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Strife3
11-18-01, 09:13 PM
ahhhhhhh how do i change the multiplier if i cant do it with jumpers???!!!!:mad:
Originally posted by Strife3
ahhhhhhh how do i change the multiplier if i cant do it with jumpers???!!!!:mad:
Only on certain, older Intel chips, were you able to change the jumpers. If you have a PII 266 or faster cpu it's only possible with 'leaked' testing versions (which are impossible to find).
Depends? What are you trying to change it on?
P1? p2? p3?
p2 - mainly chips after 233 locked, only be changed with jumpers
P3 - Multipliers locked
P1 - Jumpers other than that you can't.
Usually if you can't change the jumpers than its most likely not possible.
Strife3
11-18-01, 09:29 PM
the jumpers change my multiplier to 1/2 or 2/3 it is a pentium 120
Originally posted by Strife3
the jumpers change my multiplier to 1/2 or 2/3 it is a pentium 120
No. These are dividers for the PCI bus... the multipliers will be identified as 1x 1.5x 2x 2.5x 3x etc...
Strife3
11-19-01, 06:08 PM
but if i understand this correctly if i buy my own motherboard none of this stuff will be locked? This only happens only with store boughten computers?
You have to buy an overclocking friendly motherboard in order to be able to adjust the FSB. Intel CPUs since the early P-II days have factory locked multipliers. There is no way to unlock them no matter what motherboard you use. That is why we have to overclock by raising the FSB.
Originally posted by Strife3
but if i understand this correctly if i buy my own motherboard none of this stuff will be locked? This only happens only with store boughten computers?
Only with the older chips, like we've said, any of the chips starting with the Pentium II 266mhz have their multipliers locked. It doesn't matter if you buy a PC in a store or not, this does not determine whether the chip's locked, but it does determine if the motherboard will allow you to change the multiplier settings (companies like Compaq and Dell set the motherboard only to run the chip at the speed they sell it at, for a lot of reasons we won't debate here).
bergie007
11-21-01, 05:32 AM
Originally posted by Strife3
the jumpers change my multiplier to 1/2 or 2/3 it is a pentium 120
Those settings may be your multiplier.If I am correct, you'd be running the 120 on 60x2. This would mean with the above settings, you're running at (60x2)/1 = 120. Maybe if you changed to (66x2)/1 you'll get 133. Try this, else if you only have 60mhz bus and the above settings, the max you have is 60x3/2 = 90mhz (doubt it) or maybe 60x2/3 = 40(nope). There should be at least a serial number on the board - try a Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com) search for that and see if anything comes up. I think many of the old HP boards were either Gigabyte or Jetway mobo's. See what comes out of the search though.
Cheers
Originally posted by bergie007
Those settings may be your multiplier.If I am correct, you'd be running the 120 on 60x2. This would mean with the above settings, you're running at (60x2)/1 = 120. Maybe if you changed to (66x2)/1 you'll get 133. Try this, else if you only have 60mhz bus and the above settings, the max you have is 60x3/2 = 90mhz (doubt it) or maybe 60x2/3 = 40(nope). There should be at least a serial number on the board - try a Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.com) search for that and see if anything comes up. I think many of the old HP boards were either Gigabyte or Jetway mobo's. See what comes out of the search though.
Cheers
They're what your PCI Bus runs at..
IE: 66FSB and with the 1/2 divider your PCI Bus will run at 33..
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