unlocking cpu 2000+ athlon

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 08:36 PM

i just bought a unlocking kit from bigfootcomputers.com and i tried to do it on my processor and it just doesnt work.
in all the examples it shows their to be a valley that is cut out where on my chip thier is not. so im thinkin that my cpu isnt locked but i cant change my multplier.
any ideas of what i can do???

godfoot · 17-December-04, 08:45 PM

If it is unlocked your nForce 2 mobo should have no problem with the multiplier.
Either it is indeed locked, or you should try reinstalling your chipset drivers.

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by godfoot


	If it is unlocked your nForce 2 mobo should have no problem with the multiplier. Either it is indeed locked, or you should try reinstalling your chipset drivers.

but my chipset drivers wouldnt have a problem with changing the multiplier since its only software
????

godfoot · 17-December-04, 08:51 PM

Your BIOS is mostly software too........

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by godfoot


	Your BIOS is mostly software too........

well ill try that then.. and that may help me out or what?

godfoot · 17-December-04, 08:54 PM

It may, if your CPU is unlocked. It won't if it is locked.

Edit: Have you recently reinstalled Windows?

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by godfoot


	It may, if your CPU is unlocked. It won't if it is locked. Edit: Have you recently reinstalled Windows?

nope the last time i installed windows was about julyish and how can i unlock my processor if i dont have those valleys that need to be filled in, ive already tried doing this about 5 times and now i dont know what else to do.

$SOLID$ Necro · 17-December-04, 09:31 PM

Unless you have an old version of the 2000+ it is locked. They started doing that around the middle/end of last year, if you bought it recently from New Egg..forget it.

Get the stepping codes from the chip itself (You have to remove the HSF and write down the numbers) or you might be able to find out more about it with CPUZ, post a pic of it here.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by $SOLID$ Necro


	Unless you have an old version of the 2000+ it is locked. They started doing that around the middle/end of last year, if you bought it recently from New Egg..forget it. Get the stepping codes from the chip itself (You have to remove the HSF and write down the numbers) or you might be able to find out more about it with CPUZ, post a pic of it here. http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

AXDA2000DUT3C
2390234A40022
KIXIP 04035PMW
what can i do with these ?????

godfoot · 17-December-04, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lpapirny


	AXDA2000DUT3C 2390234A40022 KIXIP 04035PMW what can i do with these ?????

Text in red says it was made in March of this year, which means it is locked. Sorry bro.

lpapirny · 17-December-04, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by godfoot


	Text in red says it was made in March of this year, which means it is locked. Sorry bro.

ok i guess it is then but y isnt thier any valley marks in the l1 bridges on the chip. and how can i unlock it i got the kit and it doesnt do anything

droeblek9 · 17-December-04, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lpapirny


	ok i guess it is then but y isnt thier any valley marks in the l1 bridges on the chip. and how can i unlock it i got the kit and it doesnt do anything

You can't unlock it. It's factory multiplier locked; there is no work around for unlocking this cpu. Sorry, man

$SOLID$ Necro · 17-December-04, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lpapirny


	ok i guess it is then but y isnt thier any valley marks in the l1 bridges on the chip. and how can i unlock it i got the kit and it doesnt do anything

The kit you got was for OLD CPU's going back to around 2001 before NFORCE 2 Motherboards were able to change Multipliers through the Bios.

They conveniently leave this little fact that they don't work on "SuperLocked" cpu's...so don't feel bad, it's something most people who haven't been around Overclocking for a long time would make.

There is a way around the SuperLock too, but is much more involved, I have never seen anyone around here actually try it.

I wrote this up along time ago, but 2 of the 3 the links still work

http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread.php?t=14493

droeblek9 · 17-December-04, 10:34 PM

I sooo stand corrected...sweet linkage (yet again) $SOLID$

17-December-04, 08:36 PM		#1 (permalink)
lpapirny Apex Master Tech Apprentice	unlocking cpu 2000+ athlon i just bought a unlocking kit from bigfootcomputers.com and i tried to do it on my processor and it just doesnt work. in all the examples it shows their to be a valley that is cut out where on my chip thier is not. so im thinkin that my cpu isnt locked but i cant change my multplier. any ideas of what i can do???

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17-December-04, 08:45 PM		#2 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	If it is unlocked your nForce 2 mobo should have no problem with the multiplier. Either it is indeed locked, or you should try reinstalling your chipset drivers.

17-December-04, 08:51 PM		#4 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	Your BIOS is mostly software too........

17-December-04, 08:54 PM		#6 (permalink)
godfoot A George Orwell fan...sorta	It may, if your CPU is unlocked. It won't if it is locked. Edit: Have you recently reinstalled Windows?

17-December-04, 09:31 PM		#8 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker	Unless you have an old version of the 2000+ it is locked. They started doing that around the middle/end of last year, if you bought it recently from New Egg..forget it. Get the stepping codes from the chip itself (You have to remove the HSF and write down the numbers) or you might be able to find out more about it with CPUZ, post a pic of it here. http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

17-December-04, 10:34 PM		#14 (permalink)
droeblek9 Warcraft Warrior	I sooo stand corrected...sweet linkage (yet again) $SOLID$