Unlocking a Sempron 3000+?

[sdack]

I know these questions have been posted over and over again, however do I not find any satisfying answers to them. Maybe most people are just clueless about them (like me).

I'm trying to unlock a Sempron 3000+. That should be like unlocking a Barton. Now there are many methods - paint, pencil, wire, strip ... - but they all seem to fail for newer processors. Is that correct?

There are processors which are locked and some which are super-locked. The locked ones are dated before a week 39 and/or have an identifier that starts with AXDA. Is that correct?

The super-locked ones are all those available in shops now with the exception being only the mobile Athlons and the FX series. Correct?

There is a method of turning a super-locked (socket A) CPU into its mobile version but which only works with some chipsets. The nVidia nForce2 does not support changing the multiplier of mobile Athlons (or Athlons modded to be mobile ones?). Is that correct?

Thanks for the clarification.

Sven

 

[Zap]

I have heard about modding (painting bridge?) on locked socket A chips to make them mobile. Don't know if this works on "superlocked" chips but I suspect they don't, otherwise people would be doing it.

Nforce2 supports mobile Athlons just fine. There is only one problem, not being able to use software tools from within Windows to change multiplier. That only works with VIA chipsets, and maybe SiS.

Another "problem" can arise from using a mobile Athlon on a motherboard that does not have multiplier adjustments because the CPU runs at a default 6X multiplier.

I'd hazard a guess that any CPU marked Sempron for socket A will be superlocked.

If you have to have a socket A CPU, may as well pick up a mobile Athlon XP before they disappear from the market.