How to tell if a Tbird is marked up?

[Tbird1k]

I have a tbird that is haveing some really bad heating problems, i've tried different things but its still very hot. Some one told me that it could be a marked up/fake chip.. I did buy it oem off e-bay. Any way i can tell if its real or fake?

 

[grendelkhan]

It should have the speed marked on the core of the chip, but I suppose that could be repainted/whatever also...

 

[Tbird1k]

Its is marked 1000 What it should be but i think that is easily mark able to ???

 

[Bartman39]

What kind of temps??? Voltage??? Heatsink??? Motherboard??? Give the info on the chip also...? And is it unlocked???


Just one last...? Was it from a dealer or private???

 

[Tbird1k]

My temps at start up are 55-66 after runing it for no more then half an hour it can be all the way up to 82 really fast with just a few IE windows open, these temps are celsius. My motherboard is a Gigabyte 7ZX-1. I am useing a super orb, i know its not top of the line but it should cool better then this. I'm running at 100FSB, i'm not sure of the voltage this board auto detects and i can't change it. I also think it is a March 2001 chip, on the chip it says 0301, i am right on that? If i am it seems strange cause i recieved this chip March 5th.

 

[Tbird1k]

I believe it was just private not a dealer.

 

[CTho9305]

Is there any thermal paste between the core and the heatsink? There should be.

 

[Pers]

is it unlocked?

 

[Tbird1k]

Ya theres thermal paste and it isn't unlocked. I have no idea what else I can try.

 

[Sharpstick]

where r u getting your temp's from ?? onboard temp sensor ?? if it was me i would have to verify this temp with a seperate proggy like MBM, or an independant temp sensor, the first thing i would do is get it up and running and when you think it's hot enough, shut that puppy down and stick your hand in there and touch it really !!! It sound's like your doing everything right, I had a bad temp probe on an Abit board that would read 50-60, but it ran ok, so i touched it first, ck'd ok....hmmmmmmm, so then i got out a multi meter and it read 38 !!!!! ... verify your temp i guess and go from there

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