Intel multiplier unlock possible

[Liquidsky]

I think that the intel multiplier unlocking is possible cause when you think of the mobile p3s that support speed step technology which is probably there in every intel processor but not enabled (marketing stuff to get your money). So I think if there's a possibility of hacking the in speed step software to get it to work with all in cpus then maybe we could change the multipliers!

[dadx2mj]

Well if you can do it you would have done something that no one else has been able to do. Please let us know when you succedd

[Endeavor]

i dont think it will work because i think all intel CPUs are locked

[Liquidsky]

Yeah they are locked but have you ever thought how intel changes the speed in their speed step technology. They slow down the processor in 50 Mhz increments which means that they change the multipliers right. So I'm just thinking that maybe it is somehow possible.

[Endeavor]

yah, thats just with the Speed Step Enabled processors

[Monaco]

Yup, you'd need to use a mobile processor in order to ge the Speed Step dealie. God knows the pinout and power req's of a mobile P3, I doubt you could even use one in a home system without huge soldering.
Sure would be cool tho.

[TC]

The mobile core has the same die, but I believe there are some microcode differences used for speed step in laptops. It would not be cost effective for them to have a completely different core for mobile chips, so the possibility is there, but highly unlikely.

[Endeavor]

when they imput the processor instructions onto the processor, for the speed step they probably enabled the speed step stuff, and that is triggered kind of like softfsb
and when the put the instructions into the regular PIII they just forget to put in the speed step

a mobile PIII and a PIII look really different so they are probably made at different location in one plant so they probbaly have a sepreate programing center

[Pinky]

From what I gather, being around this debate for months now, is that Intel flashes a ROM-like chip on the processor board that gives the chip instructions on how to behave. In the case of this instance, figuring out how they do it for either example is the ongoing mystery.

[Ben Franklin] Could always tie it to the end of a kite and take it flying during a thunderstorm [/Ben Franklin].

[William]

there have been so many proposed ways to do this. Soldering resistors at certain places, soldering pins, and my favorite a high powered laser to a very certain place in the die. As of yet, no one knows how. As for the speed step, maybe its a multiplier adjustment, but wouldn't it be on the chip?

[h2k]

The best way to find out would be to get a job at intel, earn their trust and then give the secret to an overclocking website via anonymous submission.

[William]

Originally posted by h2k
The best way to find out would be to get a job at intel, earn their trust and then give the secret to an overclocking website via anonymous submission.

but by then you would probably find out you can't do anything about it.