New Barton's 2500+ multi really locked on Nforce 2 Ultra?

qparadox

I thought I saw a thread on this many weeks ago (searched but no luck), but I *finally* got a Barton 2500+ for my brother only to find out that the multiplier will change all I want in the bios, but it appears its locked by the chip. (It boots at the regular multiplier 11x166) I'm running it on an Epox 8RDAE (Nforce 2 Ultra 400) and some Kingston PC3200. I understood that the NForce 2's were overiding the CPU's multiplier lock, did something change with the Ultras or with new Bartons? Am I missing something? Unfortunately I'm a dork and didn't write down the CPU batch before I installed the proc. Is it time to get to work on the FSB or what?


I'll try a bios update once my brother gets off his comp.


EDIT: BTW I only tried 11.5 and 12.0 with no luck. Tried pushing the volts up a couple notches but nothing there either.

TheLostSwede

Unfortunatly, yes. The newest steppings are locked but on the other hand, the newer cpu's are supposed to overclock like hell.

I'm sure there is a way to pin-mod the cpu or cpnnect a few pins at the back of the mainboard to unlock it again.

Geeky1

What, like say this thing Mackanz?

http://www.plycon.com/hw/speedstrip.htm

qparadox

Well I guess all good things have to come to an end , its probably for the better considering how easy it would be for unscrupulous retailers to sell overclocked CPU's (esp given the price premium for an XP3200+) .

Until someone smart comes along looks like its off the the FSB races.

Hmm that looks interesting geeky, too bad they're sold out :/

Geeky1

qparadox, see my post ^ yours.

TheLostSwede

Geeky,

Handy little tool there!

csimon

I saw the strip being sold someplace else ...I'll look around.

csimon

http://epowerhousepc.com/cgi-bin/store/EPHstore.cgi?user_action=detail&catalogno=SSA-1 $14.95
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/tra-03.html?id=bH26Hmzf