My 1.4 only 1.050?

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elimcpheron

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<< Set the multiplier to 12.5X and it will jump to 1400MHz.

There is no 1400MHz Thunderbird on the 133fsb.

Of course someone had to correct me before he tried it. :)
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naw, i have a 1.4ghz and my multiplier is fixed at 10.5 on this a7m266 and im getting 1.4ghz out of it
 

UglyCasanova

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Ok, back from work. THis is what I ordered from newegg: AMD ATHLON THUNDERBIRD 1.4GHz 266MHz FSB Socket A PGA PROCESSOR.

It shows a C after the number. 1.400C. Does this mean that it is rounding off or what?
 

UglyCasanova

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<< yes, C = "close enough" >>



then why does it do it on this one, but not on mine which has the exact same processor? Does it have to do with the fact that it is different motherboards?
 

neutralizer

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This happened on my EP-8KHA+, but it only detected the wrong speed for the ram. It was set to SPD, but I changed it to 133.
 

Bozo Galora

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sorry, my bad - I dont know what I was thinking.

'C' is actually a heat gradient. This is the temperature your Athlon will reach in 7 seconds with no HSF:
1400 Deg. Centigrade

(This was documented on Toms Hardware guide)
 

ST4RCUTTER

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(This was documented on Toms Hardware guide)

Oh, well that settles it! If it came from Tom's Hardware, it must be right...



;)
 

SammyBoy

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arg.....too bad people rely on people to build them computers when they have no clue what they are doing wow.
 

jamie2833

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if the CPU is still locked then unlock it and bump up the clock to 14 x 100, if it's for a neighbour then they aint gonna know much difference between a 1400 on a 100 or 133 bus, will they?
am i dumb for what i just said?
 

pillage2001

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<< if the CPU is still locked then unlock it and bump up the clock to 14 x 100, if it's for a neighbour then they aint gonna know much difference between a 1400 on a 100 or 133 bus, will they?
am i dumb for what i just said?
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Bandwidth between the CPU and the memory would be less. Not that you'll notice a speed diff. :)
 

xWeston

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give this guy a break

just set it to 10.5x133

that will give you an FSB of 266 (like newegg said). Currently you are running 200mhz fsb.

10.5x133 is the correct way to run it. the C doesnt mean close enough, it's the athlon revision like somebody else said.
Just do it and kill the thread already
 

Bozo Galora

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<<so..1400 x 133.. = the close enough heat of the multplier bus? >>


exactly. You got it now.

(Hope this helped)
 

elimcpheron

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<< sorry, my bad - I dont know what I was thinking.

'C' is actually a heat gradient. This is the temperature your Athlon will reach in 7 seconds with no HSF:
1400 Deg. Centigrade

(This was documented on Toms Hardware guide)
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now i know what to do if im stranded in a blizzard and frostbite starts to overtake me :p
 

jamie2833

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look i know that you dont want to confuse this guy about how to unlock or anything but i would have thought if you can build a computer you can unlock a CPU.
also if you have crappy RAM a higher FSB can sometimes make it unstable, i have absolutely CRAP RAM and i cant go above 112 even though i have an ATHLON 1.4 C, 133FSB and an ASUS A7V133-R.