Athlon XP Newbie Overclocking Question

From THG. <b>"Why The Pencil Trick Doesn't Work"</b>
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"Unlike the conventional Athlon (ceramic substrate with a Thunderbird core), on which the L1 contacts can be connected with a pencil stroke, AMD has put more work into protecting the Palomino's multiplier. While the resistance between earth and L1 (bottom row) approached 'infinity' on the old Thunderbird Athlon, we measured a resistance of 945 Ohm (about 1 k() on the Athlon XP (Palomino core, organic substrate).

These measurements show why the pencil trick won't work: if the L1 bridge was closed with a pencil stroke, the <font color=red>resistance provided by the graphite would still be too high.</font color=red> The internal pull down resistance ratchets the signal level down so far that the CPU would never interpret the contact as a closed bridge. In other words, AMD knew that its new feature would hinder overclockers. The only way around it is to use a substance with a minimal contact resistance, namely, conductive silver lacquer, which you can get at an electronics store."


<b>(<font color=yellow>as good as it looks</font color=yellow> )</b>