I think ive been had! To the grand sum of £19, but still have a working processor. I won an auction for a cpu described as... Athlon XP 2800+ Barton 266mhz fsb AXDA2800DKV4C AQXEA "on the sticker" (+ some other codes) He said it overheats. I went to AMD Athlon XP 2800+ - AXDA2800DKV4C to have a look. Athlon 2800+ Barton 13u 266mhz 512kb 2132mhz AQXDA I didnt notice the E should be D Ive plugged it and it works. Not overheating either. But forgot to check the sticker! Will do that soon. BIOS, windows, cpuid and pc wizard see a... Athlon XP 2600+ Barton 13u 2124mhz 266mhz 512kb I cant find a Barton 2600 266mhz chip. Only 333mhz ones. According to SiSoftwares Sandra... it performs like an Athlon xp 2200+. Sandra always has seemed to have high benchmarks though imo.
Cos I assume its down to a bad installation. The "overheating" cpus ive bought and come across over the years are usually plastered in thermal paste or have not at all. I think this is the first dodgy cpu ive bought. The stepping codes told me that but I missed the evidence. Im not that bothered. Its better than my 2000+ which would only run at 1.25ghz instead og 1.66ghz!
