T-bird @ 1.33Ghz?

Forum CPU & Components : CPUs - T-bird @ 1.33Ghz?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Word :    Username :           
 

Building a new system that I pick up tomorrow. I ordered a 1Ghz Athalon C. When my hardware guy installed it on the mobo (IWill kk266R, FSB set to 133)it booted to 1.33 Ghz. He figures the supplier sent a 1Ghz Athalon B with a 100 Mhz FSB. The multiplier is 10. I thought these had trouble over 109 Mhz FSB. He tried a Hdd on it and played Quake lll without a hitch. Given all this, do I have an OC'd FSB or did I get a 1.33 Athalon C? How do you tell the difference? Can't remember where I saw any info on telling the difference between a B and a C

Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.

Hmm, what's this Athalon you talk of? Never heard of such a chip :)

Reply to Anonymous

To find out if it's specced for 1.33 GHz, check the engraving on the top of the CPU core. About the second line, it should list the CPU stepping, a 4-character word beginning and ending with the letter "A". Currently, the official stepping for the 1.33 GHz Athlon is "AXIA"; anything else, and your CPU is O/C'd.

Of course, if it runs stable at 1.33 GHz, this might not be such a bad thing...I mean, it's not every day you get more than you pay for... :wink:

Kelledin
<A HREF="http://kelledin.tripod.com/scovsms.jpg" target="_new">http://kelledin.tripod.com/scovsms.jpg</A>

Reply to Kelledin

The big problem with setting the FSB to 109Mhz or not much more was due to the chipset, KT133, not the processor. You more than likely have a 1gig proc.

"Yesterday's solutions are Today's problems...."

Reply to Anonymous
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > CPUs > T-bird
Go to:

There are 1111 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them