Alright then, whats the "wire trick"

[KDOG]

I've been seeing references to a "wire trick" what is that?

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

http://store.yahoo.com/sidewindercomputers/speedstripssa1.html

it got its name from most people using small thin wire to do so. on certain processors you can connect some of the pins in an organized fashion and it will effectively "unlock" the processor. it can be risky if you don't know what your doing though.

 

[mamisano]

I used this Wire Trick to manipulate the multipliers of my Mobile Athlons: http://www.oc-inside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/pinmod/amd_pinmod.html

Don't believe it will work if the chip is locked.

 

[KDOG]

crap, knowing my luck, I'll have one the cpus' that are locked.... I'll rip it apart tomorrow to find out...

 

[Jeff7181]

You don't need to use any wire tricks on Mobile Athlon XP's... they're already completely multiplier unlocked. So if you have a mobile... have no fear 😀 If you don't... then just look at the stepping to see when it was manufactured... anything after week 32 of last year (0332) is probably locked... anything after week 40 (0340) is definately locked.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You don't need to use any wire tricks on Mobile Athlon XP's... they're already completely multiplier unlocked.

True, but some boards won't allow for the multiplier adjustment over 12.5x. On those boards, the pinmod would need to be done. I could see this mainly geared to those with old VIA KT333 and 266 chipsets that have no agp/pci lock and can't hit 200fsb. So, you would run 166x16, for example.