a goog mobo for Duron 1.4ghz o/c

hi!

i am looking for a good mobo for my new duron 1400 mhz (green laminate).
what do you think about gigabyte ga-7n400e ? is it a good mobo? do i
overclock this duron 1.4 to wonderful 2100 mhz ? im asking because it
doesnt have a core voltage... will it be a problem to overclock?

and the next question is about a link. i would like to unlock an l2 cache in
it i dont know anything about it and i need a good instruction


regards
Andre

I have the GA-7N400Pro2 and it is an excellent board. Only just decided to
clock it and have XP2200+ running at 2.05GHz with standard DDR266 RAM,
cooler and no changes to any voltages.

I intend to improve the cooling and replace RAM with DDR400 and try for some
more soon.

I would recommend you pay a little extra and get the Pro or Pro2 board for
all the extra's. It is fantastic value for money and available for around
£88 in UK.

I have seen claims of o/c'ing new Duron 1.4 to 2.2GHz on FSB200 x 11 with
DDR400 RAM etc.

Mick

"Andre" wrote in message
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hi!

i am looking for a good mobo for my new duron 1400 mhz (green laminate).
what do you think about gigabyte ga-7n400e ? is it a good mobo? do i
overclock this duron 1.4 to wonderful 2100 mhz ? im asking because it
doesnt have a core voltage... will it be a problem to overclock?

and the next question is about a link. i would like to unlock an l2 cache
in
it i dont know anything about it and i need a good instruction


regards
Andre

Andre wrote:
hi!

i am looking for a good mobo for my new duron 1400 mhz (green
laminate). what do you think about gigabyte ga-7n400e ? is it a good
mobo? do i overclock this duron 1.4 to wonderful 2100 mhz ? im
asking because it doesnt have a core voltage... will it be a problem
to overclock?

You'll need to raise the core voltage I'd say.

and the next question is about a link. i would like to unlock an l2
cache in it i dont know anything about it and i need a good
instruction

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...908004407.html
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~misfit~

It seems there are cpuid 680 & 681 Applebred Durons that have been seen at
1.4Ghz - that is t'bred 'A' core and 'B' core respectively -

if you have a cpuid of 680 it probably will not do 2.2 - maybe 1.9ghz - if
it is cpuid 681 it will probably do 2.2ghz.

vcore can be increased using the wire pin mod
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/ht...md_pinmod.html

or via the bridges on the cpu if you have no bios options.

MSI do a cheap nforce2 board for about £50 - not sure of the specs.

"Andre" wrote in message
...
hi!

i am looking for a good mobo for my new duron 1400 mhz (green laminate).
what do you think about gigabyte ga-7n400e ? is it a good mobo? do i
overclock this duron 1.4 to wonderful 2100 mhz ? im asking because it
doesnt have a core voltage... will it be a problem to overclock?

and the next question is about a link. i would like to unlock an l2 cache
in
it i dont know anything about it and i need a good instruction


regards
Andre

It seems there are cpuid 680 & 681 Applebred Durons that have been seen at
1.4Ghz - that is t'bred 'A' core and 'B' core respectively -

where can i find what number it has? do you mean that duron on applebred
core is the same as thunderbred?


vcore can be increased using the wire pin mod
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/ht...md_pinmod.html

concerining also the question above: can i do a pin mod to applebred while
it was written for thonderbred?


regards
Andre

core is the same as thunderbred?
^^^^^^^^^^
it was written for thonderbred?
^^^^^^^^^^


thoroughbred a meant


regards
Andre

Did not mean to worry you - the majority have apparently been cpuid 681 -
but there are also 680 ones about - so it is not true to say they will all
overclock very well - as not all will.

A small free program that will reveal the number is wcpuid from
www.h-oda.com
- if you select "system info" from "view" menu at the bottom of the window
is a number - such as "0680" (A core) or "0681" (B core)

Another good free program is ada32 - where under "motherboard" - "CPUID" it
gives the number - such as "0680h" or "0681h"

It is rumoured the applebreds are failed thoroughbreds because of only
partially working L2 cache - so rather than throw them away they invented
applebreds and turned off the part of the L2 cache that failed the factory
tests.

I can not say 100% if the Duron is the same as the thoroughbred but they
certainly look the same, have the same cpuid numbers (which presumably
identifies the core), and have the same bridge layouts as the thoroughbred
(apart from the L2 - which does the cache) - also this is supposed to be why
the cache can sometimes be reactivated - because it is a thoroughbred with
the some cache turned off. So it would appear that the wire-pin mod should
work - but I do not know 100% for sure.

I have also heard them referred to as C cores - but I can not say. But the
1.4 Durons with cpuid 681 overclock much better than those with cpuid of
680.


"Andre" wrote in message
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It seems there are cpuid 680 & 681 Applebred Durons that have been seen
at
1.4Ghz - that is t'bred 'A' core and 'B' core respectively -

where can i find what number it has? do you mean that duron on applebred
core is the same as thunderbred?


vcore can be increased using the wire pin mod
http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/ht...md_pinmod.html

concerining also the question above: can i do a pin mod to applebred while
it was written for thonderbred?


regards
Andre

I have also heard them referred to as C cores - but I can not say. But
the
1.4 Durons with cpuid 681 overclock much better than those with cpuid of
680.


well saying it in shortcut, i can find out what i want to buy only after i
it is im my computer.... am i right?


regards
Andre

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please guys... only one unswer... can i reconize what kind (number) of
processor it is before i buy??


regards
Andre

"Andre" wrote in message
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please guys... only one unswer... can i reconize what kind (number) of
processor it is before i buy??


regards
Andre


Probably not yet,
though I would have thought that the processor may have steppings like the
thoroughbreds.
I do not know what the steppings are for the applebreds.
Even if the steppings are known unless the seller makes them known you can
not tell.

I have not researched it much but could not find much data other than these
three - but what they mean I do not know - but it suggests that they may be
681s by the B on the end.

MIUHB MIXHB MIXIB