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Rod

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Since: Apr 18, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:56 am
Post subject: unlocked p4?
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hi.
anyone seen this before?
http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG
http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG
http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG

i thought i heard someone say there was no such thing as a unlocked p4.

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David Maynard

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:56 am
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Rod wrote:
 > hi.
 > anyone seen this before?
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font</a>>
 >
 > i thought i heard someone say there was no such thing as a unlocked p4.


Well, first, just because you can 'set it' in BIOS doesn't mean it actually
does it. All my Intel mobos have multiplier settings too and not a blessed
one does a thing because Intel processors are multiplier locked.

Second, Intel does make a few engineering samples that are not locked and
those sometimes show up on review sites.

Lastly, what you 'heard' is essentially true for all practical purposes
because Intel isn't going to sell you an engineering sample.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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Augustus3

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Since: Apr 08, 2004
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:56 am
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 >
 > i thought i heard someone say there was no such thing as a unlocked p4.

Like he said, rare engineering samples marked "Intel Confidential" sometimes
get out there. Here's an example of what a 2.0Ghz unlocked looks like.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ocprices.com/index.php?action=reviews&rev_id=9&page=2" target="_blank">http://www.ocprices.com/index.php?action=reviews&rev_id=9&page=2</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Marli

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:27 am
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I can do that with my MB as well. But the processor is still locked.

"Rod" <rod.DeleteThis@NOSPAMwarp9ltd.net.nz> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.04.18.10.56.27.801408@NOSPAMwarp9ltd.net.nz...
 > hi.
 > anyone seen this before?
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font</a>>
 >
 > i thought i heard someone say there was no such thing as a unlocked p4.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Ixnei

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:27 am
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:27:04 +0800, Marli wrote:

 > I can do that with my MB as well. But the processor is still locked.
 >
 > "Rod" <rod.RemoveThis@NOSPAMwarp9ltd.net.nz> wrote in message
 > news:pan.2004.04.18.10.56.27.801408@NOSPAMwarp9ltd.net.nz...
  >> hi.
  >> anyone seen this before?
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-025S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-026S.JPG</font</a>>
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font" target="_blank">http://www.warp9ltd.net.nz/images/MVC-027S.JPG</font</a>>
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  >> i thought i heard someone say there was no such thing as a unlocked p4.

I've got an engineering sample P4 that is unlocked - I've set it using
many different multiplier settings (18x, 19x, and 24x). In fact,
supposedly the HT can be unlocked as well, but I haven't tried messing
with that (board it is in doesn't support in BIOS). The CPU-Z program can
even detect these processors, and labels them as "ES" with a range of
multipliers:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.comexgroup.com/cpu/_intel/img_p4ee/extreme.png" target="_blank">http://www.comexgroup.com/cpu/_intel/img_p4ee/extreme.png</a>

--
We HAVE been at war with Iraq for 14 years now, bombing their
country on at least a weekly basis.
"U.S.-led sanctions have killed over a million Iraqi citizens,
according to UN studies" - James Jennings
3,000+ innocent Iraqi civilian casualties can't be "wrong"...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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