possibly locked?

External Since: Apr 01, 2004 Posts: 1

My mate has a Athlon 2600+ and a Soltek 75frnl mb. He has the multiplier on
default and it displays 2600+ at bios. When we change the multiplier to
something other than default the computer will not boot and we have to clear
cmos. We tried even a multiplier of 5x and also 12.5x and both resulted in
hanging i.e. it will not post. Does this mean his cpu has a locked
multiplier?

External Since: Jan 14, 2004 Posts: 112

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:21:39 +1000, Justin Bray <jbray DeleteThis @itee.uq.edu.au> wrote:
> My mate has a Athlon 2600+ and a Soltek 75frnl mb. He has the multiplier on
> default and it displays 2600+ at bios. When we change the multiplier to
> something other than default the computer will not boot and we have to clear
> cmos. We tried even a multiplier of 5x and also 12.5x and both resulted in
> hanging i.e. it will not post. Does this mean his cpu has a locked
> multiplier?
>
Yes. But you may still be able to overclock of the BIOS allows you to
increase the FSB speed. Read the overclocking FAQ's that you will find
under a Google search.

Larry Gagnon

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