any old amd fanboys here ??

[WelshD1K]

ok got my amd back running (old skt a)

i have a 2500 barton

and a 3200 barton here

thign is my 2500 is booting as a 3200 .... and my 3200 is showing as a 3200

on same mobo with same ram etc..

any ideas??

3200 is AXDA3200DKV4E green pcb

2500 is axda2500kv4d

im confused here ><

usign a gigabyte pro board

and corsair twin x ram

 

[Ham]

Was there not some pin mod or somthing that made the 2500s show up as 3200s?

 

[WelshD1K]

i remember the pencil mod trick to unlock the multi + the old amd xp-m's that ran silly speeds becuase of lower volts needed @ stock + the unlocked multi from stock

 

[WelshD1K]

might be because my mobo is a 400fsb jobby ? and oc/d it as defualt

 

[Ham]

All I'd say is set the speeds manualy and see if it still protets. Does CPU-Z recognise it right?

 

[WelshD1K]

havent booted to an o/s

just to bios

all i had was mobo +ram + gpu + psu just to stest see if everythign is fine

the 3200 is goign one bay as there still fetching ok money £50 + (considering i have teh ebuyer receipt for £212 back in 03 i think it was )

 

[Rastalovich]

With the older AMDs, the stock settings told u what the cpu was both in the bios and on cpuz. (gotta be careful here also cos they do sometimes under-set the settings)

Unfortunately when u overclocked them, the likes of cpuz would change the name of the cpu to what it thinks it is rather than reading the cpuid.

'Some' bioses would heading the cpu page with the correct description. But even when posting, the mobos/bios would report the cpu as something different if u oc`d it.

Only solid way of knowing what they are 100% is to read the sticker on the cpu. Be something like AXD2500ASDBLAHBLAHA. Google it and sites will tell u.

Really clear the cmos well when changing over cpus too.

 

[WelshD1K]

cant find the cpu in google with the serial

 

[Rastalovich]

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Athlon XP 3200+ - AXDA3200DKV4E.html

http://www.cpu-world.com/cgi-bin/IdentifyPart.pl?PART=axda2500kv4d&PROCESS=Go

 

[WelshD1K]

i think iots because of the switches on my mobo forcing it to run 400fsb

 

[Rastalovich]

Some of the mobos used to have jumper headers for the fsb of the cpu. Even tho u could adjust in the bios after. Often if u got that jumper wrong, the thing wouldn't even boot.

What's the gigabyte mobo's model number ?

 

[WelshD1K]

ga-7n400 pro 2

i also have a pro(the original verision int he atic i might pull out)

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1756