Are all Tbred B's unlocked?

[donxvi]

So I'm looking to get a pair of 2100+'s, did they quit making Tbreds before the lock?
I'm sure the info is out there, but I haven't been able to dig it up! And my eyes are bugging out...!
unless there's a more reliable OC / $$$ ratio out there... by reliable I mean being able to get something easily that'll work. I'd like to try a pair of 1600 Durons, but don't know if they'll actually be cheaper than the 2100+s by the time I can guarantee I'll be getting unlocked models......

Don

 

[Corporate Thug]

you will need a nforce2 board to unlock it (some kt400 do it too)

 

[pillage2001]

It's all hit and miss. My Kt133A board and Kt266A board unlocks the Tbred. The CPU comes unlocked by default.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
It's all hit and miss. My Kt133A board and Kt266A board unlocks the Tbred. The CPU comes unlocked by default.

yup, some come unlocked but nforce2 or kt400 will unlock the locked ones

 

[nCred]

My T-bred is locked...

 

[donxvi]

Oh no! I might not have been specific enough!
What I'm really worried about is getting one of these new processors that can't be unlocked. When did they quit making Tbred Bs? I just want to feel secure that if I order XP2100s I'll be able to hotrod 'em without using FSB adjustments. 😕
Thanks for the help everybody!

 

[nCred]

Like I said, the T-bred (2400+) I got a month ago was impossible to unlock.

 

[donxvi]

grrrrrr
Always a day late and a dollar short!
I got the Celeron 300A that would do 450 (cause I paid to get one guaranteed) but wouldn't stretch to 464. I got the P4 1.6 that'll do 2.2, but gets flaky at 2.4. Such is life when trying to score something for nothing! :|

 

[fwtong]

I've read a lot conflicting information, that either they were fully unlocked from the factory, or only had the upper multipliers unlocked from the factory. I just went ahead and did the wire trick to make sure that it was fully unlocked when I dropped my 2400 in. It was so easy, and I didn't have to drop cpu in, add themal stuff, attach HSF, find out it wasn't fully unlocked; disassemble the whole thing, spend 5 seconds to do the wire trick, and reassemble.