I think I've found a Thorton??

JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
edited January 2004 in Hardware
Can anybody confirm if the stepping below is a Thorton core please. I'm purchasing this in a private trade, (not on S-M).

I wont be disappointed if it isn't, cos I need the chip for another build for someone else but if is I'll keep it myself.

axdc2400kv3c 9739185260265
aqexa 0337tpmw

Cheers


Jim
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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    Well, that was interesting. I googled AXDC, and look what the first result was:
    wth.jpg 35.6K
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited December 2003
    To answer your question, though, apparently it says in that thread that the AXDC OPN code IS a Thorton! (:D) so yeah, my guess is that you've found one. Although I'd wait until someone that knows more about it than I do verifies it for you before buying it.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    It's an unlocked Thorton allright!

    Ha! MY thread came first on teh google? :D
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    That's awesome! ;D
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Thats excellent news then. All for £40, cant wait for it to turn up hopefully in time for xmas. :)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Er, what is so good about Thorntons anyway? I thought they were just crippled Bartons?
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Its a cheap Barton once the cache has been unlocked, so thats good in my book.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited December 2003
    Crippled yes, like the celeron 300a's (remember those bad-boys? I still got one running at 450 with only a stock heatsink, no fan and no airflow, its been my PDC for 2 1/2 years with 0 downtime except for power-outages), except the cache is sometimes still fine.
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    Enverex had this to say
    Er, what is so good about Thorntons anyway? I thought they were just crippled Bartons?
    How about this for $80? :D
    If it wasn't locked, it'd probably be running close to 3GHz with the right board and WC'ing
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    damn good find equito! merry christmas everybody!!! :fold:
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    and it gets even better. Using bios v1.7, I can select 3000+ (166x13) at default voltages
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    or 3100+ (200x11) but I cannot change multis if I select "User Defined"... :confused:
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Equito, surely a chip that overclocks that well deserves unlocking or cant it be unlocked?
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    Yeah but AFAIK, it cannot be unlocked or at least nobody has found a way to do it yet...
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I'm putting my Thorton up to some serious testing today before i totally change to the Mach II. We'll se later today what it does.
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    What's a Mach II?
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Prometeia ;)
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    :wow: :respect::thumbsup::cheers:
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Mackanz had this to say
    Prometeia ;)

    :eek: Im gonna get a job at Toys R Us :eek:

    We wanna see some results when you got em Mack :D
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited December 2003
    Why yes we sure do.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Ok so I got it installed and the multipliers are unlucked as standard but it seems as though my L2 mod didn'nt take as it's still reporting it as a Thorton. :(

    Have to try again after christmas
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I feel so special on google.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Ahhhhhhhh, today couldn't get much worse.

    I tried the L2 mod again today using glue rather than tipex to fill the bridge pit and it still reports as a Thorton rather than a barton.

    So it seems as though my Thorton is cache locked but not multiplier locked. Has anybody got instrutions on how to pin mod it cos I try as a last chance before I sell it.

    To cap things off it would appear that my Sapphire Radeon 9500 np has just decided to commit Hari Kiri as well but I'll post about that elsewhere..:(
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    Where do you see Thorton? none of the utilities report my chip as being a Thorton.
    Also, if you don't close the L12 and make it 166MHz it will never be a Barton.

    btw: there is no such thing as cache locked and multi unlocked.
    They're either totally unlocked (old chips), multi locked and cache unlocked (like mine) or totally locked (newest chips).

    /edit: I found this utility that shows alot more info than any other and it will even let you disable the L1 cache or change the CPU string but I'm not sure how accurate really is because my chip is an AXDC not AXDA as shown.
    I guess the program gets confused by either the extra cache or the 166MHz FSB.

    http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/5/13-5-70.shtml
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    i'll fire it up and post a pic
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Equito, do you think my L2 mod hasn't worked then and my chip is really totally unlocked cos if you are then thats sweet. I'll just try the mod again. Or are you saying I have to do L12 mod as well to unlock the cache.

    Cheers

    Jim
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Another using the other software:
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    And now one of the CPU itself, this prior to closing the L2 bridge:
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  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited December 2003
    Did you scrape the coating to exposed the contacs? if not, you'll never get the dots connected.
  • JimboraeJimborae Newbury, Berks, UK New
    edited December 2003
    Um no I didn't, but I dont remember having to do that with the old Athlons & TBird A cores. Oh how times have changed :)

    Right I'll whip it off and try yet again. :(

    Thanks

    Jim
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