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XP 1800 unlocking
Name: Sci-Guy Date: December 18, 2002 at 22:29:14 Pacific OS: Win98se, WinME, WinXP, Ca CPU/Ram: 200MMX@250MHz/128Mb SDRam
Comment:
I've just bought an Athlon XP 1800 Model 8 for the new system I'm building. All the internet sites I have seen that deal with unlocking the Athlon mention filling the laser cuts between the L1 bridges. However, my new processor doesn't have any laser cuts between the L1 bridges. Does this mean that I can use the pencil trick to connect the bridges?
Name: UTLLAMA Date: December 19, 2002 at 00:15:17 Pacific
Reply:
You probably have a tbred CPU. With the right motherboard, you shouldn't have to unlock anything.
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Response Number 2
Name: Sci-Guy Date: December 19, 2002 at 00:30:53 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, I did find out that the Model 8 is a tbred. My mobo (Leadtek 7350KDA) has switches to set the multiplier from 5 to 12.5. So are you saying that the tbreds are not locked?
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Response Number 3
Name: UTLLAMA Date: December 19, 2002 at 05:06:39 Pacific
Reply:
CORRECT!
Have fun overclocking!
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Response Number 4
Name: Sci-Guy Date: December 19, 2002 at 14:41:13 Pacific
Summary: does anyone know how to unlock amd athlon xp 1800+? i really want to know how to i can overclock my cpu to higher speed. thanks can i use pencil to do it or have to use some kind of super glue to link...
Summary: Mine is doing the same (reading 1150 mHz)...if i set my fsb to 133 or 200 will i need additional cooling for my case? Also, are there other ways to overclock my amd xp 1800 other than unlocking it? ...
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