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> It just needs to be the same model, and same CPUID. Depending on when you
> got your CPU, it may be a Palomino, TBred A, TBred B or Thorton. All of
> these have different CPUIDs. The only ones you can get new nowadays are
the
> Thorton and the TBred B (not sure of relative percentages of these for
MPs,
> but they're both sold with the same package so you need to be careful). If
> you've got a Palomino or TBred A you're going to have to try and get one
> second hand. Note that you don't have to get an exactly matching chip if
you
> get an unlocked one (as all MPs still are IIRC) as you can paint the pins
to
> get the desired multiplier. Another option would be to buy a couple XP's
and
> mod them, but that depends a bit on your board and how much money you have
>
I was under the impression that MPs were unlocked precisely for allowing
two dissimilar chips to run in the same board, and that the faster would
automatically have the multiplier dropped to match the slower - but of
course, I've never tried it.
I had on of a pair of 1800MPs go up on me, because it was at the office
and I didn't have to foot the bill, I just told them to buy me a pair of
Barton 2800 MPs. Man, that's a fast desktop machine. : )
steve