Ive read somewhere that I can unlock my multiplier by closing the bridge? Does anyone know how to do this? ASROCK K7S8X M/B AMD ATHLON 2000+XP 384MB DDR 266MHZ GEFORCE4 AGP8X 64MB MAXTOR 4R060L0 60GB H/D LITEON SOHW-1213S DVDRW SAMSUNG SM-332B CDRW/DVD QTEC AND STATICX SILENT COOLERS

The "pencil trick" worked on the old Athlons & Durons, but the XP is more tricky http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20011112/ http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/socketa_bridges.html http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/socketa/xp_painting.html Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

BTW, if you had an nForce2 board instead of an SiS board, you wouldn't have to unlock it.... Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB

The newer xp's are hard locked, only the mobile's are unlocked even an nforce board cant unlock a hard locked cpu. Mike

Yea, hotshot's right I've got an NF2 board and I can't change my locked mult. ------------- AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Asus A7N8X-Deluxe 2x512MB PC3200 @ 2-2-2-6 ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128MB WDC 40GB

My board supports multiplier adjusting of up to 24x.So I don't think my mobo has anything to do with it. ASROCK K7S8X M/B AMD ATHLON 2000+XP 384MB DDR 266MHZ GEFORCE4 AGP8X 64MB MAXTOR 4R060L0 60GB H/D LITEON SOHW-1213S DVDRW SAMSUNG SM-332B CDRW/DVD QTEC AND STATICX SILENT COOLERS

"My board supports multiplier adjusting of up to 24x.So I don't think my mobo has anything to do with it." Most (but not all) boards support multiplier adjustment, but it's useless if your CPU is unlocked...it depends on the CPU. An nForce board will unlock certain CPUs, but not the so-called "hard locked" ones that xXx-HotShot-xXx mentioned. Other boards don't have the ability tto unlock "locked" CPUs. I was assuming that your 2000+ was not a "new" one. I'm not sure what the minimum speed XP is that AMD is still producing. Anybody know? Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @8x210mhz 512mb PC3200 Ti4200/8X 128mb WDC 60GB