Athlon XP 1800+ without PITS!!

brainiac88 · Oct 23, 2001

Check it out...

Since there are no pits, then the pencil trick will work right?

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cowanrg · Oct 23, 2001

pretty much. you can unlock it just like it's a regular tbird.

but it doesnt appear it should be THAT hard to unlock em. check out my thread here:

http://forums.overclockers.ws/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42285

UnseenMenace · Oct 23, 2001

I personally would be very suspect and at least demand evidence of this

Clean_Baldy · Oct 23, 2001

I agree... look at that chip in the picture... you can see dust on it... hmmmmmm.... like my dad always says... "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is"

proze · Oct 23, 2001

i dunno, man, that pic looks pretty convincing. and isn't the price pretty good?

cowanrg · Oct 23, 2001

the price is definately right.

as for the pic, they do kinda look dirty when you first get them. (at least mine did when you looked at it REALLY close)

plus, it has pits in other places. but maybe that one just doesnt have pits on the L1 bridges.

plague · Oct 23, 2001

could it be an MP 1800+?? thats really cheap for one of them though... who knows.

Kingslayer · Oct 23, 2001

I know almost nothing about these chips. But I do contain an average amount of common sense.

Why is he selling this chip. It's obviously used, look at the white thermal grease...

10 to 1 says it's fried.

killem1x1 · Oct 23, 2001

I see a poll happening

How many people think this is a safe buy?
I don't.

Clean_Baldy · Oct 23, 2001

why do you think it has no bids... nobody is stupid

mbigna · Oct 23, 2001

I also noticed the picture did NOT include any of the printing on the die itself. It may not even be an 1800.

Tbird man · Oct 23, 2001

It would be pretty easy to edit a photo to look like their are no pits, get the poor saps money, send a fried chip to throw him off and dissapper... just a thought

cowanrg · Oct 23, 2001

yeah, but all that for $200? nah... they would rather say they have an unlocked P4 2.0ghz or something. $200 is nothing when you think about it. (fraud, etc..)

WillysNut · Oct 23, 2001

The top corner of the core has a good wear mark or nick in it...see it? (bottom right corner of pic) I think the "dust" you're refering to may be left over heatsink paste. I can never get all of it off when I make a bad wipe. There's a ton of hsf paste on the sides of the core.

I believe that the chances of unlocked XP's is probably good but I don't think I'd buy this one w/o a warranty!

Mr B · Oct 23, 2001

I've read rumors of these without the pits, but I'd be very leery of this one...

That sure does look like a chipped corner to me. Besides, if it is a true "un-pitted" XP 1800+, why sell it? That chip would fetch far more than "Buy It Now" for $250, don't you think??

There might be something to the thought that it's fried.....

If that's the case, this guy deserves a couple more broken cores....

I wouldn't buy this chip without a warranty. No way.

thefly · Oct 23, 2001

I think it's a scam too.

buyer beware.

el · Oct 23, 2001

It is fried look at the chip Mr B is correct stay away!

OC Detective · Oct 23, 2001

Interesting how the original poster has not made any other comment on this thread........

Paul -The Mad Hatter · Oct 24, 2001

OC Detective said:
Interesting how the original poster has not made any other comment on this thread........

lol, good observation detector. i wouldn't buy the thing, but because there's no warrenty.

Mr B · Oct 24, 2001

I think he was gonna bid on it til we mentioned it looked "fishy".

Might have just saved him a couple of hundred though....

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