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 Phenom x3 and x4 now in Malaysia, The new K10

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akachester
post Feb 21 2008, 09:18 AM

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There is a Phenom "Black Edition" huh. Didn't know about this though.

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Source : http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/displ...m9600-be_2.html


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post Feb 21 2008, 11:24 AM

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QUOTE(lex @ Feb 21 2008, 10:47 AM)
We saw that quite some time ago.. just didn't want to comment much of it, basically the outcome was still the same as other Phenom (non Black Edition) reviews.  tongue.gif

Anyway, just for your information.... try looking up on Google (or other search engines) on this...

"A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within an allocated time"

Seems that some batches (quite a number, really) of Phenom shipped came with a defective or much slower 3rd core. This caused BSODs even on stock clocks, and its NOT related to the TLB bug... Possibly now we are beginning to see the reason for AMD's upcoming Triple Core... So anyone with Phenoms encountering this problem, suggest or recommend RMA that processor... wink.gif
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Wow..Didn't know about this problem with the Phenom though. Yea, you are right regarding the performance. From the charts shown in the review, it really shows the BE aint significantly better than the non-BE. Nothing much to shout about as well.. smile.gif

QUOTE(lex @ Feb 21 2008, 11:06 AM)
If no BSOD then it should be OK, possibly not the defective batch... However, to test it, try stressing all 4 cores at once (most of the time only 2 cores used on most programs).. tongue.gif

More info here...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=175878
http://forums.amd.com/forum/messageview.cf...d=y&STARTPAGE=1
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248265-2...ing-flaky-cores

... the rest search on Google...  icon_rolleyes.gif
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So, in this case, what do the people who have defective batch do? RMA?
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post Feb 22 2008, 11:46 AM

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QUOTE(lex @ Feb 22 2008, 11:31 AM)
It started since Phenom became available. They thought it was the TLB issue, but even after the patch was applied, the problem continued. Then some of the owners noticed the actual source of the problem during testing... rest is history.  icon_rolleyes.gif

As can be seen from those links, RMA was the best choice and they got back a full working quad core....  nod.gif UNLESS you want to continue using a "triple core"? tongue.gif
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Haha...First Tri-Core available tongue.gif Anyway, its definitely not a good thing to AMD as i doubt anyone would want to buy something that they know, there is a high chance of RMA even though its brand new.
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post Mar 17 2008, 07:08 AM

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The Answer to the TLB problem found ? :

AMD's B3 Stepping Phenom Previewed, TLB Hardware Fix Tested

Source : http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3260&p=1

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