There are news items at various sites of a pic at
http://www.awaremag.com/tweaking/duronpins_1.html that claim to show what the rumored AMD Duron/Tbird multiplier pins emasculation would look like. Believe there's even a post here at Anand's.
But the poor guy at awaremag.com "PhotoShop/edited out" the WRONG pins.
His references were linked photos at Anand's and Dr Tom's, but the pic at Anand's is of the FID/Multiplier "ID" pins, clearly labeled as such. No way would AMD ever cut off those pins which "identify" the multiplier to the system to make appropriate system settings/timings, so are absolutely vital to system operatiuon.
The pins which are "rumored" to be cut off are the undocumented BP_FID pins which connect to dipsw's on the mobo for over-riding AMD's default signals to the "actual FSB Multiplier on the cpu die"
The awaremag guy just grabbed the first pic with 4
pins labeled "Multiplier....", obviously doesn't know there are two functions with different sets of pins, FID/Multiplier "ID" and BP_FID/actual FSB Multiplier.
There are pics around of the BP_FID pins.
This "mis-information on top of a rumor" has already spread to a German site, posted from another thread at deja. God help us....or spare us from uninformed people zealously looking to boost site hits with any kind of info.
http://members.xoom.com/candjac/index.htm if you want to understand FID/BP_FID actual circuits and other Duron/Tbird oc'g details.
http://www.awaremag.com/tweaking/duronpins_1.html that claim to show what the rumored AMD Duron/Tbird multiplier pins emasculation would look like. Believe there's even a post here at Anand's.
But the poor guy at awaremag.com "PhotoShop/edited out" the WRONG pins.
His references were linked photos at Anand's and Dr Tom's, but the pic at Anand's is of the FID/Multiplier "ID" pins, clearly labeled as such. No way would AMD ever cut off those pins which "identify" the multiplier to the system to make appropriate system settings/timings, so are absolutely vital to system operatiuon.
The pins which are "rumored" to be cut off are the undocumented BP_FID pins which connect to dipsw's on the mobo for over-riding AMD's default signals to the "actual FSB Multiplier on the cpu die"
The awaremag guy just grabbed the first pic with 4
pins labeled "Multiplier....", obviously doesn't know there are two functions with different sets of pins, FID/Multiplier "ID" and BP_FID/actual FSB Multiplier.
There are pics around of the BP_FID pins.
This "mis-information on top of a rumor" has already spread to a German site, posted from another thread at deja. God help us....or spare us from uninformed people zealously looking to boost site hits with any kind of info.
http://members.xoom.com/candjac/index.htm if you want to understand FID/BP_FID actual circuits and other Duron/Tbird oc'g details.
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