 1900!
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Here we go.

    One is marketed as a Tbred XP 2100+ and the other is marketed as a Tbred XP 2000+. The 2000+ does an easy 2 gig on TERRIBLE aircooling (over 60c on 1.6 volts) and i am sure it does 2.5 with excellent aircooling/watercooling and as you can see, i have modded it back to full 512kb cache. $50 or so.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Creep had this to say
    Hmm, looks like your not quite the deal finding monster you seem to think ya are!

    :D I still am. Newegg really didn't have any chips labeled "Thorton" in stock at the time of my orignal post.

    I am ze monster! I still found the first place that started selling Thortons specifically labeled Thortons (eWiz). Nyaaah! ;)

    Then again, I'm not buying a Thorton anymore anyway, so it's a moot point! ;D
  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I think I'll just try and OC it without diong any mods to it, I've never done a mod so I think it's save to say I'll end up screwing the CPU. I'm sure it will do 166 FSB without any problems......
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Guess what? I found them at Newegg but they are not the same ones everyone was looking for!

    AMD ATHLON XP 2400+ "Thorton" 266 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- OEM
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    mtgoat had this to say
    Guess what? I found them at Newegg but they are not the same ones everyone was looking for!

    Warning!: those chips are locked and you can't mod the chache.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    EQuito had this to say
    mtgoat had this to say
    Guess what? I found them at Newegg but they are not the same ones everyone was looking for! [/URL]

    Warning!: those chips are locked and you can't mod the chache.

    Well damn those AMD %#*&+#@* anyway!!! :shakehead
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    Well, I decided to unlock the cache after all by scrapping the surface to get to the contacts, even if it meant destroying the chip but I was successful... :D so I was wrong, it can be done actually.
    All you need is patience and a powerful lighted desk-mounted magnifying glass which I had but I was afraid to use. :o
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    EQ

    Thank's for the good news!

    Other than needing good light and magnification, was it fairly easy to do? Did you just scrape it with a Exacto knive or use something easier? Would the pin trick work? Are they multi locked on NF2's?
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    Yes, the multi's are still locked on ANY board.
    AFAIK, there's no way around it so far, waiting for somebody to find a solution.
    Anyway, I used the very edge (corner) of a razor blade to scrape it and it didn't take much effort to uncover the contacts so be gentle. The rest is the usual, superglue and conductive paint.

    Something I forgot to mentioned which is very weird: this Thorton changed color. It was a typical green and now is brownish, looks like the green faded out due to heat I guess... :scratch:
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I wonder if AMD has a chemical in the pigment that changes once the seal of the coating is broken to indicate that it has been tampered with??? MMMMMmmmmm
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    nah, it was brownish before the mod but it was green when I bought it, like the pic you posted above.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Maybe it's a way of telling whether a returned processor has been used?
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    EQuito,

    What stepping did you get? Full code?
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    Mac, what do you make of the color change. Take a look...

    AXDC2400DKV3C 1013895261578
    AQXFA0339MPMW
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    Sorry about the quality, the shots were taken with a video camera... :o
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    one more of the L2
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Najs mod!

    You mean that the new packaging always have been green before? No clue at all but to be honest,i have seen more browns than greens the past 6 months on all XP and Bartons. Seen any green Thorton yet? Could....no. Just a thought. Could Brown mean "refurbished" as in chosen to be the lower line and the worst quality of the wafers? I see that you have a VERY high batchnumber , chip 1578 on the wafer. That would generally be the very end of the wafer, but im not sure how many chips they can produce from 1 wafer. Higher number generally means lower oc :/. Any stepping with a low number under 50 or so are gold.
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited November 2003
    I've never seen browns with the new packaging, have you?
    Unless I'm going crazy or being totally influenced by all the pictures and reports, this chip was as green as the pic larry posted above... :scratch:

    btw: thanks for the info on the batch #, nice to hear my chip officially sucks... :banghead:
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I mean in an easier way....i dont think we will see more green ones for a while. Your chip doesn´t have to suck at all, but GENERALLY high numbers suck. On the other hand, don't listen to me, cause i suck.
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