Pencil trick and new 1.1ghz T-Bird

[nightflier2k]

Just got my CPU today the 1.1ghz t-bird....i've seen a lot about this so called pencil trick and still not exactly sure what it does. Im not into overclocking but if connecting the bridges with a pencil will give me increased performance without having to do anything eles I'll do it....I dont want to really mess around with a bunch of other stuff right now.
So could someone please explain this to me and should i do it?
Thanks in advance!

oh and how can i tell if i do indeed have a 1.1ghz chip as im not going to put the sys together for aq few weeks. #'s on the core?

 

[Insomnium]

Connecting the bridges on the CPU will simply allow you to change the chip's multiplier in the bios for overclocking purposes, it offers no performance benefit whatsoever unless you do actually overclock. If you won't be overclocking, then there's no point in doing it. If you think you might want to try sometime down the road, connect the bridges with something more permanent, like loctite.

The numbers on the CPU will help you identify the chip, so you can do a search on the web to see what kind of TBird you have.

 

[nightflier2k]

Ok thanks for the info on the Pencil trick..thats what I wanted to know.
What do you mean by search the net for the #'s. Could you point me to a web site to expalin the #'s?
Thanks Again!

 

[Insomnium]

Hmm, I heard some people talking about a site like that, but I don't know myself as to what the address is or if it actually exists. Ask some people in these forums, they'll know. Unfortunately, i don't.

 

[Viperoni]

overclockers.com

That's the link to site where the CPU database is at.
The numbers on the actual tiny core of the chip do mean a lot, they give you all kinda of information
If you wouldn't mind writing them down somewhere and posting it here, we could tell you what kind of overclocking success you should have.

NOTE: If you just put on your heatsink for the first time, and it has a "Thermal Interface Material" pad on the bottom (ultra thin sticky sorta thing...bubble gum like), DO NOT REMOVE YOUR HEATSINK!!!
Unless you are ready to remove all of the interface material and apply thermal paste

 

[nightflier2k]

I'll check out that site after posting this message..Thanks
The Numbers on the CPU are as follows:

A1100AMT3B
AJFA0043EPAW
Y5805260187
1999 AMD

 

[trueimage]

that is a week 43 tbird 1100 mhz

 

[nightflier2k]

Do you mean weak or week as in calander week? How can you tell that and what does that really mean?
Thanks!

 

[ChrisIsBored]

AJFA0043EPAW

Calendar week... the lower the week, the older the cpu, the less it's performance abilities allow it to over-clock at high rates.

If I were you I would buy a cheapy duron and use that to play around before you do something bad to your t-bird and regret it. ;]

- Chris

 

[techg]

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q2/000605/t-bird-03.html

i think that might be exactly what youre looking for

 

[nightflier2k]

Techg
Just what i was looking for!
thanks bud!

 

[Ulysses]

For info on overclocking the Athlon, see AnandTech's article on overclocking or this Ace's Hardware article.

Overclocking is not very difficult and can be done quickly and safely if you know what you are doing and have all the components on hand. Even if you don't want to overclock, you can learn a lot about your PC by reading about overclocking.