I unlocked my XP !

[FelixDeCat]

I dont even know why I hesitated. It was so damn easy. Just filled in the trenches w/clear nail polish then finished it off with defogger paint.

My nerves were on edge as I was working though. I just knew I was going to blow $160.00.

Was: 11 x 133 (1.75v)

Now: 12 x 133 (1.85v)

Stock fan. Want to try 9 x 166 but my ram wont let me. Time to upgrade !

 

[bunnyfubbles]

I've got my 1700+ @ 1900+ (1606MHz and I haven't tried pushing it hard 50deg C after a couple hours of gaming), don't have it unlocked. I would like to cause I've got myself a pair of Kingmax DDR333 modules. Modules rated to run at 166MHz clocked only at 146MHz, I just know they are sleeping away right now

 

[Assimilator1]

FelixDeKat
Nice ,I've got my 1500XP to 1800(1.53GHz) upping the FSB to 153MHz ,but I know it will do 1.6GHz ,I just need to unlock the multipliers to do this though.
Hopefully do it next week ,glad to hear its easy btw

 

[Kuroyama]

Grrr :|. My 1700+ only reaches 142 FSB without unlocking. Unlocking the multiplier still only gives 11.5x and 138FSB or 10.5x and 150FSB (12x reboots after a few minutes), and that's with CPU @ +0.1V and DDRAM @ +0.1V.

 

[FelixDeCat]

OK -

Now Ive gone and done it. Bought some Samsung 333 ram and now getting:

1577 - 9.5 x 166mhz @ 1.90v !


Tested and stable. YES !!

 

[Assimilator1]

Awesome!:Q ,I'd love to know how fast SETI would run on that!
What board is that on?

 

[FelixDeCat]

>What board is that on?


Hey Assimalator!

Im using an IWIL XP333. My second day of use. I realized if I set everything to AUTO Im more likely to not have probs.

 

[Assimilator1]

Nice ,is that with the SiS 645 chipset?

 

[BlvdKing]

The Iwill XP333 has the ALi MagiK 1 rev. C chipset.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Still going strong, but now Im wondering if Im going to shorten the life of my processor.

 

[Zukatah]

Of course you will shorten the life of your CPU. With a higher voltage you accelerate the processus of electromigration which is accentuated by heat (if you ain't got appropriate cooling)

 

[Assimilator1]

hmm ,1.9v is rather a lot for an XP ,I hope you've got very good cooling

Btw how long do you plan to keep the CPU? ,if your cooling is good & your not keeping it for more than about 2ys I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[ObiDon]

My poor XP 1500+ is running 1600MHz (have had it past 1733MHz) at 2.0V right now and has been for around 6 months. :Q

Full load temperature averages around 55C with a Volcano 6cu. I'm not saying that I recommend this though

 

[bdunosk]

Yeah, it was really easy... if your hands are steady enough, you don't even need to use scotch tape to protect the other leads (though I would recommend it!).

I got 1800+ --> 2000+ at stock voltage and only 1*C increase at idle. Didn't test load because I was just screwing around.

Anyone know if there will be BIOS updates that give us >12.5x, or is that going to require the L10 bridges to be switched (which I don't know how we'll do considering the ones jumped on the 2000+ and below need to be cut).

 

[Kuroyama]

My BIOS already goes up to around 15x. It's half point increments up to 12x, then jumps to 13x, 14, and perhaps 15x.

This weekend I put my XP 1700+ at 2000+ (13x133) and 2.0V for about 1 hour at full load and fried it (despite CPU temps never going above 48C). So I discovered the hard way the risks of too much overclocking. Maybe I did a bad job on the voltage mod for my mobo.

Now downgrading to a Duron 1Ghz to save some money for when the Thoroughbred comes out.

 

[Assimilator1]

Sorry to hear about the dead CPU ,but lets face it you used far too much voltage!.

Btw I have attempted to unlock my CPU but it hasn't made any difference,none of the multipliers work.I guess I must of screwed up somewhere, though it looked fine.I'll have to grab my multi-meter from work to see where I went wrong.Its working fine at the default x10 atm.

Their couldn't be any other reason it hasn't worked could there? m/brd is an Asus A7V266-E

 

[FelixDeCat]

>This weekend I put my XP 1700+ at 2000+ (13x133) and 2.0V for about 1 hour at full load and fried it

May she rest in peace.

>Btw I have attempted to unlock my CPU but it hasn't made any difference,none of the multipliers work

Are you sure the trenches were filled in all the way before connecting the conacts? Are you positive everything is connected? I would probably clean everything off and start over again. I know when I first tried there was one line that looked connected but upon some very hard squinting I saw it wasnt. Also make sure no lines are accidently touching each other or even close to touching.

OVERCLOCK UPDATE: Tried 169 x 9.5, still using "auto" setting. It worked but had problems on rebooting the next day. Right now Im running back at 13 x 133 just for kicks.

I checked the voltage settings after placing everything on "auto". I can reach the 166mhz and 133mhz settings at ONLY 1.77 volts (according to bios health status). So Im not running 1.90v anymore!!

 

[ObiDon]

<< This weekend I put my XP 1700+ at 2000+ (13x133) and 2.0V for about 1 hour at full load and fried it (temps never went above 48C with my AX-7 HSF). >>


That sucks!

A few days ago I noticed my HSF was pretty disgusting. I blew it clean with a can of air. It lowered my temps by 5C measured from a thermistor between the HSF and CPU! :Q

 

[Assimilator1]

FelixDeKat
Thanks for replie

Are you sure the trenches were filled in all the way before connecting the conacts? Are you positive everything is connected?

Checked it with a magnifying glass, pits & bridges looked fine but I guess I have missed something.I'll grab my meter tommorow
I can't clean off the pits I used superglue ,shouldn't be a problem though ,it didnt spread beyond the pits ,if I need to add more insulation I'm going to use candle wax next time.

If just 1 bridge doesn't connect will that stop all multipliers from working? ,I thought it would only stop some of them,?

 

[ObiDon]

<< If just 1 bridge doesn't connect will that stop all multipliers from working? ,I thought it would only stop some of them,? >>


You are correct. If you have some broken bridges, some multipliers will still work. If you are really bored/patient then you can figure out which bridges to redo based on which multipliers DON'T work. For example, if none of your x.5 multipliers work, then your 1st bridge needs to be redone.

 

[Assimilator1]

Thanks ,I guess I should of mentioned that none of them are working

 

[Assimilator1]

Well I give up ,I reckon my XP is unlockable.

I re did some of the contacts(some were not joined) & then checked them with my multimeter.
There are no shorts between earth & the L1 bridges ,all come out at about 330 (or was it 630?) ohms
There are no shorts between each of the L1 bridges
There is continuity within the bridges
I also visually checked them with a magnifying glass

Default multiplier is x10 ,if I set anything below that it fails to boot ,if I set anything higher it doesn't make any difference:|
I don't know how some people manage to find it easy especially considering how small the contacts are.I've wasted hours doing & then redoing the contacts to get them right & it still didn't work:disgust:

I may mess around with the other bridges to get a multiplier of x10.5 at some point.

So unless someone has any brillant ideas ,b*ll*cks to it!,I've wasted enough time

Thanks anyway guys