Now where did I read that Tbred A's are multiplier unlocked?? - Tech Support Forums

Ultima · January 13th, 2003, 07:34 PM

Hi guys,

I seem to recall that I read somewhere that all, or the lower speed Tbred A cpu's were multiplier unlocked??

Can anybody confirm this?? Or deny it with 100% certainty??

I'll find out tommorrow anyway, but I'd love to know for sure before that.

Thanks for any info

Ultima

**GroundZero3** · January 13th, 2003, 07:38 PM

i know my 900 thunderbird was locked

i unlocked it to run at 1 ghz for a while just playing around

jrock · January 13th, 2003, 07:48 PM

I don't believe they are unlocked - but how low do you mean? Anyhow - below XPs...they are easy to unlock these days.

uethello · January 13th, 2003, 08:07 PM

I believe it's the Tbred B's. And you need an nForce2 mobo. I'm looking for the article.

JayMan · January 13th, 2003, 08:16 PM

GZ3 & Jrock, he said "Tbred" not "Tbird".......

I think the tbred B 1800+ are unlocked.... Not sure about others....

JayMan

uethello · January 13th, 2003, 08:48 PM

okay, got it

ocworkbench

Something you would like to know is that if you use a Tbred processor e.g. 2400+, you can change the multiplier without unlocking the processor. Check out the gallery for more information.

jmichna · January 13th, 2003, 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by Ultima
Hi guys,

I seem to recall that I read somewhere that all, or the lower speed Tbred A cpu's were multiplier unlocked??

Can anybody confirm this?? Or deny it with 100% certainty??

I'll find out tommorrow anyway, but I'd love to know for sure before that.

Thanks for any info

Ultima

TBred-A XP1700 and XP1800 are unlocked (lower multipliers) as received from the factory. I have tested my XP1800+ TBred-A on an EPoX 8K3A2+ and an EPoX 8K5A2+ mobo (both are KT333 mobos), and have complete use of all mutipliers from 6.0 through 12.5, inclusive.
Re: higher multipliers, setting at 13 in BIOS gave 12.5, setting at 14 gave 5.0, and setting at 15 gave 5.5.
jmichna

woodbutcher · January 14th, 2003, 12:15 AM

OOOHHHH,
I just picked up a XP1700 at newegg for $51.00.
They have it listed as a Tbred A so i'll have to play with it.
Thought I would put it in my Epox 8KHA+ and see what I can OC it to.
I've heard (key word there being "heard") of people pushing these to 2100 levels on FSB only.
Might have to order another one.

WB

Ultima · January 14th, 2003, 04:33 PM

Well,

I received my cpu yesterday, and it was an XP1700+ Tbred A core with a 1.5V Vcore.

Ofcourse I clocked it to 333Mhz fsb from the start on my A7V8X, and needed 1.65V to get stable, lotsa space left.

Here's the link to my 3DMark2001SE bench.

Note that I only clocked up the fsb of the cpu, the memory still runs default at 333Mhz, and I haven't touched the Ti4200 yet.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5634332

Ultima

Ultima · January 14th, 2003, 06:30 PM

And now with my Ti4200 clocked to 260/500 for starters:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5635469

Ultima