AMD mislabelled Athlon CPU packaging

[Gservo]

HARDWARE WEB SITE HardOCP reports today that AMD has admitted it mislabelled up to 500 AMD Athlon XP boxes.
The site reports that the box for the 2600+ Athlon XPs show that the CPUs have a 333MHz front side bus but AMD admits that the real system bus speed is 266MHz.

These chips are part of its "processor in a box" packaging for resellers and distributors, and sold in shops.

But AMD told HardOCP in a statement that the label on the CPU itself is correct and that people who buy one of these mislabelled ones in mistake should return it to the shop they bought it from.

They also said they've already talked to their distributors about the problem but the extent of the SNAFU may not affect Europe. We'll wait and see.

more here (http://www.hardocp.com/)

[CyberdynSystems]

oh oh oh! My Athlon XP1600 was in a box labled XP2600+ @ 333MHZ

Do I get to swap it for the real thing please :D

[Big Bad Alex]

My nice new 2600+ (333fsb) insists on running at 266 on my nforce2, maybe it's not just a bios problem...:mad:
Any idea if these chips where retail or OEM packaging?

Alex

[Gservo]

The following is an official statement from AMD's PR Dept.


We recently learned that fewer than 500 AMD Athlon™ XP processors in a box with mislabeled packaging may have been sold to consumers and are unaccounted for. Labeling on the processor boxes, which contain AMD Athlon XP processors 2600+, mistakenly indicates that the processor has a 333 FSB although the processor has a 266 FSB. The labeling on the processor itself is correct. Consumers who purchased a PIB in a mislabeled box and wish to exchange it should follow return instructions included in the PIB package or contact the store from which they purchased it. AMD has notified its distributors and channel vendors of the mislabeling and they are prepared to handle customer questions. We’ve also investigated the cause of the mislabeling and are taking steps to help ensure it does not re-occur.

[Big Bad Alex]

Would have been nice to blame somebody apart from me or Asus for a change.... Oh well, back to the bios...:rolleyes:

Alex

[^7_of_9]

According to the above you may have gotten the wrong one though BBA. Unless it stats 333 on the actual processor itself.

btw make sure your ram handles 333Mhz.

[Big Bad Alex]

It was an OEM chip (no packaging) so shouldn't be one of the ones mentioned above! (I hope)
Memory is 1024Mb of Corsair 3500 should do the job!

Alex