And that idiot is me. I was trying to turn my athlon XP into a mobile and then cut the L6's to unlock all the multipliers for powernow, as I read to do somewhere or other (lost the site...). So, I connected the 3rd L5 bridge using an exacto and pencil (not entirely sure if this worked, as I did this at the same time as cutting the L6's), and put a big exacto slash (or five) through the whole set of L6's. So, i figured, if that worked, then its a mobile XP with all the multipliers unlocked, and if it didn't work, then its the same as before.
upon booting up, its definetly not the same as before, but what the computer does is similar to what happens when I increase the FSB from 133 to 166 in the BIOS (which is that the monitor dosen't turn on, and the fans sort of lag for a bit a few seconds after the power is on). So, I figure that the problem is what I neglected to listen to on the site I read about this mod on - I have a fairly old MOBO, so it is taking the maximum multiplier now available (24x) and using the default FSB (100), and getting a clock speed that it can't handle. Therefore, I guess I want to close some of those L6's back up, right?
Soooo.. Is it probably possible to close those guys back up using a pencil or fancy conductive stuff? I've been sort of trying, but I'd like to know if there are any good tricks to re-closing bridges before I go messing it up further. Or should I just not bother, my problem is something that I totally screwed up, and I should just give up and buy a new processor..?
oh, also, could it be possible for this chip with all the L6's cut to work on a newer motherboard? I've been thinking about getting a new MOBO anyway, cause this guy only has 4x AGP.
upon booting up, its definetly not the same as before, but what the computer does is similar to what happens when I increase the FSB from 133 to 166 in the BIOS (which is that the monitor dosen't turn on, and the fans sort of lag for a bit a few seconds after the power is on). So, I figure that the problem is what I neglected to listen to on the site I read about this mod on - I have a fairly old MOBO, so it is taking the maximum multiplier now available (24x) and using the default FSB (100), and getting a clock speed that it can't handle. Therefore, I guess I want to close some of those L6's back up, right?
Soooo.. Is it probably possible to close those guys back up using a pencil or fancy conductive stuff? I've been sort of trying, but I'd like to know if there are any good tricks to re-closing bridges before I go messing it up further. Or should I just not bother, my problem is something that I totally screwed up, and I should just give up and buy a new processor..?
oh, also, could it be possible for this chip with all the L6's cut to work on a newer motherboard? I've been thinking about getting a new MOBO anyway, cause this guy only has 4x AGP.