Darth Saul
07-27-03, 11:05 AM
I'm having some problems oc'ing my Palomino 2000+
Here's the story so far:
I tried to unlock the multipliers by connecting L1 bridges using Highspeed's unlocking kit. This was successful, Palomino is now unlocked.
Then I tried to reverse the L10 bridges by breaking the closed bridge (scraping with a sharp, tiny nail). Didn't work, the computer used LO settings.
Then I tried the "battery" method. I took battery charger, connected it to L10 and gave 12V. I got some nice sparks (some from the wires, some from the CPU...). The good news is, I didn't fry the CPU. The bad news is, I didn't manage to blow the bridge either...
Then I retried the nail method. In the end, I had scraped quite deep, deeper than the factory made cuts, but still all I had was LO settings.
Whether the L10 bridges were joined by conductive crease or not (and no matter which ones were connected), all I got was LO settings.
So, I thought to try the socket method. I took a thin copper string, and connected AJ27 and AH26 holes. SUCCESS!!! I had HI multipliers available.
Unfortunately, that is not the happy ending.
The HI multipliers work just nicely, but the FSB does not. I get only 100 MHz, but not 133 MHz.
Actually, I can get like 120 MHz (probably even 132 MHz, haven't tried) but not 133 MHz or anything over.
I have tried different BIOS settings, different speeds and jumper mode, but no can do. All I get is 100 MHz with HI multipliers (works only with the socket method, like described above), or LO multipliers with 133 MHz.
Is there something I have overlooked, or does my mobo just simply suck? I have Asus A7V266-C.
Unfortunately, that mobo doesn't allow locking the buses, so a good idea of running HI multipliers with 132 MHz FSB is out of the question, unless I want to fry my SCSI adapters, TV cards and stuff...
I think it is weird. I mean, I can nicely get 20x 110 MHz, but not 13x 133 MHz...
So it is not question of speed as such, or temperatures or voltage. It is something weird like HI multipliers and 133 MHz FSB not liking each other much...
Hope you guys can think of something, otherwise I'm going back to 12.5x, and have just wasted three days for nothing... :mad:
Here's the story so far:
I tried to unlock the multipliers by connecting L1 bridges using Highspeed's unlocking kit. This was successful, Palomino is now unlocked.
Then I tried to reverse the L10 bridges by breaking the closed bridge (scraping with a sharp, tiny nail). Didn't work, the computer used LO settings.
Then I tried the "battery" method. I took battery charger, connected it to L10 and gave 12V. I got some nice sparks (some from the wires, some from the CPU...). The good news is, I didn't fry the CPU. The bad news is, I didn't manage to blow the bridge either...
Then I retried the nail method. In the end, I had scraped quite deep, deeper than the factory made cuts, but still all I had was LO settings.
Whether the L10 bridges were joined by conductive crease or not (and no matter which ones were connected), all I got was LO settings.
So, I thought to try the socket method. I took a thin copper string, and connected AJ27 and AH26 holes. SUCCESS!!! I had HI multipliers available.
Unfortunately, that is not the happy ending.
The HI multipliers work just nicely, but the FSB does not. I get only 100 MHz, but not 133 MHz.
Actually, I can get like 120 MHz (probably even 132 MHz, haven't tried) but not 133 MHz or anything over.
I have tried different BIOS settings, different speeds and jumper mode, but no can do. All I get is 100 MHz with HI multipliers (works only with the socket method, like described above), or LO multipliers with 133 MHz.
Is there something I have overlooked, or does my mobo just simply suck? I have Asus A7V266-C.
Unfortunately, that mobo doesn't allow locking the buses, so a good idea of running HI multipliers with 132 MHz FSB is out of the question, unless I want to fry my SCSI adapters, TV cards and stuff...
I think it is weird. I mean, I can nicely get 20x 110 MHz, but not 13x 133 MHz...
So it is not question of speed as such, or temperatures or voltage. It is something weird like HI multipliers and 133 MHz FSB not liking each other much...
Hope you guys can think of something, otherwise I'm going back to 12.5x, and have just wasted three days for nothing... :mad: