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Hi everyone
I have a question the k and no k chips are the same and perfom the same at stock speeds the k ones are overclockable and the non k dont because of locked multiplier so far so good but the multiplier is locked via a microcode in the bios or there is something more on the chip itself?
 
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It's physically wired that way in the chip. In the older days, they'd cut a line lead to lock the chip (AMD Thunderbird, etc) that could be jumpered with a pencil to unlock it. Nowadays it is inside the chip core itself; and thus impossible to work around on a physical level.
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It's physically wired that way in the chip. In the older days, they'd cut a line lead to lock the chip (AMD Thunderbird, etc) that could be jumpered with a pencil to unlock it. Nowadays it is inside the chip core itself; and thus impossible to work around on a physical level.
 
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