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Zazuk
01-04-02, 09:49 AM
Episode I
Either I just fried my xp1700 or my main board went south. I had unlocked it before with defogger stuff but could only get the whole numbers to work for the multiplier i.e. if it was set to 10.5x it worked at 10x. I had also tried soldiering the L1 bridges closed but that did not work however it left soldier on the L1 bridge posts so then I thought I could possibly use trace tap to close the L1's and this is where I had the problem... I put on the tape as in the instructions, then I put on ASII and the heat sink no POST. Took tape off and still no POST. Might be time to go to Frys(hmmmm make that compusa I have returned to many things to Frys.) and get a Duron for testing

Episode II
Well it seems that I did not toast my CPU. I used a friends older t-bird 900, abit-kt7 and SDRAM that he was no longer using. His cpu would not work in my shuttle ak31 v3.1 but my cpu would work in his kt7. So I think my main board is bad. Still need to test memory though, most likely go over to his house tonight and test that.It is only $80.00 +shipping to replace the ak31 instead of $136.oo +shipping to replace the xp1700.

Episode III

I took my main board out and found that where one of the mounts for my Swiftech MCX462 was attached to the main board there was a resitor pushed of the tracy. So after soldiering the resistor on and putting everything back together I'm up and running again.:burn:

demon-eater
01-04-02, 09:53 AM
lol thats kinda funny but i sure would hate for something like that to happen to me...

WarriorII
01-04-02, 11:22 AM
Where's that open window.......I'LL MAKE IT GO FASTER.:mad:

wow, Lucky d00d.

:cool:

Zazuk
01-04-02, 08:19 PM
I have to say that I'm Soooo HAPPY.

HiProfile
01-04-02, 11:00 PM
"Sifl, you've got some serious-a** Mother Board problems" (don't expect many to get this)

Great to hear that you fixed it...OC'ing usually leads to rather stange problems...

Christoph
01-05-02, 03:21 AM
I love happy endings!!
It's also pretty cool that you weren't afraid to solder that resistor back in place.

briang110
01-05-02, 07:28 AM
I have the same problem with the .5 multiplier!!
I unlocked my 1600+ and cant get any of the .5 mulitpliers either. I posted a message here, but nobody seems to know the answer.
I am guessing that one of the bridges is still locked, but I dont know which one. I dont have a volt meter to check it, so I am just living with it. Its not a big deal, it just makes me wonder!!!!