The Barton Mystery.

[drjunk]

A couple of weeks ago. I found out that my 2500 barton was multiplyer locked, by looking up the cpu codes.......... :confused: I dont understand. I went into the bios tonight, and changed the multiplyer. No probs at all. Ive had it at x7.5 and x11.5. I havnt done one thing to the chip......... Is it to do with the motherboard? Its rev 1.01

[rover214]

yup, the multi will go to 12 but, not past it, some cpu's will go 13+ , some 12-, use your fsb for o/c

[latency]

I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think the earlier bartons unlocked automaticly in nforce boards, like the t-breds, then at week 24 (?) of production, they were factory locked.

It's easily possible you've got a lucky early one.

[drjunk]

According to the chips code, (AQZFA 0335MPMW) the chip should be locked. Do you think the chip has been wrongly badged?

[jellybeard999]

wk 35, 2003 ... it was wk 39 when they locked em, so yes, yours should be unlocked :p

[drjunk]

see,......This is what i mean : my code: AQZFA 0335MPMW


Locked: All week 43 (0343) and later Bartons and Thoroughbreds and most (but not all) post week 43 Durons and:

AQZFA 0335 MPMW
AQZEA 0338
AQXCA 0340
AQXEA 0341 MPMW and VPMW
AQXFA 0339
AQXFA 0340 MPMW
AQYFA 0340 TPMW and UPAW and WPAW
AQYFA 0341 TPMW
AQYFA 0342
AQZEA 0341 TPMW and RPMW and RPDW
AQZFA 0339 UPMW and TPMW
AQZFA 0340 XPMW
AQZFA 0341 TPMW and SPMW and XPMW
AQZFA 0342 TPMW and UPMW (multiple confirmations of both locked and unlocked chips)
AQZFA 0341 VPMW

Thoroughbred JIXIB 0339
Thoroughbred AIXHB 0340 UPMW
Thoroughbred AIXHB 0341 SPMW

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Unlocked
unlocked: Most made before week 35 and:

AQXFA 0340 MPMW and TPMW and UPMW and VPMW
AQYFA 0340 UPAW
AQZEA 0339 UPMW
AQZFA 0339 VMPW
AQZFA 0339 UMPW
AQZFA 0340 UPMW and SPMW and MPMW
AQZFA 0342 TPMW and UPMW (multiple confirmations of both locked and unlocked chips)

[drjunk]

Any ideas?.....................Has anybody heard of a labled locked athlon,..........(good tounge twister :D )... that has been unlocked from day one.