Is there's a way to unlock a P3 multiplier?

[Sato]

either form bios or physically, anyone ever done this before...

 

[AndyHui]

No, no and no.

 

[DongTran]

to clarify in case you couldn't read between the lines, no

 

[bacillus]

no but if you look long & hard enough, an engineering sample will come unlocked!

 

[AndyHui]

Strictly speaking, rather than "un-locked", an Engineering Sample does not have a lock. There is no way to unlock a processor once it has had the fuse locks blown.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It's quite easy actually, just get an AMD CPU *dons flame retardant suit*

 

[LuciferHaze]

As Dirty Harry would say, "You're sh!t outta luck." Intel locked their CPU's supposedly to stop disreputable vendors from selling overclocked processors at an overclocked price, if you know what I mean.

 

[rcraig]

Like LuciferHaze said. Just don't confuse disreputable vendors who sell overclocked processors at an overclocked price with reputable venders who sell overclocked processors at an overclocked-but-less-than-full price for a comparable speed chip.

 

[MrBond]

Actually, I've seen lots of "Pentium 2 450" systems, that when opened, reveal a chip with no plastic case (read: a celery 300/a that has been overclocked), so there might be some truth to it.

I wonder how many people out there now have OC'ed durons and don't even know it. The 1.1 Tbird I bought hits 1.3 at stock voltage, and you couldn't ever tell it was a 1.1 unless you pop the HSF off of it.

 

[Olias]

Just buy a P3-E (100MHz FSB) and run it at 133MHz FSB. a 33% overclock without much effort. I have 2 that do it nicely.

550E -> 733
700E -> 933