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[Miraluka]

OK. So i connected the L1 bridges initially with conductive pen ink. The pen itself spit out too much ink so i used a toothpick. That didnt work. So i got it all off and used HB pencil lead. That didnt work. I can't get over 8.5 for the clock multiplier and i'm getting kinda ticked off.

I'm running Duron 800, MSi K7T Pro2-A, and Alpha PAL 6035.

As of now i'm running at 901 mhz on 8.5 clock multiplier and 106 fsb. I tried running at 110 fsb but my PC100 ram won't overclock to that speed. Should i just try other pencils? thats the only conclusion i can come to. need help please...

 

[Renob]

I use conductive pen to, it works the best if you use a new razor blade and be sure to shake up the pen for 2 minutes.

 

[kmmatney]

I haven't had any luck with a pencil across the L1 bridges in two tries... However it sounds like you unlocked it if were able to get the multiplier from 8.0 to 8.5.

 

[AmbitV]

This is a problem that many people are having with the Pro2A...typical multiplier problem. In fact I just got my Pro2a and can't get past 8.5 multiplier either...strange how in the review at Hardocp he couldn't get past 8.5 multiplier either...hmmmmm

 

[Poof]

Uh ohhhhh.... Just did my bridges with the rear window defogger stuff on a Duron 700... Am letting a cure for a bit before I give it a shot on a Pro2-A... I hope that's not an across the board thing...

 

[GaryTcs]

Please let us know what you get, Poof.

 

[Miraluka]

Nevermind all, i got it to work. Pencil didnt work so i decided to give conductive pen another try. I'm running at 950mhz as of now. Thanks for all ur help anyway.

 

[toph99]

did you bump the voltage?

 

[Asha'man]

Ööhm to me it seems that it has nothing to do w/ the multiplier anymore, since you can cange it to 8.5, so there is definately something strange somewhere else since you cannot get it to work w/ 9x100 but 8.5xwhatever

i'd go for the mobo explanation.

Asha'man

 

[GaryTcs]

except for when he redid the bridges it worked right!!

 

[Poof]

Well I was able to get it to 9 x 100 at 1.675V but not to 9.5 x 100 at any voltage (save for closing the L6).

This is a "newer" week 45 Duron 700.

I've been putzing around with it and have it at 9 x 105 right now (945) at 1.775V. Seems it doesn't like anything over 9.5 right now. Could be the defogger stuff needs to set a little more too... Did some sisoft sandra on the 900 & 945 and saved 'em.

I may try going for the gusto with 110FSB (yeah right) and 9. That'll definitely mean 1.80V, but I'm not optimistic about it. Could be a re-do of the bridges is needed too (a 10 x 100, 1.8V right off when I first tried it was a joke...)

 

[GaryTcs]

Poof, mine doesn't like the 10.0 multiplier at all, but 9.5* 109 it's ok with. (week 27 Duron 600) I had to use 1.85v, but to get past the 1ghz milestone, I'll risk $50. Been up for about 4 months now, no problem.(the first 3 at 107*9.5=1016, then I decided to try 109 again and it worked.) Retry the bridges, this has helped me in the past, when I hit a wall.

 

[Poof]

I got it to 963 (107 x 9), it booted okay, got into 98SE, did the sandra benches, started up seti, and got an illegal operation... (geez... I'm used to that with windud)

I backed it back to 106 x 9 (954, which I skipped before) and got the same result with seti. I'm back to 945 (105 x 9 @1.800V) where seti did run for a bit before I decided to go higher...heh... and may try to burn it in a little at this point. I've been very aggressive with this OCing for some reason (cocky I guess... ). I might let it cook this way for a little bit before trying the bridges again (taking my FOP32-1 in and out isn't bad with the trick I use, but I stress out a little every time 'cause the space in there is tight and the clip is so close to a toroid that's right in front of some huge capacitors...) I've got plenty of arctic silver here though, so that's not prob.

When I did my very first OC on my P3 600 (eventually to 800) back in August, I ran it @700 for like a week at 1.8V. Then dropped it back down to default voltage (1.65V) and then took it all the way to 800 @default voltage. It's been running like that for almost 5 months stable (seti 24/7). Now that I just put a stick of Kingmax TinyBPA PC150 in it yesterday, I could go back to that machine and try some more while this one burns in... *evil grin*

 

[toph99]

try putting it to 1.85V. the extra .05V may be able to give the boost it needs to hit 1ghz

 

[Poof]

toph99, then I'd have to close the L6 bridge to get the extra 0.05V on the K7TPro2-A. The voltage selections only go up to 1.800V. But that is an option that I do have...