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"PBS" <pbsoftSP@Mbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> > "PBS" <pbsoftSP@Mbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> >> "Scumball" <scumball@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:cdqv4v$2rh$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> >> >I can't - but I'd be very surprised if there were only green or brown
> > ones.
> >> > Check the dip switches on your mobo.
> >> > Use CrystalCPU-ID which will show EXACTLY what your CPU is, whatever
> > your
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> >> yeah that would be handy , but I didnt want to use it , in case that
> >> would
> >> invalidate my chance of returning it
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> > WTF are you on about ?
> > It's a piece of software.
> > Man, you got a LOT to learn !
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> "it" means the CPU not the cpuid app
> the cpu is sealed
> i.e
> I havent opened the box yet
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> is that clearer?
> or would you like pictures
That's quite a feat.
Finding that despite setting your FSB to 200, your chip shows as a 2500+
..... while still in the box !
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> >> it's weird
> >> all I wanted to see was ONE online pic of a green athlon 3200 xp
> >> well I can't find one
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> >> saw many brown ones though
> >> hundreds
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> >> > BIOS settings - aswell as FSB, etc.
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> >> > "PBS" <pbsoftSP@Mbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> >> > news:EX6Mc.12843$K53.12579@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> >> can anyone confirm with absolute certainty
> >> >> that there is such a thing as a green athlon 3200+
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> >> >> (with respect to Barton being brown coloured cpu's and the
> > thoroughbreds
> >> >> were green
> >> >> as far as I know)
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> >> >> thanks for the advice , but that's all I need to know
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> >> >> <borolad@myowseintheboro.org> wrote in message
> >> >> news:2ds1g0p57sbt9em5s1g25dot9scrkc8juv@4ax.com...
> >> >> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:57:49 GMT, "rstlne"
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> >> >> > wrote:
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> >> >> >>"PBS" <pbsoftSP@Mbigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> >> >> >>news:ne5Mc.12722$K53.5130@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> >> >>> I bought a athlon 3200+ 400fsb cpu today even though my MB
> >> >> >>> supports
> >> > the
> >> >> >>3200
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> >> >> > Which MOBO / BIOS version ?
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> >> >> >>> it kept coming up as a 2500, even with the fsb set as 200
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> >> >> > 200x what?
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> >> >> >>> it was green and all the other 3200's I have seen were brown
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> >> >> >>> I did a google images search and could NOT find one green one
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> >> >> > The colour donates where the thing was made, it's unimportant.
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> >> >> >>> I want to know whether to return it or not
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> >> >> > Unlikely there is anything wrong with the CPU, it's probably your
> >> >> > settings that are wrong.
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> >> >> >>> thanks in advance
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> >> >> >>It sounds to me like your fsb is not 200..
> >> >> >>Check the FSB after boot.. 2500+ speed is what a 3200+ is when
> > clock'd
> >> >> >>down
> >> >> >>from 200 to 166
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> >> >> > BoroLad
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