Why is my Celeron 800 multiplier locked?

[ReZeN]

Its in a abit bh6 v1.0x with a slotket that works now but it has no jumpers on it... (had a overclock thing on the corner so i turned that on) andthe most the bios would let me do is increase the fsb...

anyway of of unlocking the multiplier and should i be increasing the voltage when increasing the clock speed....

thanks

[Hellmund]

There no easy common easy way of unlocking a intel cpu since the PII. Rumoredly some russians devised a way long ago but it's generally accepted u can't unlock a multiplier on an intel cpu. Only reason to increase the voltage is if a chip isn't stable at the speed u put it to, adding extra voltage can ofter make a chip run stable.

[LostBok]

I think a lot of the Slot1 P3's are unlocked... but Celerons have been multiplier locked for a LONG while... mostly due to their incredibly overclockability... a victim of their own success... that 800Mhz could probably get up to 8 x 133Mhz, if your motherboard supports 33Mhz PCI at that speed, but I doubt it would... I know my BX doesn't - means I'm stuck at 112Mhz FSB overclocks, otherwise some of the PCI cards get unstable...

Higher Voltage = higher stability at higher clock speeds....

Higher clock speeds = more heat.

Higher Voltage = more heat.

Do you wan tto do the maths? You can bump the voltage up a bit to improve stability at higher clock speeds, but make sure you keep that baby cool!

[RADAR1797]

All PIIIs are multiplier locked. There has not been an unlocked Intel CPU produced since Aug 98.

-RADAR