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help with unlocking

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Goose77

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i know this might be not so smart of a question but im a little behind and havent had time to mess or look up this info.

(question)

To unlock the athlon XP is it just connect the L1 bridges like the athlon???
 
no
you have to fill the pits in between the gold dots with something that is electrically nonconductive, then paint over it just like you would a tbird

unless you are talking about athlon xp tbred and not palomino?
 
no.... its the palomino. but im planning to get the Tb. what would i have to do to it? also, need to know what bridges to connect for vCORE. for some reason my abit kr7a is givin it too low of voltage, or just unstable. i mean some times it migrates from 1.76 to 1.72, and dont know whats causing it? could be the proc. the reason i think so is that my last AXP had no probs untill the extremely heavy hsf popped off the slug from the packin. so i got a new one... any hoo, like i said.. im thinkin its the proc and i want to try to manuel set the Vcore.

need more help... ty in advance!
 
The XP1700 and 1800s that are t-bred A cores are all unlocked for the 6x to 12.5x multipliers. They are coming with a default Vcore of 1.5. I have had the pleasure of playing with 4 week 44 1700+'s and they are all awesome overclockers.

I have full stability running @ 1.88 Ghz with the default Vcore. I have also POSTed one @ 2.1 Ghz @ 2.2 volt. (The board was an EP-8K5A2+ and turned out to be faulty. Not bad for a faulty board)

The real key to OCing the t-bred A or B is very good air cooling. The HSF that was used for all of the results above (and more in between) is the Thermal Integrations Dr. Thermal V77-L. Go here for the best review: link and look at this review to see where it still stands compared to some of the latest best: link

One thing to remember when comparing my choice of HSF to "THE GREATEST" is that the V77-L only has a 34 CFM fan on it. The "best" are using 80 CFM fans to pull off those low temps. There is an aftermarket moded version of the V77-L called the Dr. Thermal Extreme that uses the same 80 CFM. The only problem with this or any of the other beasts is the incesant noise that they produce. I own one of the Delta 60mm, 36 CFM screamers and I will never hook it up again. I could hear it from the main floor at the opposite end of the house. It was in the basement and the house is 50 feet long.

One more thing. Get a board that has a 1/5 PCI divider. 12.5 x 166 = 2075. I am pretty sure that this is achievable but when I tried it on my 8KHA+ that only has a 1/4 PCI divider, I corrupted my OS install and I had to reinstall. 166 * 1/4 = 41.5. Most hard drives won't survive this for long. Mine only went 10 minutes. For the most voltage options the best board is the 8K5A series or 8K9A series. The 8RDA might be just as good but I have not looked into it. Another good pile of boards can be had from ASUS. The A7V333, A7V8X and A7N8X are all good. A friend of mine is brining in a 333 this week to use on one of the t-bred As.

Good luck and have fun!!!
Jason.
 
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