locked multipliers?

"Rusty" <rlsmith004 DeleteThis @netzero.com> wrote in message
news:FJdjd.22636$Al3.20299@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
 > Did you happen to know what the all the number on the cpu were?
 > It sound like you have a unlocked cpu.
 >
 >
 > "Christo" <chris DeleteThis @juststuff.co.uk> wrote in message
 > news:2v54lsF2h8ejuU1@uni-berlin.de...
  >> locked multipliers?
  >>
  >> on the new board i just got.. an MSI KT6V
  >>
  >> it is fine with the multiplier at 10 on my athlon 2600+ it works and the
  >> fsb was at 100
  >>
  >> so the clock was 1 ghz, way below spec, so i notched up to 11 on the
  >> multiplier, got 1.8ghz, i knew that wasnt the right multiplier, so i
  >> tried 11.5 and its at 1.92ghz now
  >>
  >> if the multiplier is locked can a system be underclocked but not
  >> overclocked? so i can have my multiplier below 11.5 but not above it?
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  >> Abit NF7 v2.0
  >> AMD Athlon XP2600+
  >>
 >
 >

I previously had an abit nf7, i tried OC'in that with my AMD2600+ Barton
333FSB it would not work

people here told me that it was because I had a locked multiplier and the
only way that i could OC was to change the FSB from 166 to 200, but i only
have DDR333 memory and was told that i should only attempt to change the CPU
fsb to 200 if i had DDR400

Anyhow

I put in the new MSI board, with the same CPU, the board did not set the FSB
and the mutiplier itself

the FSB was at 100mhz and the multiplier was at 10

so in order to get the full use of my 2600+ i changed the multiplier to 11.5
and the FSB 166

i haven't tried anything anyhigher yet, I was just wondering why the
multiplier was at 10 when i first put the board in, If people say that the
multiplier on my CPU is locked then shouldn't it always remain at 11.5?

or when people say locked do they mean it can go anywhere from 0 - 11.5 but
no higher than 11.5<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Christo" <chris.RemoveThis@juststuff.co.uk> wrote in message news:<2v54lsF2h8ejuU1.RemoveThis@uni-berlin.de>...
 > locked multipliers?
 >
 > on the new board i just got.. an MSI KT6V
 >
 > it is fine with the multiplier at 10 on my athlon 2600+ it works and the fsb
 > was at 100
 >
 > so the clock was 1 ghz, way below spec, so i notched up to 11 on the
 > multiplier, got 1.8ghz, i knew that wasnt the right multiplier, so i tried
 > 11.5 and its at 1.92ghz now
 >
 > if the multiplier is locked can a system be underclocked but not
 > overclocked? so i can have my multiplier below 11.5 but not above it?
 > --

You must have one of the older unlocked CPU's. With Socket A chips
they are either completely locked (i.e. run at default multi only) or
completely unlocked (i.e. you can select any multiplier the
motherboard supports).

A64 chips are different, with A64's you can select lower than default
multipliers, but not higher.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: locked multipliers?