AMD Athlon™ XP processor Mods for Fsb of 166Mhz and 220mhz
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 31 December 2002 - 10:06 · 6 comments & 512 views
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#1 Posted by iczman on 31 Dec 2002 - 11:13
- just read this news from W2S a min ago. I have 2400+ but only got 8KHA+ and 512mb of DDR 2100... running at 166 will prob crash my sys since my mobo and ram aren't too compatible to 166MHz....
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#2 Posted by tmaxxtigger on 31 Dec 2002 - 12:37
- My XP1800 runs with FSB at 180 Mhz, and DDR 2700 (333 Mhz) at 360 Mhz, quite happily... I guess this articles shows how to make it default to the higher frequency without making chanes in the BIOS, but I'd rather just make my changes there....
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#3 Posted by Y2K2 on 31 Dec 2002 - 13:34
- i've got a 2000+ xp..and its not unlocked yet...
does anyone know where i can get a unlocking kit in the UK??..preferably online...
and has anyone overclocked a 2000+..to how much??
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#4 Posted by Cody on 31 Dec 2002 - 15:38
- i wish i had some money to try that bc im not going to do that on my good computer
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#5 Posted by xStainDx on 31 Dec 2002 - 19:02
- Someone forget that Barton also has 512K Cache? while every other Athlon XP has 256K.. no correction fluid or pencil trick will add that to any processor
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#6 Posted by altezza on 01 Jan 2003 - 00:30
- High risks of destroying the chip if the procedure is not performed correctly. I have unlocked 1700+ XP and I don't want to attempt to do this
We mentioned earlier that there differences between Barton and TBred-B in terms of their L12 bridges. The difference can also be seen with the Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+, which share a 166MHz FSB. Would it be possible to go straight to a 166MHz FSB by changing the L12 bridges? We decided to test this with a TBred-B Athlon XP 2200+:
To reconnect the two severed L12 bridges, we will use the same method used to unlock the multiplier. Apply correction fluid to the gap in the second bridge from the right (the bridge we will attempt to connect), then tape the adjacent bridges to prevent short-circuiting. Then connect the bridges using a conductive silver pen. PC booted and the BIOS quite clearly shows a 166MHz FSB. A simple L12 connection to unlock 166MHz FSB speeds seems to be well worth the effort – if you choose to unlock the multiplier, unlock this higher FSB setting as well to give a significant performance boost.
Possible Solution for Running High FSB
On my 2700 and other new chips, they ran cut-connected-connected-connected. These bridges set the default FSB, with the former being 133, and the latter being 166. To test whether this affected the chip being able to run a high FSB in this board, I connected the third L12 bridge (one away from the "L12") on Aceman's 2200 - This would in effect make it look like a new XP2800 (166x13.5). We began testing and the chip was defaulting to a 166 FSB.
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