how do i unlock an AMD athlon XP 2600+ post week 43?

[Amp4027]

Hello,
I have a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ specs:
AXDA2600DKV3D
T842183B40112
AIXJB0407RPCW

i have read many articles and it doesnt state how to unlock the multiplier.
Here is a pic of my CPU's laser pits.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3703/me0035ft.th.jpg

if that doesnt work here is the direct link

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3703/me0035ft.jpg

it is a post week 43 i think? (0407)

here is my system specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
ASUS A7V8X-MX SE mobo w/ KM400 chipset
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
1024mb PC2700 (166MHz) DDR-SDRAM

thanks

[tiamat63]

Wonder if that L12 mod will work with those? - Somebody check on that

Is that a mobile 2600?

[cadaveca]

should be unlocked already. 333fsb Tbird.

[Amp4027]

@ Seperah
no im pretty sure it is not a moble

@cadaveca
Tbird??? i dont think so. CPU-Z says it is a thoroughbred-B (Family: 6, Model: 8, stepping: 1)
its multiplier is locked at 12.5 and the FSB is 166mhz

[cadaveca]

lol that's what i meant. Lol. thouroughbred. too many cores have gone by!

333fsb=166mhz DDR.

Which board is it in? some boards jsut don't support multi adjustment, but there cpu should not be unlocked....it post week 43 year 03, i tihnk...lol...been a while.


There's a thread here somewhere with a pic of the cpu i unlocked.

[Amp4027]

motherboard: ASUS A7V8X-MX SE w/ KM400 chipset

i looked thru all the threads and i couldnt find it. maybe it got deleted??

[cadaveca]

here ya go....

[Amp4027]

so just fill in th ebridge closest to "L5"?

i saw that pic b4 and it said something like u took that pic after undoing the mod or sumthin like that

[cadaveca]

Well, i did the mod as was described online for bartons, and i found that it didn't work for thoroughbreds. SO i un-did the mod, tried many different things, and the pic is of the end result.

Afterwords, i removed the mod, and that chip is still running today, making monthly trips across the world in a shuttle.

[SteveI]

If the mod works on the CPU, you still have to have a via board to utilize it.

If you have an NF2 board, odds are you won't have multiplier control still.

[Amp4027]

@cadaveca
how did that happen??? orbiting the world?? u work 4 NASA or sumthin?

@ SteveI
i have a VIA chipset so it should work then, correct??

[SteveI]

Not certain, but.... When it was the hot thing being talked about, people were saying that the mod worked on VIA chipset boards, but there was only one or 2 NF2 boards that could give multiplier control. I never tried it myself, so take it with a grain of salt.

[QSDT]

I only thought that the ''seprons'' (something like that spelling not to good) where locked?

[Amp4027]

i tried to do that mod and it didnt work
maybe i didnt fill the laser pit right, maybe not =(
i guess ill just save up to get a new CPU its time 2 get 1 anyway.
what is a good AMD athlon 64 x2(dual-core) to get and how overclockable are they and what needs to be done to unlock them?

[Pitch]

Originally Posted by Amp4027

what is a good AMD athlon 64 x2(dual-core) to get and how overclockable are they and what needs to be done to unlock them?

They don't overclock well atall, but they are unlocked from stock.

[yogurt_21]

goodness how long has it been? the pencil trick should still work on the t-breds now where did all those articles get off too?

[WonderBread]

Originally Posted by Amp4027

@cadaveca
how did that happen??? orbiting the world?? u work 4 NASA or sumthin?

i think cadaveca ment a shuttle cpu.

[SteveI]

Originally Posted by yogurt_21

goodness how long has it been? the pencil trick should still work on the t-breds now where did all those articles get off too?

The pencil trick was on T-birds in a ceramic package. The T-breds and newer use an organic package that is soft, coupled with laser pits, not viable with pencil. ... Reminds me, I've got an AXIA 1g Tbird that is locked... I used a windshield defrost repair kit on it years ago, which worked great.