- Joined
- May 17, 2003
- Location
- England-Leeds
I have a funny problem with my 1800 JIXHB after I cut the 5th L5 bridge to get higher multis. The main fault was my own when I cut the two bridges next to the 5th as my scalpel slipped
But I managed to get the chip going again by reconnecting all the bridges with silver paint (electrical paint not silver gloss so you dont try it at home ). But now it defaults to 16.5 rather than the 11.5 I should get if all the bridges were connected (except the 0.5 1st bridge which is cut by default on an 1800 xp). Soooo, I tried using 7x multi to get actual of 15x with the 8x being high, and it boots fine up to 120 ish FSB whereas 16.5x can do up to around 136 and is definitly stable at 133 which is enough for now. But I am confused as to why it would prefer such a stupidly high multi over 15x which is kinda what I wanted to start with. Could a bad quality connection on one of the bridges make it not do over a certain FSB on one multi? I was assuming that the actual voltage or whatever going across the bridges was very small, so just a basic connection should do. There is no visible damage to any of the core or pins at all.
Any ideas boffins ?
But I managed to get the chip going again by reconnecting all the bridges with silver paint (electrical paint not silver gloss so you dont try it at home ). But now it defaults to 16.5 rather than the 11.5 I should get if all the bridges were connected (except the 0.5 1st bridge which is cut by default on an 1800 xp). Soooo, I tried using 7x multi to get actual of 15x with the 8x being high, and it boots fine up to 120 ish FSB whereas 16.5x can do up to around 136 and is definitly stable at 133 which is enough for now. But I am confused as to why it would prefer such a stupidly high multi over 15x which is kinda what I wanted to start with. Could a bad quality connection on one of the bridges make it not do over a certain FSB on one multi? I was assuming that the actual voltage or whatever going across the bridges was very small, so just a basic connection should do. There is no visible damage to any of the core or pins at all.
Any ideas boffins ?