Athlon overclocking

[Gum]

I'm actually quite mixed-up after reading some Athlon o/c articles. Pls help to clarify some doubts b4 I decide to take the Athlon plunge...
How do you actually use the PCB connectors say, from TrinityMicro, to o/c the Athlon? By changing the multiplier, FSB and voltage via those dip-switches? If this is so, then how does this work in conjunction with the mutiplier and FSB settings on SoftJumper in the BIOS? Would'nt they somehow "crashes" due to double settings?

If you were to o/c, say a Athlon 500Mhz to 600Mhz using those PCB connectors from TrinityMicro, will you be able to further o/c the CPU by using higher FSB settings on a overclockable Athlon mobo like Asus K7M? After o/c to 600Mhz, then set FSB to 110Mhz to make it run at 660Mhz?

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[merchant2112]

gum from what i understand the dip swich mods change the processors identity so that the mother board reads it as what ever you have reset it to useing the dip switches. so yes if you had a k7m and used a dip swich mod board to overclock the cpu you could also incresse the fsb and over clock the system even further. althoue the cpu might not be able to take a dubble overclock. ie uped multiplyer and fsb incresse.

i may be wrong but in this case i don't think so.

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[Greebe]

Hmmm, Tu now there's a nasty word. The GFD (GoldFingerDevice, actually they're copper) allows you to adjust the multiplier and voltage of the cpu. If your motherboard does the voltage already then it's not needed (just disable ie set to off) this still allows uyou to adjust the multiplier to gain maximium core speed along with setting the FSB speed adjustment. If you want to run the FSB @ 133 then the multiplier will be different vs using a FSB of 100. Goal 800mHz,
FSB@100 = 8x multiplier, same cpu but FSB@133 = 6x multiplier.

I your willing to wait about a week I'll have an improved version out that'll allow you dto do what TrinityMicro's does but also if you mod the cpu (very easy, anyone whom can solder can do) also allows setting of the L@ cache latency settings. This feature will allow the cpu to be overclocked by an additional 50-100 mHz! It also comes with sterling silver cache spacers and priced @ $90.



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Designer of the first Athlon mod. Currently marketing the "Eclipse" mod through AZZO Computers.
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[Paradox]

I'll wait for a week