Luck out or fantasy

blackdog · May 8, 2003, 03:22 PM

Tell me if what I'm seeing is right pls. The other day I decided to try oc'ing my 2500+ barton, I simply moved the multiplier from 11.0 to 12.0 and rebooted and when the bios screen came up it said Athlon xp @ 2000mhz. The chip normally runs at 1830mhz, and the boot up screen says Athlon XP 2500+ on boot. Did I luck into an unlocked chip or am I seeing things, just needed another opinion Thx.

tek · May 9, 2003, 12:02 AM

You probably bought an unlocked chip (you lucky motherf0cker) Good job man, now set the memory timings and adjust the VCORE if you need.. dont ask me bout that tho, ask the pro's

~~craig588~~ · May 9, 2003, 01:41 AM

Drop the multiplier down to 10x and bring the FSB to 200. You might want to raise the vcore to 1.65 or so. Raise the vram high, it can take it and needs it, bring it to like 3.1. I'm not exactly sure if you have cheap ram though, because cheap ram can't take it.

Darksider · May 9, 2003, 07:21 AM

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Originally posted by craig588
Drop the multiplier down to 10x and bring the FSB to 200. You might want to raise the vcore to 1.65 or so. Raise the vram high, it can take it and needs it, bring it to like 3.1. I'm not exactly sure if you have cheap ram though, because cheap ram can't take it.

Setting the memory voltage to 3.1 is probably not a good idea, depending on the type of RAM. 2.8 is usually a good max for most memory out there.

Vampyromaniac · May 9, 2003, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by blackdog
Did I luck into an unlocked chip or am I seeing things, just needed another opinion Thx.

What kind of motherboard do you have?
If it is an nForce2, then your mobo did it for you

Motherboards with nForce2 chipset automatically unlock all AthlonXP's based on a Thoroughbred-B or Barton core.

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 9, 2003, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by tek
You probably bought an unlocked chip (you lucky motherf0cker) Good job man, now set the memory timings and adjust the VCORE if you need.. dont ask me bout that tho, ask the pro's

hey mines the same way, i have a 2500+ reatil box ! asus borad allow you to oc jumperless ... no need to unlock.... lest thats my experiance has been....

i pished it to 2800+ and only gained 3C of heat ....

just image how hight it could go.... but i need/ want to do some more mods first........
I will play more later ... when i pick up a radeon 9800 or geforce fx 5800/5900

blackdog · May 9, 2003, 12:14 PM

First of all thx for replies, yes it is an nForce 2 and am running Kingston Hyper-x (1024mb) ram. Will try your suggestions this weekend.

May 8, 2003, 03:22 PM	#1
blackdog HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Frozen North of 49 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	Luck out or fantasy Tell me if what I'm seeing is right pls. The other day I decided to try oc'ing my 2500+ barton, I simply moved the multiplier from 11.0 to 12.0 and rebooted and when the bios screen came up it said Athlon xp @ 2000mhz. The chip normally runs at 1830mhz, and the boot up screen says Athlon XP 2500+ on boot. Did I luck into an unlocked chip or am I seeing things, just needed another opinion Thx.

May 9, 2003, 12:02 AM	#2
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	You probably bought an unlocked chip (you lucky motherf0cker) Good job man, now set the memory timings and adjust the VCORE if you need.. dont ask me bout that tho, ask the pro's __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

May 9, 2003, 01:41 AM	#3
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	Drop the multiplier down to 10x and bring the FSB to 200. You might want to raise the vcore to 1.65 or so. Raise the vram high, it can take it and needs it, bring it to like 3.1. I'm not exactly sure if you have cheap ram though, because cheap ram can't take it.

May 9, 2003, 12:14 PM	Thread Starter #7
blackdog HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Frozen North of 49 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0	First of all thx for replies, yes it is an nForce 2 and am running Kingston Hyper-x (1024mb) ram. Will try your suggestions this weekend.