Unlocking Athlon XP

[Embattle]

http://www.viperlair.com/articles/howto/cpu/unlock/index.shtml

A nice little guide for all you thinking about unlocking your Athlons

 

[Teh Krypt]

Ya know, I was sat on the toilet reading a book.. thinking 'Hmm, if I was to overclock my 2000 xp+...'

*clicks the link and destroys his pc*

How do I tell what sort of 2000xp I have?

 

[Cdr]

I thought you were upgrading? No point in overclocking and 'possibly' destroying your chip. May aswell wait until your upgrades.

 

[Teh Krypt]

I have to wait till xmas to upgrade

 

[Ch3tan]

If I could survive running a p3600 till last week, then you can survive on an 2000xp+ till Christmas.

 

[smurkin]

ta for that...very useful in a hobbyist kinda way

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Teh Krypt
Ya know, I was sat on the toilet reading a book.. thinking 'Hmm, if I was to overclock my 2000 xp+...'

*clicks the link and destroys his pc*

How do I tell what sort of 2000xp I have?

The stepping of the chip are written on black strip next to the core (iirc), it will be the "axda" bit thats of most interest.

The bit at the beginning, just before it says 2500 (or 2000 in your case)

 

[Embattle]

Or maybe use the WCPUID utility:

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html