The Great Inert
07-08-05, 11:21 PM
Good morning or evening depending on where you're from. :)
I have two very quick questions. First, is it possible to visually determine whether a CPU has a cracked core? Any telltale signs on the die, or does the term "cracked" refer to damage done below the slug, where one can't see it?
Second question, probably more interesting than the first. In my hot hands is an AMD Athlon 2000... fully unlocked (didn't expect it to come that way but all of the bridges are joined...) with the following ID: AXDA2000UT3C/AIUGA0240RPNW. With the following information, does anyone know what I could expect to achieve if I overclocked this processor? (I'd be using simple aircooling at first, but may move onto watercooling once I get past my ingrained fear that water+electrical equipment=fried me.)
Unfortunately I can't test this CPU myself... I don't have a spare board and don't want to risk my main board on a chip that might kill it. I'm not entirely sure the thing even works. When I first received it, I mis-seated (new word) the HS and heard a disheartening crunch sound. It might have simply been pressure from the HS against the socket, but I could have also cracked the core. As always, any help is appreciated. (If it turns out this processor does work, I have a new gift for the gf/future wife...) Many thanks in advance. :)
(One last note. If you're religious, or even if you aren't, please pray for England. If you're English and reading this, remember the truth of Hail Brittania's refrain... Britons won't be slaves,to terrorists or any other thugs.)
I have two very quick questions. First, is it possible to visually determine whether a CPU has a cracked core? Any telltale signs on the die, or does the term "cracked" refer to damage done below the slug, where one can't see it?
Second question, probably more interesting than the first. In my hot hands is an AMD Athlon 2000... fully unlocked (didn't expect it to come that way but all of the bridges are joined...) with the following ID: AXDA2000UT3C/AIUGA0240RPNW. With the following information, does anyone know what I could expect to achieve if I overclocked this processor? (I'd be using simple aircooling at first, but may move onto watercooling once I get past my ingrained fear that water+electrical equipment=fried me.)
Unfortunately I can't test this CPU myself... I don't have a spare board and don't want to risk my main board on a chip that might kill it. I'm not entirely sure the thing even works. When I first received it, I mis-seated (new word) the HS and heard a disheartening crunch sound. It might have simply been pressure from the HS against the socket, but I could have also cracked the core. As always, any help is appreciated. (If it turns out this processor does work, I have a new gift for the gf/future wife...) Many thanks in advance. :)
(One last note. If you're religious, or even if you aren't, please pray for England. If you're English and reading this, remember the truth of Hail Brittania's refrain... Britons won't be slaves,to terrorists or any other thugs.)