I decided to just plug the thing in and it worked. We even verified that the chip was a Thoroughbred by checking the chip ID on AMD's website. I just ordered my Thorton from newegg. It will be here on the 13th of Feb! .
I probably will not try the cache mod. I've been hearing odd things about Thortons being Bartons that did not pass AMD assembly tests. I also heard that the cache mod is hit or miss. Maybe the chip has good cache, but if it does not, then you have yourself a kickass non-working 2Ghz chip.
I am going to flash my bios right now. I just was refreshing my brain before I do. Wish me luck.
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