Help identifying older AMD Athlon

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I have an AMD Ahtlon 1.2 Ghz x86 cpu. I'm not sure if this is a K5 or K6,
has 3D Now and what the cache size is. All I have is the chip with no type
of cover. The chip is on silicon with its pins. I believe the cover, which
usually displays additional info, was taken off for a heat sink. The only
markings on the silicon are L2, L3, L5, L6 and a 5 digit number barely
visible in one corner.

Is there a way to indentify details on this chip?

Thanks,
Brett
 
I have an AMD Ahtlon 1.2 Ghz x86 cpu. I'm not sure if this is a K5 or K6,
has 3D Now and what the cache size is. All I have is the chip with no type
of cover. The chip is on silicon with its pins. I believe the cover, which
usually displays additional info, was taken off for a heat sink. The only
markings on the silicon are L2, L3, L5, L6 and a 5 digit number barely
visible in one corner.

Is there a way to indentify details on this chip?
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Look at the part number on the die (the actual core in the niddle of the
ceramic. This much i can tell you, it's a K7 Athlon 1200MHz CPU
Thundrbird core. the part number should be A1200xxxxx. Compare the
letters to this for more specific info.

http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html
 
How does that page help?

Thanks,
Brett
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Maybe he's trying to tell you that you don't have
either a K5 or a K6. Think K7.

This is a newsgroup for the K8 processor. You might try

alt.comp.hardware.amd.thunderbird .

Bill
 
Wes Newell said:
Look at the part number on the die (the actual core in the niddle of the
ceramic. This much i can tell you, it's a K7 Athlon 1200MHz CPU
Thundrbird core. the part number should be A1200xxxxx. Compare the
letters to this for more specific info.

http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html
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There isn't a part number on the cpu.

brett
 
If you look at the chip here, the front part, that is what mine looks like
without the stickers through:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15919&item=6713925035&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

So there is very little information on it.

I'll try the Wcpuid program. I don't have a floppy on my laptop but will
have access to one from work. The computer with the cpu currently has no HD
so I'll have to use a bootable floppy.

Thanks on the info. From what I gather, it is a:
K7 Thunderbird
266 FSB
L2 cache (what size)
Socket A/486

Thanks,
Brett

Tim Burgess said:
Agreed, its a K7 thunderbird core

check out a free utility called Wcpuid for more cpu information
(www.h-oda.com)
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Brett said:
How does that page help?

Thanks,
Brett
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Dunno
Maybee he thought you might look at the list and see that k7's were the
first in line to have a 1.2ghz speed.
Guess he put too much into it for ya tho and shoulda just said
"It's an athlon"
 
Brett said:
There isn't a part number on the cpu.

brett
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Yea there is ..
Take some rubbing alk and a cotton swab on a stick and lightly clean it and
you'll be able to read it
if you cant read it then I can only think of one reason and that's cause
it's cook'd to death.

You posted a link to ebay and that one looks like yours you said..
Look at the one they posted (it has writing on it)
 
rstlne said:
Yea there is ..
Take some rubbing alk and a cotton swab on a stick and lightly clean it
and
you'll be able to read it
if you cant read it then I can only think of one reason and that's cause
it's cook'd to death.

You posted a link to ebay and that one looks like yours you said..
Look at the one they posted (it has writing on it)
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Yes - I can see it now that is it clean:
AMD Ahtlon
A1200AMS3C
AXIA 0117DPBW
Y6276040587
1999 AMD

From this page: http://www.amdboard.com/amdid.html, I have:
Ahtlon 1200 mhz
Package - CPGA
Voltage - 1.75V
Max die Temp - 95 C
L2 cache - 256kb
FSB 266 mhz

Thanks all.
Brett
 
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