Just bought a new T-Bird 1.2/266 Want to be sure I wasnt taken for a ride!

[tlemmon]

I just bought a 1.2Ghz 266FSB processor. I did not learn in time that the company I bought it from might be selling re-marked CPU's. I thoroughly checked the CPU and could not find any trace that it might have been tampered with. The L bridges did not seem to have any trace of a pencil or conductive pen, and I have not and will not be modifying this chip. The traces that were cut were done very precisely, but there are slight grooves where they used to be. (Possibly made by AMD's laser cutter??) The chip's identifier is listed on the chip as A1200AMS3C. The chip seems to be working fine; it?s mated up with an Abit KT7A. The chip is rated at 1.75v, but the motherboard reports it running at 1.81v~1.82v. The L7 bridges show it is set for 1.75v as well. The L3, L4 and L6 bridges are cut in the pattern of a 9x Multiplier. The L1 traces are all closed. At this point, the chip runs fine. However, I am able to change the multiplier to whatever I so choose in the bios. I changed its multiplier to 9.5 and the chip ran fine at 1264Mhz. I did not take it any higher. At this point I am at a loss. Sisoft Sandra 2001 reports the chip as Revision 4 - Stepping 2 ? Stepping Mask A4. WCPUID 3 reports it as Family 6, Model 4, Stepping 2 for Standard and Family 7, Model 4, Stepping 2 for Extended. I suppose I could have a chip who?s multiplier is not locked, which would not bother me, but the fact the chip is rated for 1.75V and is running at 1.8v without any modification on my part has me troubled. Since this is the first AMD T-Bird I have owned, I am not sure what to expect here. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! The company I bought it from is at this URL: http://www.allstarcomponents.com


Regards,

Tim

 

[jaybert]

Yeah, thats a 1.2ghz...what does the middle line say? If its AXIA...you got a good deal..those babies OC well :0

 

[FatElvis]

Yeah, I just got a 1.2 GHz T-bird, have my mobo set to run the chip at its default voltage---and when I check the PC health section in the BIOS, its showing that its running at 1.91v!?! What the heck is up with that?

Should I go into the BIOS and take it off the default setting for voltage and set it to 1.75v manually?

I'm using the MSI K7T turbo mobo.....

 

[tlemmon]

I tried setting my mobo to manual on the voltage... I set it for the 1.75 and it still came up with the 1.81~1.82 in the hardware monitor. Go figger!?!

 

[NesuD]

I noticed the same thing on a k7t turbo. when the voltage was set to default the bios reported the cpu running at 1.85. I just set the voltage to 1.6 then the bios reported it as running at 1.71. dropped the idle cpu temp from 57c to 50c at load it runs up to 57c now.

 

[tlemmon]

I just checked the chip.. the numbers off of it are as follows:

AMD Athlon
A1200AMS3C
AXIA0107DPBW
Y6030150256

So from what I am seeing here on these forums the chip is the genuine article and not a re-badged 900 or 1gig ?

 

[jaybert]

u got it...tell me how it goes. I got a AXIA week 7 as well. They *should* hit 1.5 easy

 

[tlemmon]

Ok! So far the chip seems to be unlocked... just ran it at 10x @ 133Mhz with no problems... I didn't even notice a rise in temp. I have the Tiasol beast with a little AS coolin it.

 

[compuwiz1]

It may be the chips I get, but every 1.2 I've ever seen is an AXIA code.

 

[dingdongdingdong]

hey tlemmon where do you get that chip . can you tell me where?????

 

[tlemmon]

Here ya go !

http://www.allstarcomponents.com

 

[jaybert]

compu, i guess you're just lucky maybe? You're the one getting 1.5ghz out of 1ghz!

 

[FatElvis]

Hey, I got a week 7 as well---what kind of settings are you using to get into the 1.4-1.5 range.
Multiplier, FSB and volatage....

Thanks

 

[Zipperhead]

i have a week 7 1.2 axia with 1.80 volts its runnin at 1520

 

[jaybert]

yummy...i hope my 1.2 AXIA week 7 can hit 1.5+ ghz...1.6 ghz would be sweeet...what sort of temperatures do u see on your 1.2@1.52?

 

[BuckNaked]

Just got a 1.2g TBird from Comp U Plus and it is a AVIA rather than the AXIA... Just my luck...

Dave

 

[WarCon]

Does anyone here know, It seems to be a common thing for the KT7A to report a .6 voltage over for the core. Is this related to the Drive Strength for the board set at 2? Never hurts to ask.

 

[FieldTek]

Buck_Naked,

My 1.2 is an AVIA as well. So far it's rock solid at 1425 (150x9.5)

I'm gonna shoot a little higher tonight and see what she'll do.