Need Help Overclocking a Sempron 2200+ (Thorton Core).

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I just bought a pair of BOX Sempron 2200+, and I noticed the core is a Barton one (Thorton, cos only 256 are enabled).
STEPPINGS:
SDC2200DUT3D
KDYHA0510BPMW

I found this Russian Site
But its only in russian, and the english version, which should be in Xbitlabs, it isnt.

Also, I found This Site
very useful.


Anyone know how to do this things:
1) Enabling the extra 256Kb of L2
2) Unlocking the multiplier.

 

[Gamingphreek]

They are not Thorton cores. The semprons are all Thouroughbred Rev. B cores. No extra cache enabled.

-Kevin

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
They are not Thorton cores. The semprons are all Thouroughbred Rev. B cores. No extra cache enabled.

-Kevin

yup. Not thortons only Tbreds. The cache is phyically not there.

 

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There ARE Thorton Cores Semprons.
These are ony 2200+ and 2800+.
Im sure about this.
The core is visually larger than Thoroughbred B core.
Believe me.
Do you know how to enable the extra Cache?
Thank you all.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Intresting. I'm wondering about that now.

 

[SunnyD]

Erm, AFAIK, all Sempron cores are thorton core. At least last time I checked...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-104-218&depa=1 --> Sempron 2800+ Thorton core. :beer:

edit, my bad, I thought he said one was a 2800+... not both being 2200+. Whoops.

 

[AkumaX]

There are Tbred-B and Thorton core Semprons. In terms of functionality, there's no differenece whatsoever, arguably the Thorton might run a little cooler since there's a bigger core contacting the HSF.

Not since back in '03 could you unlock Thortons -> Bartons (256kb ->512kb) 🙁

 

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Originally posted by: AkumaX
There are Tbred-B and Thorton core Semprons. In terms of functionality, there's no differenece whatsoever, arguably the Thorton might run a little cooler since there's a bigger core contacting the HSF.

Not since back in '03 could you unlock Thortons -> Bartons (256kb ->512kb) 🙁

Now in 2005, Im sure most of the Thorton cores are Fully functional Barton (cos of improved manufacturing since 2003), only DISABLED 256 L2.

The goal is to unlock these Semprons to have a Cost-Performance winner (at least in Argentina, where Athlon 64 or Socket 754 Semprons are not so cheap).

 

[Concillian]

All of those articles you link to are quite old. The fact is that you cannot unlock current Semprons by any currently known method.

You are stuck with your 256k cache and 9x multiplier. Best you can do is bump the FSB, which that chip will probably do fine with until you max out whatever your motherboard or memory can handle.

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: Powered by AMD

Originally posted by: AkumaX
There are Tbred-B and Thorton core Semprons. In terms of functionality, there's no differenece whatsoever, arguably the Thorton might run a little cooler since there's a bigger core contacting the HSF.

Not since back in '03 could you unlock Thortons -> Bartons (256kb ->512kb) 🙁

Now in 2005, Im sure most of the Thorton cores are Fully functional Barton (cos of improved manufacturing since 2003), only DISABLED 256 L2.

The goal is to unlock these Semprons to have a Cost-Performance winner (at least in Argentina, where Athlon 64 or Socket 754 Semprons are not so cheap).

yes, back then in '03, they were disabled bartons. but back then, the L5(?) traces on the brown pcb were bare, exposing your ability to connect all the L5(?) bridges, to give yourself a barton