Athlon XP 2700 333, is top speed locked?

[MplsBob]

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe v2.0 mother board
with nForce2 Ultra 400 chipset, nForce2 MCP-T southbridge
Antec 380 w power supply
Corsair TWINX512-3200C2 * 3 for 1.5GB of ram


My initial efforts at boosting my cpu clocking above the 2.1 GHz level results in an inoperative processor.

Does that processor come with a max frequency lock of some sort?

If so, how do I get around it?

 

[Fenuxx]

It could be the CPU itself. It might be running out of headroom. Also, do you have a good HSF on it? What about AS5? You also probably won't get far on stock voltages either. That's about all I can think of at the moment .

 

[MplsBob]

Originally posted by: geforcetony
It could be the CPU itself. It might be running out of headroom. Also, do you have a good HSF on it? What about AS5? You also probably won't get far on stock voltages either. That's about all I can think of at the moment .

What is AS5?

 

[Elcs]

AS5 = Arctic Silver 5...

HSF = Heatsink + Fan

Are you changing the FSB to increase clock speed or are you changing the multiplier?

If you are trying to change the multiplier, it may be 'locked' explaining the reason why it wont work.

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: Elcs
AS5 = Arctic Silver 5...

HSF = Heatsink + Fan

Are you changing the FSB to increase clock speed or are you changing the multiplier?

If you are trying to change the multiplier, it may be 'locked' explaining the reason why it wont work.

You really think AS5 is going to make that much of a diference at this point??

I don't think that the XP2700+ is going to get too much more then 2.1Ghz anyway, I wouldn't bother with the AS5.

 

[Fenuxx]

Yeah, the multi will be locked. Unless of course you can manage to get it unlocked (which is very tricky). I would suggest using some Arctic Silver 5, and also a bump in voltage will suffice, because I know from experience that you won't get anywhere on stock voltages .

 

[MplsBob]

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MplsBob