A ? about unlocking a T-Bird?

[JzAr]

Ok I successfully managed to unlock my AMD T-Bird 1133mhz to 1420mhz(142x10)@ 1.87v. I was running 3DMark2K1 and suddenly an idea poped into my head. What if I lower the FSB and up the Multiplier. Well I lowered the FSB to 137x 10.5 it worked good so I decided to go higher 135x11. rebooted my comp and it read only 1147mhz!. So what my cpu is doing after I go higher than 10.5 is set itself to the defualt(8.5). I unlocked my cpu the lazy, easy way, a mechanical pencil. Could this be why its not going any higher? should I use the defoger goo to connect the L1 bridges? What about metalic paint, will that work? any other methods are welcomed. Thnx

[Oni]

You probably didn't get enough pencil on one or two of the bridges to make a good connection. Wipe it off w/ a soft eraser or some rubbing alcohol and try again.

You said that you had it at 143*10, why didn't you leave it there? A wider fsb will 0wn a higher multiplier any day of the week. That, and w/ a lower multiplier, you can lower the voltage of your cpu more.

An example: My processor default is 10*100=1000. I unlocked it and changed it to 7.5*133=1000, but at default voltage. I raised the multiplier to 9*133=1200, but still at default voltage, and HOT! So I lowered the multiplier to 8.5 and raised the FSB to 141 to get 1200. W/ this I was also able to lower the vcore to 1.50 from default w/ 100% stability, and cool (well, not freezing, but cooler!)

Just some food for thought