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Just got word from Anton Shilov at Xbitlabs.com that he's thrown up their new guide that will show you How To Enable Additional 256KB of L2 Cache on you're AMD Athlon XP Processors Model 10! Here's a snip.

AMD Athlon XP processors Model 10 with 256KB of L2 cache appeared on the horizon sometimes after the launch of Barton in the first quarter of the year. The chips were based on the Barton design with disabled 256KB of L2 and a bit lowered speeds compared to the high-end AMD CPUs.



Due to the fact that the devices essentially utilize ?Barton? core, but have only 256KB of L2, just like the ?Thoroughbred? microprocessors, the AMD Athlon XP Model 10 with 256KB of L2 are generally recognized under the ?Thorton? CPUs.

How to Enable Additional 256KB of L2 Cache on AMD Athlon XP

Trik Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2003-02-13

#47818 Posted on: 10/01/2003 03:15 PM Anyone got a link to a better article on how to do this? I believe my XP 2400+ can be unlocked for more L2 cache

Boogieman Unregistered

#47823 Posted on: 10/01/2003 04:23 PM That stupid AD is covering the trick. Save the image to your HD and you can see where bridges are to be joined.

Natas Unregistered

#47827 Posted on: 10/01/2003 05:47 PM Use CPU-Z to identify the model. I have a model 8 2400+. You should have model A if you want to enable the extra cache.

Boogieman Unregistered

#47835 Posted on: 10/01/2003 07:10 PM Model A ? Above says Model 10..

crownrai Unregistered

#47836 Posted on: 10/01/2003 07:40 PM Model Numbers are in hex: 0123456789ABCDEF Model A is 10 in decimal Crownrai

Trik Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: 2003-02-13

#47837 Posted on: 10/01/2003 09:44 PM Says I have a model 8, but it lookslike the ones in the article. Has the extra big die, instead of the square'er one like earlier XP's.

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