I orderd a 2600+ 266Mhz from www.dvcentury.com. It just arrived today. The first thing that I noticed was that there were a few chips on one corner of the die. I was a bit upset about it but figured if it worked then thermal grease would fill them. So I put it in. My mobo is an Asus A7V266-E with BIOS 1011. I know it is a new enough revision because it was running a 2100+.
I powered on the system and my system recognized the cpu as a 2000+. This surprised me of course so I went into the CMOS to check it out. The auto options I had were 2000Mhz (100x20) and 2666Mhz (133x20). I changed it to manually and selected the right settings (133x16) and that works. I find this to be very strange. This is the first TBred I have run but I am pretty certain that they are locked from factory so I don't see how I can change the multiplier unless it has been unlocked. One thing that I have noticed is that running at the 2600+ speed (2.13Ghz) the temperature is not bad. I have an SLK-800 and a Tornado 80mm cooling it and it is at 45C. My 2100+ Paly at stock speed ran at lease 10C hotter then this.
Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts? Should I try to get a refund?
I powered on the system and my system recognized the cpu as a 2000+. This surprised me of course so I went into the CMOS to check it out. The auto options I had were 2000Mhz (100x20) and 2666Mhz (133x20). I changed it to manually and selected the right settings (133x16) and that works. I find this to be very strange. This is the first TBred I have run but I am pretty certain that they are locked from factory so I don't see how I can change the multiplier unless it has been unlocked. One thing that I have noticed is that running at the 2600+ speed (2.13Ghz) the temperature is not bad. I have an SLK-800 and a Tornado 80mm cooling it and it is at 45C. My 2100+ Paly at stock speed ran at lease 10C hotter then this.
Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts? Should I try to get a refund?