I know that the multiplier on a Duron CPU can't be upped untill the CPU is unlocked but I thought the multiplier could be dropped lower then the CPU's defualt setting even without unlocking the CPU, but when I try it my system won't boot.
The reason I want to do this is I have a Duron 650 and I just got some 133mhz crucial ram and I want to run the FSB at 133mhz, but if I put the FSB upto 133mhz with a defualt 6.5 multiplier I'll have to run the CPU at 864mhz and this is too high for my CPU with its very average HSF.
I tried leaving the FSB at defualt 100mhz and taking the multiplier down to 6 ( so its not a problem with fualty ram or anything) but my monitor just doesn't come on at all and I have to turn my PC off for a while, then when I turn it back on it boots but with the multiplier reset back to 6.5.
Please help me cos I really don't want to have to unlock the CPU.
EDIT: the subject should have read like this "Why can't I turn the multiplieir down on my LOCKED Duron????
The reason I want to do this is I have a Duron 650 and I just got some 133mhz crucial ram and I want to run the FSB at 133mhz, but if I put the FSB upto 133mhz with a defualt 6.5 multiplier I'll have to run the CPU at 864mhz and this is too high for my CPU with its very average HSF.
I tried leaving the FSB at defualt 100mhz and taking the multiplier down to 6 ( so its not a problem with fualty ram or anything) but my monitor just doesn't come on at all and I have to turn my PC off for a while, then when I turn it back on it boots but with the multiplier reset back to 6.5.
Please help me cos I really don't want to have to unlock the CPU.
EDIT: the subject should have read like this "Why can't I turn the multiplieir down on my LOCKED Duron????