AMD clock multiplier question

[Sunny129]

As most of you are aware, having to physically connect the L1 bridges on the CPU became a thing of the past when the Thoroughbred-B became available (assuming you were using a mobo with the nforce2 chipset...i dont know about other chipsets). My question is, what about Barton CPUs? Can the multiplier bechanged on an nforce2 board without physically changing the CPU (like the THoroughbred-B could), or must the L1 bridges be connected like the Thoroughbred-A?

 

[Corporate Thug]

yes, bartons are unlocked by nforce2 boards as well

 

[HiTek21]

If your motherboard doesn't unlock the multiplyer you probably have to use the wire trick on the barton cores to unlock it. Toms Hardware

 

[Sunny129]

So as long as i'm using an nforce2 mobo, i don't have to physically unlock a Barton...thanks guys.

 

[LoudTIGER]

yup. i'm running my 2500 barton at 10.5*210. default clock is 11*166.

 

[Sunny129]

Originally posted by: LoudTIGER
yup. i'm running my 2500 barton at 10.5*210. default clock is 11*166.

you can select a multiplier in half-steps? what mobo are you using?...or is this nothing new? sorry, i'm new to the AMD scene, so i've never had to mess with multipliers before.

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: Sunny129
As most of you are aware, having to physically connect the L1 bridges on the CPU became a thing of the past when the Thoroughbred-B became available (assuming you were using a mobo with the nforce2 chipset...i dont know about other chipsets). My question is, what about Barton CPUs? Can the multiplier bechanged on an nforce2 board without physically changing the CPU (like the THoroughbred-B could), or must the L1 bridges be connected like the Thoroughbred-A?

nForce2s, KT400s and KT600s can and do unlock Tbred-As, Tbred-Bs and Bartons without modifications.