Dual apple duron @ k7d

[JohnDoemakt]

Hi everybody,
I just got two of the new duron prosessors, and I'm planning on running them on a MSI K7D-Master MB.
The prosessors are "AXDA25000KV4D - Z354897260203 - AQXFA 0342RPMW"
The highlighted part is the production date, right?
Does this mean that this one is not multiplyer locked since it is so old? And does the old L5 mod work the same way as with the other K7's?
And one last question; can I SMP enable this processor with a pinmod?

 

[JDXNC]

You're looking at the wrong code, "0342" is your date code. Are you sure you bought Duron's? Cause usually AXDA means Athlon XP, and looks like you have 2500+ Barton's.

 

[JohnDoemakt]

So, week 42... are those multiplyer locked? (If I remember right, from 39 some were locked and by 42 they are all locked... right?)

One more strange thing is that when I last night put one of them in a Master, it reports 1466 MHz. That is the multiplyer of an 2500 (11) at 133 FSB.

I will down aida now and see if I can ID it.

But what is the case in the L5 pinmod? Is it possible?

 

[JohnDoemakt]

BTW: These are the new durons, not the old spitfire/morgan ones.
The ones called applebread or something that is normal XP's with 50/75 % cache disabled.

 

[aftermath]

smp mod is probably the same as for an xp.
its not a pin mod as such. What you do is scrache the last l5 bridges pit (The cut one) . do this with a pin. then fillit with a conductive ink such as trace repair paint or rear window defoger paint.
in the end the bridges look like thsi where : = broken and | = joined. |::|

edit cmc's guide hear is more detailed.http://www.ocforums.com/vb/vb/showthread.php?threadid=221503

 

[JohnDoemakt]

I have done the L5 mod trick on a pair of XP1700+'s but I was hoping that the L5 mod could be done with a wiremod. Because when I painted those 1700's the first try didn't go so well, and I had to do it over again and I used almost an hour modding the pair. But a wiremod would just take 20 sec, with no risk of doing anything wrong. (as long as I mod the right holes)

And AIDA32 tells me that the processors are Bartons with 128KB L1 and 512KB L2 cache with a multiplyer of 11. This "Duron 1600" only cost me about 35% of what the 2500+ Bartons cost, so I guess I got lucky. But since these are week 42's does that mean that they are multiplyer locked the new way, so that I'm stuck with 11 multiplyer (or lower) forever? Cause on a 760MPX FSB overclocking isn't mutch of an option.

EDIT: I just completed L5 modding them, and they both turn up as SMP enabled.

 

[BigL]

Sounds like you got lucky and got yourself some thortons (cache reduced bartons, badged as durons). Cheep, fast, and as overclockable as he bartons, nice

I myself have two Appalbred Durons in a Tyan S2460 (TigerMP), worked great the second time round (didn't quite get it right the first time, didn't scrath down enough on one of the CPUs).

I also here you can re-enable the disabled cache if you want, but i go by the rule that they have picked these processors for the disabled cache for a reason

I will soon be building a dual processor machine for a friend, if i'm lucky i'll get some thortons to play with (but i doubt it ), a K7D and two duron 1800's i think, but he is still desiding!!

Hope this all helps

BigL

 

[JohnDoemakt]

Thanks for replying BigL, I think I was even more lucky, and that my two chips are full blood 2500+ Bartons because all programs I have tried reports them as Bartons with 128/512 cache running at 1466 MHz. Since the highest speed I can run them at is 11*150=1650 MHz the machine will not be such a "killer" that I was planning. (damn you AMD with this multi-lock)


The only problem I have is the temps.
These two 2500+ bartons running at 133 FSB @ stock volt reports 58 and 62 'C in bios (ver 1.6 I think) with two TT Silent Boost. I guess these temps are wrong since the cooler should keep them at about 40 'C, and the sinks are not warm when I touch them. When I first started the machine, I forgot to connect the power to the CPU2 fan, and I went through the entire install of Win2000 Server (15-20 min) without the fan running, and still I had no problems, so I think the temps reported are wrong.
(some of these days I need to learn how to write)

And another thing I have to mention. The 21 dB(A) that the TT Silent Boost are producing sounds more like 30 dB to me. No way that's 21 dB(A). No way!

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BTW, the new multiplyer locked AMD processors, are they locked both ways? Both up and down?
Because if they are only locked up, then I can exchange mine with a older pair from some nForce2 person.

 

[Quailane]

Applebred durons only use the thoroughbred core, not the barton core, right? I have one myself and it's a thoroughbred B. Too bad bartons don't overclock as well as thoroughbreds. Plus, you lose the minor advantage extra cache could yield as it's one of those superlocks, since it's week 42.