Ok, which bridge do I connect/cut

[meson2000]

Ok, I have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard with an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
core processor.
I have the CPU currenly overclocked to 2800+ speed. I this is at stock voltage and stock FSB. My heat
has barely gone up at all. I know that this processor can easly make it to the 3000+ speed
rating with no issues. However, the BIOS on my motherboard has 12.5 as the highest
multiplier available. I read that you needed to mod your CPU in order to enable higher
multipliers than 12.5. (i.e. 13 for 3000+) Does anyone happen to know what bridge I need to mod or have a link
to a site that can show me???
Thanks.

 

[techfuzz]

I suggest you try using the wire trick as opposed to messing with the bridges.

Wire Trick

Using that as a guide, instead of trying to tie the two pins together, just put some wire in the two holes in the socket that correspond to the two pins. Use of small wire is the preferred method so your CPU doesn't sit off the socket thus making heatsink installation a bigger pain.

techfuzz

 

[LED]

The Pin trick only unlocks the Mults up to 12.5 so if you've topped out the FSB then you may have to cut the L3 bridge closest to the center of the square to access X13.
Edit=spelling

 

[johncar]

Originally posted by: meson2000
Ok, I have an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard with an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
core processor...the BIOS on my motherboard has 12.5 as the highest multiplier available. I read that you needed to mod your CPU in order to enable higher multipliers than 12.5. (i.e. 13 for 3000+) Does anyone happen to know what bridge I need to mod or have a link
to a site that can show me??? Thanks.

<a href="http://www.beachlink.com/candjac/index.htm">
http://www.beachlink.com/candjac/index.htm</A> link to Workarounds article. But note that the workaround for accessing the 13X and up range may not be as simple and "clean" as going the other way. And note that the 2500's 12X default Multiplier puts you in the "11X thru 12.5X special cases". Which might mean more mod, or at least getting into the bios asap after power on. Also note that some systems can't access 13X thru 14X afterwards.

1:-Read carefully the section under accessing the high range so you won't be too surprised at whatever happens.
2:-Link to Tbred article and print out the Table of Settings there, this will also let you anticipate what might happen, avoid surprises.
3:-We suggest the mod which solders a wire to socket AJ27 then connects it thru a switch/jumper/connector and a 100 ohm resistor to one of the nearby Vcc = Vcore sockets, identified at pics at end of article. This will reset the 5th bit HI without removing your CPU, and simply opening the connection restores CPU right back to 12X. No working/reworking bridges, CPU warranty stays intact.

Suggest also read Multiplier Code, Circuits, Tbred articles so you will "understand" what you're doing, instead of of trying to follow a cookbook "do this, do that" instruction.
John C.