T-Bird Multiplier

[Guest]

I'm running an Athlon T-Bird 850 currently on a Mobo that doesn't support setting the voltage or multiplier. I set the voltage on the CPU to 1.85V using a pencil, and that helped me run 115Mhz FSB = 978Mhz. I desperately want to run 1Ghz though. Question is, is there a way to set the multiplier on the CPU using a pencil? (or any other conductive marker for that matter?)

 

[yoda271828]

Check out Tom's article:
<A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html" target="_new">http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html</A>

 

[Guest]

See: http://www5.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q3/000711/index.html along with numerous other articles Tom has done on overclocking the Athlon - these can all be found in the CPU Guide area. Also, why do you "desperately want to run 1Ghz "?
The difference between your current 978 and 1 Ghz will be totally un-noticable. I am guessing you might even see a performance decrease! Why? You would have to decrease your bus speed to 111 to get 111x9. but if your board doesnt support multiplier and voltage adjustments, Im assuming it doesnt support bus speeds in increments of 1 either so you are probably looking at something like 105 X 9.5: A full 10Mhz decrease in bus speed to get a 22 Mhz increase in closk speed. Perhaps not a good tradeoff.

It also seems to me this would all be way too much effort for that little bit of cpu clock speed, just to go from 978 to 1000. The only real benefit you would be getting would be bragging rights.

 

[Guest]

I realize that there would be absolutely no performance gain going to 1Ghz. But my interest in this is purely academic, and I just want to see it boot up and show 1000Mhz, or something. Also, it's a pretty nifty trick (in my opinion) speeding up a CPU with a pencil. And I do want to know what the other "L" pins do on the CPU...

Thanks for the replies.