Beware of Directron.com

Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
$35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
$11.

I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
MHz! Those mother****ers.

so that's 6 months from buying to fitting......you can only blame 1 person
for the problem.


"That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
> Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
> ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
> processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
> $35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
> I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
> $11.
>
> I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
> MHz! Those mother****ers.

In article <r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com>, That Other Guy
<somebody@someplace.net> wrote:

> Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
> ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
> processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
> $35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
> I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
> $11.
>
> I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
> MHz! Those mother****ers.

There are several parts. 1000/100, 1333/133, 1000/133
Have you checked that the FSB is set correctly ?

Examine the OPN part number on the part. Compare it to
PDF page 81 of this document. 1333 should be in the
part number:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/con..._docs/23792.pdf

Paul

R Sole wrote:

> so that's 6 months from buying to fitting......you can only blame 1 person
> for the problem.
>
>
> "That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
> news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
>
>>Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
>>ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
>>processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
>>$35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
>>I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
>>$11.
>>
>>I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
>>MHz! Those mother****ers.
>

There's a 1.3 GHz Duron that runs at 13 x 100 MHz, and
there is a 1.33 GHz Duron that runs at 10 x 133 MHz.

Seems probable to me that you have the multiplier set
correctly by the processor, but you are getting only
10 x 100 MHz. You probably need to shift a jumper on your
motherboard to bump the FSB up to 133 MHz.

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:26:37 -0600, Rob Stow <rob.stow@sasktel.net> wrote:

>R Sole wrote:
>
>> so that's 6 months from buying to fitting......you can only blame 1 person
>> for the problem.
>>
>>
>> "That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
>> news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
>>
>>>Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
>>>ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
>>>processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
>>>$35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
>>>I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
>>>$11.
>>>
>>>I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
>>>MHz! Those mother****ers.
>>
>
>There's a 1.3 GHz Duron that runs at 13 x 100 MHz, and
>there is a 1.33 GHz Duron that runs at 10 x 133 MHz.
>
>Seems probable to me that you have the multiplier set
>correctly by the processor, but you are getting only
>10 x 100 MHz. You probably need to shift a jumper on your
>motherboard to bump the FSB up to 133 MHz.

Damn them! Why didn't Directron adjust his jumper? Damn them to hell!

/heston

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Michael Cecil wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:26:37 -0600, Rob Stow <rob.stow@sasktel.net> wrote:
>
>
>>R Sole wrote:
>>
>>
>>>so that's 6 months from buying to fitting......you can only blame 1 person
>>>for the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>"That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
>>>news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
>>>>ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
>>>>processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
>>>>$35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
>>>>I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
>>>>$11.
>>>>
>>>>I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
>>>>MHz! Those mother****ers.
>>>
>>There's a 1.3 GHz Duron that runs at 13 x 100 MHz, and
>>there is a 1.33 GHz Duron that runs at 10 x 133 MHz.
>>
>>Seems probable to me that you have the multiplier set
>>correctly by the processor, but you are getting only
>>10 x 100 MHz. You probably need to shift a jumper on your
>>motherboard to bump the FSB up to 133 MHz.
>
>
> Damn them! Why didn't Directron adjust his jumper? Damn them to hell!
>
> /heston
>

Priceless :-D

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:45:29 -0600, Rob Stow <rob.stow@sasktel.net>
wrote:

>Michael Cecil wrote:
>> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:26:37 -0600, Rob Stow <rob.stow@sasktel.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>R Sole wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>so that's 6 months from buying to fitting......you can only blame 1 person
>>>>for the problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
>>>>>ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
>>>>>processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
>>>>>$35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
>>>>>I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
>>>>>$11.
>>>>>
>>>>>I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
>>>>>MHz! Those mother****ers.
>>>>
>>>There's a 1.3 GHz Duron that runs at 13 x 100 MHz, and
>>>there is a 1.33 GHz Duron that runs at 10 x 133 MHz.
>>>
>>>Seems probable to me that you have the multiplier set
>>>correctly by the processor, but you are getting only
>>>10 x 100 MHz. You probably need to shift a jumper on your
>>>motherboard to bump the FSB up to 133 MHz.
>>
>>
>> Damn them! Why didn't Directron adjust his jumper? Damn them to hell!
>>
>> /heston
>>
>
>Priceless :-D

And maybe the $11diference is the cost of shipping...

RedBack

if you don`t know what your doing or what your buying , stop complaining....
they are a suppliers of parts , not mind readers....

Brad....





> Damn them! Why didn't Directron adjust his jumper? Damn them to hell!
>
/

"That Other Guy" <somebody@someplace.net> wrote in message
news:r9nv50hnoodfqh84fnsu45mnn331rpnstd@4ax.com...
> Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
> ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
> processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
> $35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
> I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
> $11.
>
> I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
> MHz! Those mother****ers.

Sounds to me that you need to learn to read a little better

Sounds to me like it's a 133 fsb instead of a 100fsb too (or something of
the ilk)

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 01:57:41 -0500, That Other Guy wrote:

> Last September I ordered an Athlon Thunderbird from Directron.com. I
> ordered from them because they had a special price on a 1.33 GHz
> processor and I wanted one to replace my 900 MHz Duron. The price was
> $35. When it arrived and I saw that they had charged me $46 I figured
> I had learned my lesson and that it wasn't worth it to hassle over
> $11.
>
> I finally got around to installing it and it turns out to be only 1000
> MHz! Those mother****ers.

You probably got a C chip. Set the FSB to 133 ibstead of 100 and you'l
have your 1.33GHz.

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