Fake Athlon Mobile 3700 754 AMU3700BEX5AR

[mabadwebbo]

Hi guys,
Bought this AMD Athlon "mobile" 3700 754 socket cpu from a "reputable" dealer on Ebay for $99, but the photo on the advert is a lot different from the Cpu that I received after payment.

see link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150143055037

Cpu id: A M U 3700 B E X 5 AR 1097041I40034 CAAXC 0437MPMW
2001 AMD

Also the CPU details are unusual, I have searched many sites trying to get an ID on it, but with out success. AMA is the normal identifier.
My chip is kharki brown, not dark green and only one black label with the cpu details on it.

Is this a fake or engineer version, as its production date of 2001 pre-dates the Mobile 3700 release?
I was hoping to fit it to a Suttle AN51R Nvidia 250 MOBO and try overclocking it, as it can run hot and is of low voltage.

I havent tried it out yet, as i dont know if its a real Mobile Athlon 3700, but these chips are attracting a premium of around $100 ea, more so in Europe £80 ea, so it would be nice to have the genuine artical.

[jrmunro]

The only info I could find was using the CAAXC stepping code chart

http://www.cpu-world.com/info/AMD/K8_stepping_codes.html

I did find another chip on Ebay



http://cgi.ebay.at/AMD-Athlon-64-M-3700-2-4GHz-1MB-Socket-754-Newark_W0QQitemZ190135837678QQihZ009QQcategoryZ129320QQcmdZViewItem

John