XP1800 overclocking

[Sumadin]

Hi
I took a peek at my XP1800 cpu under the scope today at work.
I wanted to check the bridges to see if the were connected.
Looks odd. Doesnt look like the bridges on my 1.4 or my 900.
Those looked like little saw cuts in the material that runs between the "dots".
The XP looks different. Hard to describe.
There are "dots" but no material on the surface connecting them.
Some have like a small square that looks like its burned in. In between those "dots"
At the bottom of the little square burn or indent i can see material with the gold color of the "dots"
Sorry about the technical (lack of) description.

Anyone know what Im looking at here?





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[lhgpoobaa]

yeah... there have been a number of articles and posts on the topic.

apparently the cut groove between the bridges is much deeper than the standard athlon, and thus people have found that the pencil trick nolonger works 🙁

however some more adventurous people have used those conductive window wire fixing kit thinggies to contact the bridges with sucess,
and by all reports a XP 1800 (1533Mhz) can actually reach 1800Mhz... maybe thats why they called it the 1800? hehe

try
<A HREF="http://www.athlonoc.com" target="_new">http://www.athlonoc.com</A>
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com</A>

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[killall]

its already been pushed beyond 2ghz, quite nice im think

if in doubt blame microsoft...

 

[munkey]

links pls i would like to review some of these setups...

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[flamethrower205]

Oh man, beyond 2GHz- makes me drool! That thing will be so fast.

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[girish]

checkout <A HREF="http://www.oc-athlonxp.com" target="_new">http://www.oc-athlonxp.com</A>

the guy has good info on XP bridges and how to unlock them

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[mbetea]

great find girish! i have a question though. sorry i am totally new to overclocking so please bare with me. now after unlocking the cpu, you're able to raise/lower the multiplier? now i was looking at an xp1800 w/mcx370 heatsink, and was going to go for 1660mhz (12.5x133) or hopefully 1730mhz (13x133). are these numbers correct? meaning, all i have to do is raise the multiplier and not the fsb? sorry for the elementary post, but i would like to know. thanks for any help.