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I got my new processor, its a piece of crap.

First of all it took 12 days to get here, and it was sopping wet when it finally arrived.






Well the insides were dry, so i went ahead and installed the chip

OK, Ive been doing this long enough to know how to apply a heat sink.

So the bad boy was running at 150F, that is until my system locked up... Long story short, and 2 heat sinks later...

I noticed my core voltage was 1.85, a little strange... then i found this.

http://forums.amd.com/index.php?showtopic=30470

IIRC, to make a 2500+ think it's a 3200+, you modify the L12 bridges. So look there.

I sent it back to Micro Direct and they say "We are testing it" my reply was change it as I paid a 400FSB processor and I soddin want one...the clincher Chris said was the default 1.85 voltage Core setting.Arthur

I also bet that the thing was getting rather hot running at that speed, with that core voltage and it may have been shutting down to heat build-up..

Even if i set it correctly to 1.65 it still runs hot as hell, and locks up running doom3.

Well doesn't get any clearer than that... those fuxors!

That sucks! Sorry to hear...

But why would you want to play Doom 3 Kevin? That game is so easy-
it took like half a day to beat. I recommend that you play Daikatana because it's harder than Doom 3.

I'll give you a bell today... at some point....

Where did you get it from?

Compu-Terra

Customer satisfaction is our priority...

http://www.compu-terra.com/store/index.php

They are going to RMA it, but I have to pay shipping.

I asked him to send me a replacement that had ben tested at 400Mhz, and he said "Well those processors have been discontinued, and we dont have any more in stock."

They had plenty of them in stock the other day, plenty of modified ones!

What a bunch of FuX0rINg Bastards!!!! You should turn them in.