XP-TMC

[Hermskii]

There is a device called an XP-TMC made by a company named upgradeware that allows you to run newer processors in older boards. Someone once mentioned to me that a company called PowerLeap makes an adaptor that does the same thing. Both companies no longer produce either of these devices.

I'm looking to buy one (especially the XP-TMC) of these devices if someone still has one. Also I'm I'm trying to determine what the PowerLeap version of the XP-TMC was called again since it has slipped my mind. Please let me know if you know. Thanks all.

 

[3chordcharlie]

These are pretty old devices... letting you upgrade a prehistoric system to run a processor which is only 'ancient' isn't much of a benefit.

 

[Hermskii]

Yes. I am sick. Very sick. There is no cure. Thank you for your comments but I still want one and have since this original posting determined the PowerLeap version was called a PL-AXP.

So I'm looking to buy a used:

XP-TMC by upgradeware

or a

PL-AXP by PowerLeap.

or I may buy new if located in the US and not from eBay.


Thanks!

 

[Hermskii]

Bump back to the top!

 

[aka1nas]

What processor are you trying to upgrade to and what is the original system?

 

[Hermskii]

I have a ABIT KT7A version 1.3 motherboard. It currently runs a XP2100. My intensions are to Use a XP-M 3000+ instead of it's current XP2100. The XP-M 3000+ is a mobile processor so it comes unlocked. My motherboard has a max multiplier of something between 12.5 and 15. The XP-M 3000+ uses a multiplier of 16.5 which is higher than my motherboard's highest default option. The XP-TMC allows for multipliers to be set up to 24 though I'll only be able to go as high as the processors highest multiplier I'm told. We'll see!

 

[aka1nas]

I gotcha.

If the board cannot physically go above 12.5, then you are out of luck. The XP-Ms are also 133FSB parts like your board, so they should work out of the box if your board can handle mobiles.

I do remember the XP-TMC device now and it was really only useful to avoid having to use a bridge cutting/shorting mod or a wire-socket mod. You would want to use in the case that you wanted to drop a Barton-core chip that by default ran at a higher FSB and lower mutliplier into an older board like yours. If your board cannot detect higher default multipliers that the chip gives it, the XP-TMC won't work. All it does is short pins together like the wire-socket mod does.

 

[Hermskii]

I hope you are wrong. Here is a section from FAQ page of the XP-TMC:

My motherboard only support max multiplier at 12.5X. Can I use a Athlon XP that requires multiplier over 12.5X ?
Of course. You can apply XP-TMC and adjust the multiplier more than 12.5X because XP-TMC permits multiplier adjustment from 5X to 24X. If your motherboard offers the adjustable multiplier function either from Jumper or BIOS, please set it to ?Auto? or ?Default? so you can directly adjust multipliers from XP-TMC.


Now, here is a link to their page about it and below this is the link to the PowerLeap version of the same device::

http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/xptmc/xptmc.htm

http://megakreasi.com/Desktop%20Upgrades/PL-AXP.htm

So based on what I've researched here, I will be able to set the multiplier as high up as I choose up to 24X. I've had a few people email and tell me of their success with theirs but no one willing to sell theirs.

 

[aka1nas]

The difference is whether it's merely the BIOS that won't let you select multipliers above 12.5 or if the board simply won't boot with multipliers above 12.5 period. Most likely it's the former and the XP-TMC or a wire-socket trick or bridge shorting will do the trick.

However, in the former case it would already accept the 16x default multiplier of the XP-M chip and will boot at the correct stock speed as both chips have the same FSB.

This website details what pins you would connect for each multiplier:

OcInside.de

All the XP-TMC device does is connect up the right pins corresponding to how you set the multiplier on it. It can't do anything beynd what you can accomplish with pin-modding.