rumours of p3

[Pandagonier]

i`ve heard a lot of rumours about a p3 and the p4 being trackable when you are on the net..this had disouraged me from getting a p3...is this true

[Kingslayer]

Yes. The chip has a unique identifier code. But most motherboards today have an option to disable this. I think it was taken out of the P4 totally, but I'm not too sure.

The code isn't that big of a deal though. If you don't register your chip, what's the big deal. You'll leave a bigger trail on the net with your IP address than you will with your processor.

[Pinky]

Kingslayer (Aug 03, 2001 10:42 a.m.):
Yes. The chip has a unique identifier code. But most motherboards today have an option to disable this. I think it was taken out of the P4 totally, but I'm not too sure.

The code isn't that big of a deal though. If you don't register your chip, what's the big deal. You'll leave a bigger trail on the net with your IP address than you will with your processor.

That's right... also why I rarely register anything, knowing I will one day sell it.

[Pandagonier]

i want to know that because i would like to have a p3 and get rid of my celeron....cause i do some not so legal things on the net and i heard it was traceable...my ip is traceable to a point

[Kingslayer]

Yes, your IP is traceable to a point. That point happens to be exactly where your sitting.....

[vimal]

Kingslayer (Aug 03, 2001 02:45 p.m.):
Yes, your IP is traceable to a point. That point happens to be exactly where your sitting.....

Or up to the loaction of your corporate firewall/gateway, or up to your internet service provider (who then has to bbe violating come kind of confidentiality requirement by matching names with IPs assigned at a specific time) - or right up to anonymizer.com (paid service provides complete anonymity on all internet traffic operations) Or to a non-existant computer. (I've seen a nifty program that operates on ethernet using a faked MAC and IP address close to a real one on the segment - best trace can just get you to that LAN segment, nothing more specific)

Back to the subject at hand: Intel did have (and still does have) the CPU id command, and every processor does have its own number. Because there was such a big stink about it though, I believe most BIOSes (at least every one i've seen) come with access to the ID number disabled by default. (and if somebody hacks your machine to enable it, you have much bigger problems than just the CPU ID number)

[Pandagonier]

so it would be safe for me to get a p3 then...if i do just go into the bios and do that stuff...right,,then its not traceable...because my celeron just isn`t kicking it to my standards

[funnyperson1]

yup, get that p3, youll be happy with it....

[Pandagonier]

whats the best p3 to get,,which mhz is the best to oc

[funnyperson1]

depending on your board id say the best to get is 600-800E.....people get very good results out of those.....

[[Oc]acaridans]

Ive gotten very good results with the 700

[Newbie_Doo]

Pandagonier (Aug 03, 2001 10:54 a.m.):
i want to know that because i would like to have a p3 and get rid of my celeron....cause i do some not so legal things on the net and i heard it was traceable...my ip is traceable to a point

If your Celeron is a Celeron2, then it has the feature as well.

[Pandagonier]

my mother board is an ASUS CUSL2-C,and i`m running a 700 mhz Celeron2 which is now OCed to 924 @ 1.75v