Unlocking - some bridges?

[ima747]

So I blew out my beautifull 1800 trying to unlock it, so I have a 1700 on the way. I was wondering if I connects some of the bridges (i.e. trying to unlock and don't get enough paint on some to get a proper connection) if it would hurt anything... I would think no but then again I have no clue, just a guess...

[Tismedt]

Try unlocking with conductive grease. It is sooooo much easier and if you goof it cleans off with a wipe of a q-tip. You can get a little kit from highspeedpc (http://highspeedpc.com/) and it will give you all you need. Nice liitle kit for not a lot of $.
And to answer your question---- It depends on several things. If you cross connect the bridges yes you will most likely fry your chip. If you dont get enough conductive material and not complete 1 or 2 bridges then you will most likely get some but not all multies. Play it safe and go with the grease. Heres (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=113434&highlight=superglue) a thread that gives a lot of good IMO info about unlocking.
Good Luck
BTW why didnt you get the 1600 from newegg. Its a better CPU with better stepping

[ima747]

Forgive my obvious ignorance but what makes the 1600 better than the 1700?

[PCphreak]

Originally posted by ima747
Forgive my obvious ignorance but what makes the 1600 better than the 1700?

Nothing...what Tismedt is referring to, is the great stepping (AGOIA or AROIA) the 1600+ have that are coming from Newegg.com. Plus the 1600+ was cheaper than the 1700+. You get a 1700+ with the AGOIA or AROIA stepping you have just as good a overclocker as 1600+ AGOIA or AROIA. Why? Because they're the same chip. AMD makes CPUs. They "speed test" each CPU and bin them. As steppings get better the yields are better. So now we have more chips capable or 1.8GHz or better. Cheaper 1600+ sell better than more expensive 2000+ chips. Naturally your gonna have "2000+" chips marked as 1600+ chips and sold as 1600+. There is more diversity among the chips when the yields are lower (Like when XP's first came out, not all were capable of the fastest speed sold by AMD). Hope this helps...


-PC