Sanding XPs To Unlock Multipliers?!

[VashTheStampede]

First time I here this absurd suggestion and, ironically, it comes from Ars Technica's forums:

ok 2 months ago i was getting all the stuff ready for watercooling. i got a pump, radiatoer, and tubing. all i needed was a water block. then... the XP came out. i now here that i have to sand down the freaking chip to overclock. i geuse FSB is fine but still i prefer mulitpliers better. so is it really worth it to go buy a $40 or more water block? btw i got the pump and radiater free. thats why im wondering. how hard is it really to sand this down even if i did which i think i won't

He goes even further on to say he's heard people successfully unlocking XPs with dremels!!

Any truth to this?

~RT~

[Mr B]

I've read of this at AOA, Icrontic, and Anandtech. Man...taking a Dremel to your cpu just doesn't sound good. Scary. :eek:

[JAWS]

Originally posted by Mr B
I've read of this at AOA, Icrontic, and Anandtech. Man...taking a Dremel to your cpu just doesn't sound good. Scary. :eek:

So did I. If I remember correctly Andy sanded the L7s and worked out fine. Someone else did it to the L1s successfully. Sounds like a lot of work to me!:)

Edit: That was at AOA!

[VashTheStampede]

Got a link? Just hit up Anandtech and couldn't find any article on it.

~RT~

[SPEED_KING]

You can always sand blast your new CPU to make it an easier task than using a plain old sheet of sand paper on your xp. Better yet use a belt sander. :D

[RedDeathDrinker]

There's a good article about unlocking XP's on the
www.overclockers.com frontpage........


I heard the best way was to use an angle-grinder to unlock the L7's........:D

[Mr B]

Rednecktech, I found this info back when Ed wrote up the articles on the front page....the link is in the article. I'd go diggin, but I gotta run out the door in a minute for work...:(

Gotta pay the cable bill...lol

BTW...time for this one to go over to the "AMD cpu's" topic..

[Doctor]

I found a link to a much better way to unlock em here (http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/AMD/AthlonXPUnlock/).

The page loads R E A L L Y S L O W..............

Doctor

[Oni]

Some people should have to take some kind of computer literacy test before purchasing parts.

[bigfoot]

Some people should have to take some kind of computer literacy test before purchasing parts.

I definitly have to agree with that one but where did that come from?