My Athlon XP is an MP

[poppasp1ce]

so im playing with my fsb settings. i have an 1700+ which i overclock to 1.6 (11 x 145). its been running that way for weeks, no crashes, no problems. just for fun i download wcpuid to have a look. everything looks fine as i would expect but then i go into view > feature flag > extended and i see MultiProcessing Capable = Supported. im like wth? i KNOW i didn't buy an MP and i sure as heck didn't pay MP prices for my proc. i have an epox 8k7a+ which has a setting in bios called 'MP Detection bit' which i've always had disabled(i found it unnecessary cause i thought i had an xp). anyway, i enabled the mp detection bit in bios, low and behold, it posted 'AMD Athlon(tm) MP 1900+'?! as a third check, i went into windows and checked up control panel > system. it reports the same. my question, should i return this or just keep it? another thing, would epox 8k7a/+ owners please enable this function in bios and see if it does the samething, thanks.

 

[Duvie]

Keep it...or sell it for more then you paid for it then you can buy something more....

I thought all mp came unlocked??? If so you can try to unlock multiplier and drop it down so you can run the fsb up to 166...get a 333mhz ddr athlon board and you can rock!!! The athlon needs its fsb that high to ultimately take advantage of the 2.7gb of bandwidth of 333mhz ddr....

 

[Jeff7]

Don't know; I have an Athlon XP, and WCPUID reports the same thing - Multiprocessing Capable Supported.

 

[Bartman39]

I think all the XP`s do that with wcpuid but its disabled on chip...? But you never know they may have screwed up and "enabled" some...?

 

[dkozloski]

My XP 2100+ reports "not supported".

 

[nemo160]

i nthink the newer higher speed xp's are multiproccessor locked out
but i've seen before where crossing one of the l5 bridges can unlock an xp

 

[poppasp1ce]

thanks for the input, any 8k7a owners able to see if they're 'mp detection bit' allowed the motherboard to detect an MP?

 

[VSEKH]

The newer XP processors such as the XP2100+ are not multi-processor compatible because the L5 bridge is not connected. You can connect the L5 bridge using conductive paint or conductive grease to connect it. It does work as an MP processor. But the MP and the XP processors are the same except the MP processors work in multi-processor motherboards as tested by AMD.

 

[kluge]

This is really funny, because I ordered an Athlon XP 1800+ about a week ago and it turns out to be an MP. Odd.

 

[minendo]

All it means is that your XP chips are SMP unlocked. They are not actual MP chips, but instead their L5 bridges are unlocked. Some of the XP chips are SMP unlocked, while others are SMP locked. AMD cuts the bridges of certain chips while others are not cut.

 

[DKNG]

Wcpuid also returns my Duron as a Duron MP.