Factory Unlocked CPU??!?!?!

[scottsracetoo]

I just recieved from newegg today an MSI K7N420 MB and an Athlon 1.33 AXIA stepping CPU. (default config is 133x10 I suppose)

When I open up the cpu box, lo and behold to my suprise all of the L1 bridges are still connected and I think to myself wow, a factory unlocked CPU. I then proceed to attach my ASII and heatsink, pop into the bios and start to overclock. As expected I can push my FSB to speed up with no problem, but if I go back to 133 and try the multiplier route, no matter what multiplier I set in the bios I still get only 1333(the standard 133x10). That darn thing refuses to bump up. I even go back into the bios and it still reads 11x or 12x depending on what I set and no good.

Now am I stupid and just missing something(no wise cracks now ), is it not really unlocked. I have triple checked the bridges and they are most definately shorted properly and were NOT ever cut by the factory.

Any help you guys can give would be appreciated.

Josh

 

[littlezipp]

Chances are that it is unlocked by the factory, most are.
Try going at a different multiplier with 100mhz fsb, then try 133. Play around with the mobo settings, you should be able to.
Also, if you put on too much AS, then you could have covered some of the connections that should not be!
AS is conductive, so could give you problems, but you should be able to get it to a different multiplier at 133fsb!
Good luck.

 

[scottsracetoo]

I guess I should have been a little more clear. I have OC'd MANY an Athlon (all of which were factory locked and required me joining the L1 bridges via conductive ink), and have done 5 now on MSI boards, so I am VERY familier with the process(I've been a bench tech and PC builder for 10 years now). My home PC is a Athlon 1000(133x7.5) Axia OC'd to 1350(142x9.5) on a MSI K7T Turbo2. This is not something I am new to. It is, though, the first Athlon I have purchased where the L1 bridges were still intact, thus the reason for my curiosity.

As I stated in my first post, I CAN OC with the FSB, it works just fine(all the way up to 147 FSB), yet even though the L1 bridges are still intact(implying the multiplyer is un-locked) any changes to the mulitplier in the BIOS make no differance.


<< but if I go back to 133 and try the multiplier route, no matter what multiplier I set in the bios I still get only 1333 >>


The damn thing refuses to use any multiplier other than the default 10x.

Has anyone else seen something similar?
Please, I'm not looking for OC help, more for similar experiances or a possible explanation for the results I am seeing.

I apologize for not being more clear in my first post.


Josh

PS. I actually use ASII in its intended manner and don't just goop half a tube on, its not shorting out anything on the CPU.