3.4ghz Socket A Athlon XP-M

[Rondog]

Shown here: http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/200...barton-05.html

Says that if you connect the first L3 pin on a Barton cored multiplyers from 13.0 to 20.5 are possible. So thus 20.5x166=3403mhz.

I was curious. Is this the only pin you have to connect?

I have heard of many Athlon pin mods, so I was curious:

1. What is the L12 mod?
2. Can I get a multiplyer of 20.5 on a Barton if I connect the first L3 pin?
3. What is the L1 pin mod, connecting all the sets of pins on the L1, i think?

What other mods are there and what do they do?

[GrahamGarside]

You would never reach that speed though without some crazy phase change suib zero kinda thing going on

There are other mods to set cetain fsb speeds as default, do a search on here there are a ton of posts on the subject

[Rondog]

OK then. So 200mhz FSB is only possible with insane cooling. What about a multiplyer of 20.5?

[GrahamGarside]

No the 200mhz fsb is perfectly practicle, it's the high multiplier that isn't

[noorman]

I run a Mobile 2500+ on an Asus A7N8X-X at 11x210 ... on Air ...
Cooling --> a Arctic Cooling Copper Silent rev.2

(not the rig in the sig)

[Rondog]

But can if I do the L3 pin mod, can I get multiplyers up to 20.5. Even if I only use say 14. What other ways are the to unlock multiplyers?

[GrahamGarside]

Yeah you can use multipliers below that.

The only other way I know of is pretty much the same trick except rather than shorting pins you connect the bridges on the substrate, but thats far too fiddly to be practicle.

[Rondog]

So connecting that one L3 bridge, enables multiplyers from 13.0 and up?

[GrahamGarside]

Yes connecting the single L3 bridge enables those multipliers.

[Spion]

will this wire mod work on any barton cpu?
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/200...barton-07.html
i know that my 2500+ right now is locked, but will this make it so it will open the lower muli's? is it worth a shot even if it's super locked?

[Quentin]

Sorry, superlocked is superlocked and hardware mods don't help.

[SteveI]

Originally Posted by Quentin

Sorry, superlocked is superlocked and hardware mods don't help.

Not exactly... ever since the superlocked cpus came out, people have been looking for workarounds. While not the simplest task in the world, those with Via chipset mobos, some good dexterity for HW mods, software to access the notebook "power now!" functions, and some creativity thinking have been able to change multipliers in windows. Not the simplest method in the world, but to those who appreciate a challenge, it is possible. Personally, My locked bartons can barely do 2.2ghz anyway, so I was happy at 200+ fsb, so I never travelled that road.

[JALOOS]

I will have to agree;
Superlocked is just that superlocked.
When I owned XP 2500+ I tried the bridge and the wire mod no go for me.
As far as the other stuff goes you will have to decide if all that work for the gains is going to be worth the hassle.

[Rondog]

OK, got the issue solved. Im gonna buy an Athlon XP 3200+ (which is already set to 200mhz FSB) and then do the L3 pin mod and to enable multiplyers from 13.0 to 20.5 add my kick-arse cooling and start from there.

Thanks people.

[Quentin]

The XP3200+ will be superlocked unless it's old. If you have an nForce2 board what SteveI suggested won't work - only VIA and Sis chipsets.

It would be much better to get an unlocked CPU like the XP mobile or low voltage OEM Barton XP2500+, XP2600+ or XP2800+. These LV CPUs run at 1.5v (sometimes they're referred to as 55w DTRs). These CPUs are much superior to the XP3200+ and cheaper (if you can find one down under).

BTW, high multipliers aren't the way to go unless you have awful RAM. If you can get your FSB and RAM to 220, multipliers under 13 are all you need!

[Pandaz3]

Yes get a Mobile! They are the big dogs of Socket A!

[Rondog]

Yeah. I am getting a Mobile now. I though they were laptop chips and thus different sockets, I didnt know they were Socket A too. Whoops....

[Pandaz3]

I had heard the talk and ignored them too, best thing going though! I have two might get a third.

[Quentin]

I've got four and love each one - what bargains! The XP-M2600+ should overclock better but I'm happy with the XP-M2200+ and XP-M2400+, too. Got those first but if I were buying today I'd buy the XP-M2600+. I've never tried higher than 2.5GHz so all four work the same for me.

It took a while to sell my older TBreds and Bartons but I'm glad I upgraded to mobiles. In the end I almost broke even because mobiles are still cheap.

[shakey_shane]

Hi,
im new to the whole overclocking thingie but im proud to say that ive overclocked my AMD 2600+M to 2.2GHz at 1.5V but i could prob go higher cos my load temp is only 45-50C. Aircooled too.

ABit NF7 V2.0 mobo
Q-Tec 400W PSU
XP-M 2600+ @ 2.2GHz
80Gb HDD
512 GeIL PC3200 RAM
CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives

will be getting more RAM soon
what do u think of a newbies (at OCing) first rig?