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AMD Duron 800 overclocking
- Thread starter Dave215uk
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Yes, you can overclock it more.
What you did, btw, was to change the fsb rather than the multiplier. In order to overclock more you'll need to take the chip out and do a minor modification to it. Basically, on the surface of your Duron are some tiny electrical connections that have been cut. This prevents your Duron from using any multiplier other than 8.0. You just need to reconnect those "Bridges". They'll be labelled as L1. To do it you just get a #2 pencil and sharpen it to the finest point possible. THen you simply draw in the connections. The graphite in the pencil has enough conductivity to close the circuit.
If you do a search for "pencil trick" or "L1 bridges" you should find lots of pictures on how to do it. It's a very easy and common modification that prevents little or no risk to the CPU if done carefully. Basically you just need a steady hand and a sharp pencil so that you don't cross connect anything.
Once you've connected the bridges, just put everything back together and you should be able to change the multiplier.
nihili
What you did, btw, was to change the fsb rather than the multiplier. In order to overclock more you'll need to take the chip out and do a minor modification to it. Basically, on the surface of your Duron are some tiny electrical connections that have been cut. This prevents your Duron from using any multiplier other than 8.0. You just need to reconnect those "Bridges". They'll be labelled as L1. To do it you just get a #2 pencil and sharpen it to the finest point possible. THen you simply draw in the connections. The graphite in the pencil has enough conductivity to close the circuit.
If you do a search for "pencil trick" or "L1 bridges" you should find lots of pictures on how to do it. It's a very easy and common modification that prevents little or no risk to the CPU if done carefully. Basically you just need a steady hand and a sharp pencil so that you don't cross connect anything.
Once you've connected the bridges, just put everything back together and you should be able to change the multiplier.
nihili
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- St. Paul, MN, USA
You would on some motherboards, but, alas, the K7VZA has no multiplier controls. Even if he does the 'L1 trick', he still won't be able to change the multiplier. And since he probably has an earlier revision K7VZA, 112 is as high as it will let him go, period, on the FSB. I'm surprised he got that high - good clock on that board! My friend's will only do 107 without getting flaky!
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