Man have I got a story for you...when I found out that you could "blow" the L3 bridges of the AMD processor (by shorting them out w/ 5Vdc) & set the clock Mulitplier on the CPU itself I thought this is exactly what I needed to do. Because having an Asus A7m266-D doesn't allow to change the cpu clock like several other motherboards. After getting in on the NEWegg Tbred "B" XP2100+ deal I knew that the cpu's had more than 2.0 Ghz in them & there I was stuck with a 13 CPU clock & 154~158 FSB speed was the top for my A7M266-D.
So after collecting all the stuff needed to properly fill the "pits" & blow the bridges I prepared to change the cpu default from 13 to 16. blowing the bridges was first on my list & after the first one I thought I was going to have a heart attack!! I saw the spark right as the bridge blew & thought it might have killed the CPU when after installing it & powering up the system.
(After the System didn't power back on!)
THis is what happened...I used an apoxy filler from work & the defroster repair kit to connect the bridge. Well they reacted to eachother & grounded out the CPU. CPU did nothing...so it's dead I thought...well after thinking this is a $100 lesson..I decided to try & clean out the "pit" of grounded bridge.
Well to make a long story short...It worked!! after cleaning the "Pit" with nail polish remover and a safety pin, then using super glue, this time, on a sharp toothpick to fill it & reconnecting the bridge.. It worked!!
I don't know if many people who have "grounded out" the AMD cpu's have attempted to clean out grounded "pit's" but it will "revive" the CPU if done properly.
So, please let everyone in the overclocker & modder community know that it isn't going to kill a good CPU if the bridge mod isn't done correctly, the first time, it can be cleaned out & properly modded.
-Larry
& Thanks to overclockers.com I'm currently running $200 worth of Dual MP3000+s on that "poor ole" A7M266-D!! :Q
So after collecting all the stuff needed to properly fill the "pits" & blow the bridges I prepared to change the cpu default from 13 to 16. blowing the bridges was first on my list & after the first one I thought I was going to have a heart attack!! I saw the spark right as the bridge blew & thought it might have killed the CPU when after installing it & powering up the system.
(After the System didn't power back on!)
THis is what happened...I used an apoxy filler from work & the defroster repair kit to connect the bridge. Well they reacted to eachother & grounded out the CPU. CPU did nothing...so it's dead I thought...well after thinking this is a $100 lesson..I decided to try & clean out the "pit" of grounded bridge.
Well to make a long story short...It worked!! after cleaning the "Pit" with nail polish remover and a safety pin, then using super glue, this time, on a sharp toothpick to fill it & reconnecting the bridge.. It worked!!
I don't know if many people who have "grounded out" the AMD cpu's have attempted to clean out grounded "pit's" but it will "revive" the CPU if done properly.
So, please let everyone in the overclocker & modder community know that it isn't going to kill a good CPU if the bridge mod isn't done correctly, the first time, it can be cleaned out & properly modded.
-Larry
& Thanks to overclockers.com I'm currently running $200 worth of Dual MP3000+s on that "poor ole" A7M266-D!! :Q
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