Using the Conductive Ink pen, how long.....

[Valnir]

do I need to let it sit and dry??

 

[phatboi]

i would recommend you let it sit for at least a min. then b4 you apply tape for the next bridge let it sit for a few more mins. better safe then sorry. i just let mine sit, then surfed the net, checked mail, then came back and did the next one.

 

[Valnir]

Thanx

I took a chance and just didn't tape off the side. It's working fine so far, hehe. My Mp 1600+ (1.4ghz) running at 1.6ghz at 35*C.

 

[BraeBrae]

<< Thanx

I took a chance and just didn't tape off the side. It's working fine so far, hehe. My Mp 1600+ (1.4ghz) running at 1.6ghz at 35*C. >>



Please explain what you did for those people never haven owned an AMD processor (let alone XP) before. Considering the minute increments that produce +100 on the AMD rating scale (1600, 1700, etc) what would your OC XP/MP be marketed as?

 

[Valnir]

Edit: Argh hit enter too quick, hehe

Ok so anyways, to unlock my Athlon Mp 1600+ (1.4ghz) I followed Tom's Athlon Xp Unlocking Guide. I didn't have to do the part with the super glue because the Athlon Mp's don't have the laser cut through the L1 connectors like the Athlon Xp's do.

To make the connection I use a Chemtronics Circuit Works CW2200STP Conductive Pen, which I picked up at a local electronics store.

When I was connecting the L1's I didn't tape off the lefthand side (*side with the Triangle*) because I didn't want the tape to pick up any of the "ink". If you want to be super safe, you need to tape off that left side though you have to wait for the ink to dry to do it.

So after I made the connections, I applied some Arctic Silver 2 thermal compound following their install guide. I followed it exactly, meaning I appliedt to both the Cpu and Heatsink (wiping it off the heatsink of course).

And then finally I installed the Cpu and Heatsink into my system. I'm not a big fan of overclocking the bus speed, thus the reason I wanted to unlock my Cpu. So I went into the bios (SoftMenu III), set the Core Voltage to 1.85v, set the Multiplier 12x, and kept the bus at 133mhz. That equals = 1.6ghz. Only bad thing is that there is no 12.5x multiplier and the only one left is the 13x. Haven't tried that yet, cause I have a feeling it's just going to map back to 12 anyways.

So I proceed to load Windows Xp, and check the system info and my Cpu comes up as an Athlon Xp 1900+.

My System is as follows:

Athlon Mp 1600+
Abit Kr7a non-raid
Antec Sx1040b
Ati Radeon 8500 retail
Hercules Game Theater Xp
768mb of Crucial Pc2100**
60gb & 40gb Maxtor 7200rpm Ata133 drives
Plextor 2410a
Pioneer 106s 16x DVD

** I actually had 4 sticks, but came to find out that the Kr7a will only support 4 sticks of REGISTERED ram and not the unbuffered ram that I have, despite saying otherwise on their website.