MindlessDemon

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has anyone tried modifying their athlonXP (super locked) to a mobile one using the method shown in the upcoming thg article and tried to use it on a chaintech 7njl1 mobo?or if someone knows where i can find a list of nforce2 mobo's that will be compatible with this mod?

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if the artical is up-coming why would any of us look / tried it?

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You can't mod an Athlon XP into a XP-M, because there is no difference between them really.

All a mod could accomplish is to unlock the multipliers, but then you'll just have an unlocked Barton.

The mobiles are simply hand-picked Barton chips that are happier at low voltage, giving the pleasant side-effect of good overclockability at 'normal' voltages.

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ok,lemme rephrase: i have an amd 2400+ with a locked 15x multiplier. i want to change the chip into a mobile version (as shown in the article/as shown on other websites for a while now) so that i can use a lower multiplier (ie 12.5) with a fsb of 200. what i'm asking is if someone knows whether or not the chaintech 7njl1 supports the powersavings mode of mobile athlons,or if they know where a list of compatible motherboards using nforce2 chipsets can be found.

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If you can successfully unlock your chip, your board will probably support 200FSB, as it's an nforce2 board.

The only reason I say <i>probably</i> is because the earlier versions of that board (as with many nforce2 boards) were based on the earlier version of the nforce2 chipset which didn't have <i>official</i> support for 200FSB. The good news is that most would either do it anyway, or get very close. For example, my Epox 8RDA+ would only do 196FSB without modification.

So basically, even if your board doesn't support 200 exactly, it should get near enough to make the mod a worthwhile one! :smile:

That said, 12.5x200 is pretty unlikely without some excellent cooling and high voltage. You really need a 'true' mobile for that sort of overclock. You should be able to get somewhere between 2.1 - 2.3Ghz though. Just make sure you use a decent cooler.

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