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renob
06-10-01, 12:42 PM
Thanks for any info
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06-10-01, 04:55 PM
1.4 that locks anything above 1.4 in windows. will boot to windows at 1.6 though. (locks shortly after) going to upgrade ram and psu.
Tomas
06-10-01, 05:07 PM
hmm maybe its some new anti oc thingie amd has putted in theyr cpus?? I have heard about more ppl having the same prob.
jeff_harrison_344
06-10-01, 05:25 PM
I dont get it, one of the reasons that makes AMD so damn popular is the fact that they O/C a lot better! So why would AMD put an ANTI O/C thing in em?

I know because people may sell them at a higher clock setting blah blah blah, but that hasnt been a problem so far has it?
Tomas
06-10-01, 05:38 PM
nah it was just one of my wild guesses i really doubt they locked it.

But its strange that i have heard of so many ppl with the 1.4 freezing on any multipilere higher than the default and not heard of anyone sucsessfully oc it.
Megahurtz
06-10-01, 05:38 PM
Tomas (Jun 10, 2001 05:07 p.m.):
hmm maybe its some new anti oc thingie amd has putted in theyr cpus?? I have heard about more ppl having the same prob.

The 'T-bird' version of the Athlon does not have any thermal protection, hence 'clock throttling' isn't an issue. As to if, and how AMD will implement this in desktop Palomino remains a great unknown.

Unfortunately,or perhaps fortunately, the overclocking community represents but a tiny fraction of overall processor sales. You shouldn't correlate AMD's success as of late due to an increase in the level of overclocking. I think that we should all be happy with the manufacturers for allowing this hobby to not only continue to exist, but flourish.

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ken257
06-11-01, 05:05 PM
From what I have been reading it seems that most of the people having trouble are using Abit KT7A-R mobo's. Maybe this is just dumb luck or it could be an compatibility problem and may need a bios fix or just certain bios settings? My new 1.33 just arived, didn't have time to test it over the weekend so I will be trying it tonight on a KT7A-R and if that doesn't work I'll stick it in an Asus A7V133