Hi, I bought 3 so called Athlon XP 2500+s on ebay, the all are the same part number AXDA2500KV4D, but one is a browny-orange colour and the other two are green.
Now shouldn't all the same part numbers be the same colours ?
And one of them says AthlonXP on the little black label but only shows up as a Duron.

How can I identify if they're really what they say they are?

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Originally posted by: DVR
Hi, I bought 3 so called Athlon XP 2500+s on ebay, the all are the same part number AXDA2500KV4D, but one is a browny-orange colour and the other two are green.
Now shouldn't all the same part numbers be the same colours ?
And one of them says AthlonXP on the little black label but only shows up as a Duron.

How can I identify if they're really what they say they are?

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I don't think the color identifies anything, they probably just used whatever color the packaging plant has in stock.

If the chip is installed and running you could run one of the AMD utils, AMD CPUID or AMD CPUInfo , there is also CPU-Z.

The bios may also have an effect on these utilities, so you first have to make sure the bios supports the chips fully, but if it's just one out of 3 that says Duron then maybe it's a re-marked CPU or has been modified, look at the bridges on the face of the CPU to see if someone cut/joined the bridges.

btw, If you need specs for the OPN FAB51 is a pretty good.

What motherboard are you using and is your FSB set to 333mhz

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Athlon 64 3000+
2 x 512mb pc2700
Nvidia Geforce4 440 GO 64mb
NEC DVD +/- RW ND-6450A
Windows xp pro

i've just tryed CPU-Z and that also identifies it as a Duron
And the mobo is a brand new foxconn but i also tested it in my older soltek. it doesn't look like the bridges have been cut or joined but the black label says Athlon and the mobo says Duron so i'm guessing it's remarked.
I just wondered if the different colour packaging was related to the model and/or the core or if it's entirely random?

after looking on fab51.com it would seem that they definitally are remarked