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Slot-A cpu's are a bit more complicated (regarding picture verification). Yes , they have a sticker at the backside of their pcb , which contains useful info in the form of a serial number (which can be decoded). That S/N must be the exact same printed on top of their plastic cartridge. But at the same time , there has to be a core picture also (from the front side of the pcb) to verify the exact core used by AMD (cause AMD did some "magic" back then). That procedure can not be asked from a regular user. Only experienced members with cpu's cracked open can provide all these verification info. That's why i had to question some of GRIFF's results in this year OSIBS. Too good cpu results , with not all verification elements available (when asked). Meaning , that he provided some of the verification pictures mentioned above , but never the front side of the cpu (at the same time). .- Now regarding the general idea of this conversation. We can all agree that each one of us can help the moderating team , by simply adding extra info (when needed) either by adding extra photo's and proof or by writing down info at the text area. We must do our best to keep the rules at all time. It'a a matter of goodwill. ... and Gregor , dont leave your post. We need you here !!!

Hwbot crew must validate the results in question along with the other results. In general they have to moderate all results. I dont now how they will handle "unchecked" results instead of "validated" , when cpuid validation links were involved. Final check must be made is total sums (system calculations are ok ?) After that , this year OSIBS must be awarded to the most consistent and loyal team , which has members with honesty and pure o/c spirit. ... and that team must be Warp9 , if i'm not mistaken.

Are we going to keep the limitation of Venice core only at stage-2 ? I ask cause i just saw a recent edit at a DDR2 stage (where cpu options were already plenty).

@TAGG No problem I just offered you an alternative , just in case ... you will be more than fine at OCN. It's sad to see people want to take part in big competitions and not beeing able to. I remember Mr Paco , years ago having the same problem (and even worst than your case) ... and it didnt felt good.

Feel free to come and join , if you like.

I dont want to get into any details at the moment. But believe me , there's a certain kind of difficulty in this (754) stage , otherwise i wouldnt insist.

Please re-consider Things are not that simple as they seem. There are only 4 cpu's in total with venice core , the one is a special case ... and you are asking the teams to have 3 on 3. While 3400+ is limited in the current market ... and too expensive for what it offers. ... and i'm not sure , you've found a 754 Venice 3400+ on ebay.de Plenty of other core types by theway.

I agree with Bones There are very limited choices of Venice core cpu's on 754 , when asking for 3 different cpu. Lets add Newcastle and Clawhammer. You could even ask for one result from each core , that way. 1 Venice - 1 Newcastle - 1 Clawhammer

This Bonus Round is aimed at running dual Mendocino's on Non-Intel chipset motherboards. You can use native socket370 boards or Slot-1 boards with adapters. The wallpaper to use 1280x1024 Bonus round 1920x1200 Bonus round Stage-1 (currently closed) Wprime 1024M https://hwbot.org/competition/osibs_s4r2_copy/stage/4233_wprime_-_1024m/ Stage-2 Wprime 32M https://hwbot.org/competition/osibs_s4r2_copy/stage/4234_wprime_-_32m/ Stage-3 Cinebench 2003 https://hwbot.org/competition/osibs_s4r2_copy/stage/4235_cinebench_-_2003/

All these are E5 stepping , released in 2005 , so it's no different than 939 socket cpu's. They all suffer from cold bug (more or less). You need to have luck and a good stepping code , to play cold.

Radeon 9250 $5+ship 8400gs pci $5+ship Athlon 64 4200+ $5 each +ship 2x2gb ddr2 1100 gskill pi $15+ship for set 2x2gb mushkin ddr2 $10+ship for kit If you can tell me what kind of ram this is ill add it to any order => 256K Pipeline Burst Cache 2x 2gb ampx ddr2 $10+ship 4x 4gb non-ecc ddr2, good for high capacity with am3 chips on am2+ boards $20+ship for lot

You jump started the thread , making it the official bonus round thread ... and you dont have any answers ? Just questions and remarks ? Since you decited to open up this thread , why not prepare a basic description in your opening post ? What's this bonus round for ? Which is the hardware allowed ? What are the stages ? Wallpaper ... and so on. Have a look at the other official round threads of this season.

@Strunkenbold

Bonus Round Mendocino cores only - Non Intel chipset motherboards - SDRAM - all other aspects free (meaning multi cpu allowed and slot-1 to socket 370 adapters allowed).

Με ξεσηκώνετε και θα κάνω καμμιά απερισκεψία ... να θυμηθώ τα παλιά

@Strunkenbold @Leeghoofd

Normally ... After the end of this round.

Excellent testing period , then :)

Yes , you can use a mobile cpu. Yes it's single gpu only (1 core). Yes , that rarity is out.

Very good score ... very good.

Doesnt really matter , because i believe all participants will use 6xxx series to compete. But for typical reasons , the rule for this round applies to all gen cards up to 6xxx series.

I can take a wild guess , that some people may have to work too many hours sometimes , to provide to their families ? No time for football.

Wallpaper for round 5 1280х1024 5 round 1920x1200 5 round By @alexmaj467

Get ready ROUND 5 - Socket 754 (2003) (No adapters allowed) Stage-1 SuperPI 1M Stage-2 HWBOT X265 1080P Stage-3 3DMark2003 - Nvidia series (Up to 6xxx series - single vga - single gpu only) Stage-4 FM Cloudgate - ATI AGP series

@ZFeSS Old heatsink nightmare !!! I've seen that happen before (it can be repaired though). I always heat as much as i can , before trying to remove old such type of heatsinks. Do you know if, that was an original manufacturer compound or an aftermarket one ? I ask cause back in the days we used to make our own compounds , using epoxy in the mix.