Topic: unlocking cpu

[jon996]

hi all, jus a quickieeee...
iv heard that to overclock my cpu, u need to "unlock" it. i have a 850 athlon  :'( yes yes dont laff! but is there anyway of gettin it up a lil bit faster...maybe 1gig?

annnd also i wanna buy a nu case for my pc so i was lookin at this one... http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1090104887&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=60387

is it a ripp off, is it crap, is it a good buy...lemme no, also leemme no if they are any better ones of less money or woteeeeva thanks!!!!

will my mobo fit??
 8) 8) 8)<-----------------jon

[Dack]

Case looks OK (I've gone for the solid aluminium mini cases recently so am a bit biased ).

Board should fit as they are pretty much a standard layout these days. (ATX, Micro ATX)

To unlock your Athlon (it is an Athlon and not a Duron right?) you need to bridge some marks on the chip.
Info here:
http://www.dansdata.com/socketas.htm

This is the link for the Duron.
http://www.gamepc.com/labs/print_content.asp?id=duron850&cookie%5Ftest=1

Your motherboard will have to support the new clock speed though.

[jon996]

cool, yes tis a athlon, but will this f*** my chip up will it?? is it a bit dodgy..?

but if i dus wot a greaaaaaat excuse 2 upgrade wahhey!!


that site is a bit over my head :-[ lol, cud some one put it in lame mans terms

[Dack]

Comes down to:

Look at top of chip
Get a 2B pencil
Draw lines to rejoin the L1 links i.e. turn ":" into "|" for the 4 lines.
Chip is then unlocked (so changing the multiplier and clock speed on your motherboard will then work).

Set clock and multiplier on board to 133/266 and 8 respectively.

If machine boots up then great, if not then try a lower multiplier.

If it doesn't want to overclock then remove the pencil marks with an eraser.

If you follow the first link and read the OVERCLOCKING section before trying then you should have no problems.

[jon996]

cheers dack. i shall do tht 2morrrrro, seems pretty harmless to put a coupla pencil lines on...

ow fast dyu recon it will go up too...


THANKS AGAIN

[Camstop]

The case looks good as long as you aint scared of WASPS!!!    :whistle:


So i doubt Simon will be getting it  

[jon996]

aww is lil simon scared of the littttle wasps??