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Unlocked ? Locked ?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2002 12:38 am
by NascarFool
If you look at an Athlon XP, you'll see all the bridges on L1 are cut. On L4 you can see two of the four have laser cuts. But from what I see, the other two are not visibly connected. Are they connected below the surface of the chip ?
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2002 4:30 pm
by DSMF
It would depend on the chip; it seems that some of them are cut when they are not really done so and others seem connected when they are not......I'm still looking for a chart that shows the the various cuts for the different speeds.
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2002 4:38 pm
by NascarFool
I have the green XP 1800+ , the oncut bridges are under the first layer. I did get L1 unlocked. Now I have an XP 1900+.
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2002 4:57 pm
by DSMF
Lucky you; many people are having a difficult time unlocking the Xp chips.....
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2002 11:27 pm
by NascarFool
Well, I set the jumpers for 12x and it worked for a while. It even showed as an XP 1900+. Then I set the dipswitches back to jumper free mode and all hell broke loose. On start up it showed as an XP 2000+ at 13x133. But once it booted up, SANDRA showed it as an XP 2000+ at 11x133. So I went back to the bios and it showed as an XP 2000+ also, I cranked up the FSB to 150. Upon rebooting, big hard crash. I had to format and start fresh. I removed the unlocking job and now it's back as an XP 1800+ again. I'll mess with it after my new mobo arrives.
