Unclocked with pencil?

[Johnfarrow]

What is this and what models are affect by it

 

[Scootin159]

you mean "UNLOCKED with pencil". AMD Athlon Socket A chips, and AMD Duron chips come with the multiplier "locked". You can unlock the multiplier by connecting the L1 bridges with a pencil, which would aid in overclocking. Some of the newer (1.3ghz & up) thunderbirds come unlocked & don't need to be "penciled". You can find countless reviews on this technique online, just try: Anandtech (Anand did a review of it), Tomshardware.com, ect.).

 

[bacillus]

How to connect L1 Bridges on AMD's Duron and T-Bird CPUs.

 

[Johnfarrow]

WHAT DURONS NEED THIS

 

[Generalen]

I think all the Durons ar multiper locked, but it's very simple to unlock them.

 

[Scootin159]

All Durons are Multiplier Locked