LOCKED Multiplier on the P4 HT?

[jam3]

What the heck? I just bought a

retail p4 800fsb 2.8 HT
MSI NEO 875P


And the CPU ratio says "Locked" in the BIOS?!?!? What the heck did I set something wrong? Or is Intel Locking their chips still. I thought they stopped doing this?

 

[MachoDonut]

Intel has been and still are locking the multipliers on their processors. If you want to overclock it, the FSB is your only way to go.

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: jam3
What the heck? I just bought a

retail p4 800fsb 2.8 HT
MSI NEO 875P


And the CPU ratio says "Locked" in the BIOS?!?!? What the heck did I set something wrong? Or is Intel Locking their chips still. I thought they stopped doing this?

Intel has always locked the chips since the P2 days

 

[jam3]

Damn i really thought they stopped doing this, what a bummer.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

i was almost sure they started lockeing back from P1's..
in anycase, yah htey are locked unless u find an engineering sample

 

[OddTSi]

Where are these rumors coming from that Intel unlocked their latest CPUs? There's been a couple of threads just here with people thinking this, and I've encoutered threads on several other forums as well as people at school that I talk to thinking the same thing. Who is spreading these rumors?

 

[AthlonXP]

Wow.

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: OddTSi
Where are these rumors coming from that Intel unlocked their latest CPUs? There's been a couple of threads just here with people thinking this, and I've encoutered threads on several other forums as well as people at school that I talk to thinking the same thing. Who is spreading these rumors?

Maybe the occasional engineering sample makes its way into public hands.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs

Originally posted by: OddTSi
Where are these rumors coming from that Intel unlocked their latest CPUs? There's been a couple of threads just here with people thinking this, and I've encoutered threads on several other forums as well as people at school that I talk to thinking the same thing. Who is spreading these rumors?

Maybe the occasional engineering sample makes its way into public hands.

its like that telephone game

person 1: holy **** my unlocked 2.4C ES is da bomb!
person 2: omg omg they have unlocked 2.4C ES's!! (which would be a no brainer lol...)
person 3: yipee! time to tell every ocer i know this fact
person 4: *goes to store* can i get a p4 2.4C ES
salesman: Here you go, i dunno what u meant by the ES part but this is a 2.4C. They dont even make 2.4C ES afaik, its prbably just some blurb u herad. Or maybe some store labels them differently, so they added on ES to the end...
person 4: yah i dunno probably, my friend just heard it and told me. Well whatever thx very much.

*person 4 goes home, put it in*: wth, why does it say LOCKED!!!!??

lol