AXIA amd's

[9-Bar]

i'm gettin a new cpu tomoz, and i want to know how to tell whether they are the axia ones?

the one i can buy tomorrow is a class "c" one , does anyone know what class "c" is in regards to the cpu

 

[TheBeagle]

class 'c' means it supports either 200 or 266fsb. the AXIA you refer to can be seen on the second line of text located on the chip itself. the first 4 letters.

 

[Candyman]

The way to tell if it is an AXIA is by looking at the core itself....in the second line, it should read something like:

AXIA0107xxxx

Where AXIA is the stepping codes and the other 4 numbers mean the manufacturing date, in this case, the 7th week in 2001.....

As far as the "C" goes, that means that it will be an Athlon running at 266MHz FSB. The "B's" are the 200MHz FSB and the "C's" are the 266MHz FSB ones.

 

[dustinyo]

do you know what the stepping ID is? i would like to check it, but i don't want to take my computer apart, i can check through WCPUID though...

 

[initialised]

My Athlon is an AXIA, I tried running it at 266 MHz but it wouldn't boot, how do I tell if it is class B or C?

 

[}{ollow?oin?]

It should be on the chip itself...

I've never looked, but I would assume it's there...

 

[9-Bar]

i checked my new amd 1.33ghz cpu and it is an axia, i looked on the second line and to my suprise it was an axia, i werent expecting one, i just wanted a cpu, and got one of them cool

 

[pltguy]

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ALL 1.33 are axia , then down to the 1 gig but less likely. Your B chip should run at 133 If it is unlocked and the mutiplyer is set lower(mine is a B chip running at 9.5x155)
Hope this helps

 

[ademalet]

pltguy: sorry to have to correct you, but I went processor shopping on the weekend and all the 1.33GHz (266) as well as 1.0G were AVIA rather than AXIA chips.

Food for thought.

 

[Hannibal Barca]

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You've got to keep in mind that not every single AXIA Thunderbird will overclock well. I've dealt with about seventeen AXIA 1.33GHz Thunderbirds and six of them overclocked to only 1.4GHz before becoming unstable at any voltage.

 

[eagle]

If the multiplier is unlocked, there's a chance you can run your 100mhz B Tbird at 133mhz C Tbird. If you have a fully jumperless motherboard (like the Abit KT7A), then it will. However, if you have one that has a 100/133 jumper, then you can only run it at 133mhz long enough to get into the BIOS and change the multiplier.

So if you have a 100mhz B 1ghz Tbird that you want to run at 133mhz on a not fully jumperless mobo, you need to set the jumper to 133mhz before booting. This will make the cpu run at 1.33ghz which is likely very possible, especially with a AVIA or AXIA Tbird. Then when you get into the BIOS, you can drop the multiplier to 7.5 so you now have a 1ghz 133mhz Tbird.