Is it really neccesary for the athlon to ......

[The o/c freak]

Hi guys,

Is it really true that you have to get one of the special devices to be able to o/c the athlon???
Isn't there another way to do this???

If there isn't I will buy the device, but I wanna be sure there is no other way.

Please help me on this one.

Thanx in advance.

Pim.

[OuTpaTienT]

Sure it's easy. Just get out your soldering iron, and desolder the little resistors that control the core speed, rearange to set the speed higher, then resolder them to the Athlons circut board. Piece of cake.

How big are these little resistors? you ask. Pull a nickel out of your pocket, look at the back of it, see where it says "FIVE CENTS", look at the "E" in five, that's about how big the resistors are.

Have I made my point yet? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif It's not something you want to attempt on your own. Get an o/c card. They're worth the $30-$50 they cost. I personally would not pay over $50 for one.

[On the Lam]

I've heard rumors of software yet to be written that can change the multiplier through the bios, but they are rumors and are unsubstantiated. So you can get a o/c card, or wait indefinitely for software that may never come...

[The o/c freak]

Well OutPatient,

thanx for the advice, but I think I'll stick with the device.
I don't wanna mess up my little beauty.

You wouldn't happen to know where I can order one of these little thingies through the internet, would ya???

Thanx a lot,

Pim.

[CMonster]

o/c freak - start here: http://www.sysopt.com/reviews/freespeed/index.html

...try to get to the Sysopt home a little more often, you may be overlooking valuable resources

[The o/c freak]

Well Cmonster,

Thanx for the link and the advice.

I'll come and look more often, cause I got this feeling ya might be right.

Thanx again.

Pim.

[The o/c freak]

Hey CMonster,

Is the msi 6167 board suited to o/c an athlon??
Because that is what they mention in the article.

I'm not sure if it is, so maybe you know??!!

Thanx again.

Pim.

[Jamie]

the msi is a good board perhabs the best because of stability asus k7m is also good and you can do a little finetuning for the fsb but don't expect bx values more than a stable 110 fsb is mostly not possible
i myself am waiting for the software because
h.oda maker of softfsb is writting it and it functioned in a not released dos version and is also when not yet enabled planned in this prog http://cgi2.tky.3web.ne.jp/~nrklv/nrklv/cgi-bin/softdl.cgi?wa2g100.exe
which can change the athlons l2 divisor. i think oda can do it . i will wait
some time
most important gold finger devices can not change l2 divisor so your L2 will be limiting your overclock because it always must handle 1/2speed of your cpu
when odas prog can cange both in hopefully very near future you first set your l2 to 2/5 or 1/3 divisor and then raise your multiplier
@ CMONSTER you see i have a new toy http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
athlon is cool

[OuTpaTienT]

Well, that is one o/c device...there are about 15 other to choose from however.

One of our forum members recently put together this great page: http://www.anative.com/goldfinger/ of Athlon o/c'ing devices.

[OuTpaTienT]

Hey o/c freak, what's the deal with your email address, or lack thereof. Don't trust us?

[The o/c freak]

Hi 0utpatient,

About my email address;

I used to be registered under my own name, which is Pim, but for some reason, when I had to change browser, I wasn't able to use my old registration.

But if ya really wanna know, it is pim@tatung.nl

It's from work, so I also can't just go blabbing it around ya know, the boss don't like that very much.

See ya.

Pim.