Pencil Trick for overclocking T-bird stopped working!

[mcgrath]

Hey guys,

I am just wondering if anyone else has run into this problem. I had purchased a T-bird 800, and used a pencil to unlock the bridges. It worked great for a few days, then at times when I would boot my computer, I would get a cpu read of 600mHz. If i set the multiplier at 9 I get 500mHz. What's the deal? Im using MSI K7T Pro2 A motherboard. I also have tried to reproduce the connections, but evertime I run into the same problems. any suggestions?

thanks

 

[Serville]

I don't understand why some people keep having problem with their pencil trick. I have 2 Durons 700@1000 and 650@850. My 700@1000 has been running for about 3 months without a problem, and my 650@850 has run about 1 month. I used 2B pencil.

 

[Peter C.]

Erase the pencil marks and close the bridges again! I ran into the same troubles with my TB 800. Just recovering didn´t work. Then I cleaned the chip with a rubber and alcohol and closed the bridges again -----> everything is ok now, the baby runs @1000 again!

 

[mcgrath]

alcohol????

 

[Serville]

he is right. Using alcohol with cotton bud to clean the bridges.
When I did it, sometimes the pencil mark was not good enough from the look, so I also used alcohol to clean it.

 

[Wedesdo]

<< Then I cleaned the chip with a rubber and alcohol >>



a rubber? humm....

j/k of course

 

[mcgrath]

you know, I tried cleaning the pencil using an eraser and rubbing alcohol, but my motherboard still shows that it can overclock. Im having the same problems as before. very irritating. well, thanks guys