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snyper1982
10-30-01, 12:02 AM
now i dont make fun of me but, dont you have to have the L1 bridges closed to overclock an amd chip? but i have seen people talking about overclocking them without them closed, so how do they do it?
TranceBear
10-30-01, 12:36 AM
Originally posted by snyper1982
now i dont make fun of me but, dont you have to have the L1 bridges closed to overclock an amd chip? but i have seen people talking about overclocking them without them closed, so how do they do it?

Raising the Front Side Bus
snyper1982
10-30-01, 12:45 AM
i feel like such a bone head now. but thanks.
wizardloader
10-30-01, 09:21 AM
NP we all ask questions that we feel silly about later. Yours was something you needed to know
foxmulder
10-30-01, 12:19 PM
That's what makes this place so great. Nobody gets flamed for asking stupid questions.

Yours wasn't stupid at all by the way
wizardloader
10-30-01, 12:23 PM
Nicely said foxmulder. BTW wheres Scully?
panagiotis
10-30-01, 12:27 PM
If you want to increase and the multipier on locked AMD (eg on mobo which hasn't any multiplier jumper etc) you can cut and connect specific bridges on CPU
Element-Xero
10-30-01, 03:27 PM
heh, no need to feel like a bonehead. THat was a legit question. The only stupid question is the one not asked (well, except for the occaisional "DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ATHLON I CAN HAVE?" j/k :p)

Basically, connecting the L1 bridges will allow you to change the multiplier. The speed of a cpu is calculated through the multiplier times the fsb (front side bus) speed.

i.e. If you had a 1.0Ghz CPU the speed (assuming it was factory and 100fsb default) would be 1000 (10[mult.] * 100[fsb])

raising the fsb typically gives the largest performance boost, so it is favorable to have higher fsb than just a large mhz total obtained through a high multiplier (tho it looks better in your sig ;)) So usually people drop down the speed of the multiplier to get a better fsb speed.

I hope this was helpful as I had a bunch of these type of questions when I was a newb. Sorry if this is stuff you already knew. Just tryin to be helpful:D
wizardloader
10-30-01, 04:15 PM
"DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ATHLON I CAN HAVE?" j/k )

Oh you so bad hehehe:cool: