isaac_calvo Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 Hi, I have a amd athlon xp 2000+ and for some reason i cant change the multiplier. I wanted to change it since i heard the lower the btter you can oc thinks like ram and other things. Anyone know why i cant change the multiplier. is there something i have to do to change it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted January 3, 2003 Posted January 3, 2003 Multipliers on INtel and AMD processors are "locked" and the multiplier cannot be changed. However, AMD processors can be "unlocked" ... Highspeedpc.com sells a kit that can help your unlock the AMD XP processors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
megavyrus Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 Let me get this straight .. you want to LOWER your multiplier?? And since you didn't know that most AMD's are multiplier locked by default, maybe you should do some more reading on the net before fiddling with such settings... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATI Radeon 8500 Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 Well if you do lower your multiplier you understand you're going to have to raise your FSB (Front-Side Bus) to make your CPU faster. If you don't raise the FSB you just successfully slowed down your computer. The Equation for your clock speed is FSB * Multiplier = Clock Speed. Therefore, Since you have a 2000+, at 1.67 MHz originally, and it has a stock FSB of 133 MHz, you currently have a 12.5X (I think it is around that but all of the factors may be a small bit off) multiplier. So say you lower your multiplier to 10, you'll have a 1.33 GHz CPU, or an Athlon 1500+. So, if you do this, you'll need to raise your FSB to 166 MHz to regain the lost clock speed, but these changes would be pretty drastic, so you should change everything slowly, aka 5 MHz on the FSb and 0.5X on the multiplier. But you may want to do some research before doing this and get better cooling if you have a stock heatsink. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted January 4, 2003 Posted January 4, 2003 Lowering the multiplier can allow you to get higher FSB settings, which in turn would give better preformance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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