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For our English speaking visitors
This is a short summary of the Dutch story, the full story can be found here.
In fact there is only one important fact that we discovered: We can confirm AMD has locked the multiplier by cutting the L1 bridges. Durons where these bridges are still connected (like at Anandtech) are not locked, even though they are normal retail parts.
The L1 bridges are connected to the BP_FID pins, and that's why AMD lists those pins as not connected: they have removed that connection themselves by cutting the L1 bridges.
So all you'll have to do to break the multiplier lock is to reconnect the L1 bridges with some kind of conductive fluid and get yourself a motherboard capable of multiplier changing (like the Asus A7V)
Our Duron was stable all the way up to 900 MHz (not bad for a 600 MHz part, I guess), and a bit shaky at 950 (all at 1,85 V-core) The magical 1 GHz barrier could be reached, but not stable with air-cooling. We are trying to get it stable at 1 GHz with the help of water cooling. At 950 MHz and above, heat becomes a big issue for the Duron. If you want to shoot for 900+ speeds, we strongly advise to invest some serious money in sufficient cooling.
If you already have a SocketA motherboard and it has no multiplier-tweaking capabilities, there is still nothing lost, as you can build that yourself. The voltage-changing is also not a very big issue, as that is normally a function already present on the motherboard. But then again, you could still build that yourself. All that's needed is some soldering expierience, a little luck and a lot of courage
We expect guides about that to pop up all over the internet very soon for every available SocketA board.
In fact there is only one important fact that we discovered: We can confirm AMD has locked the multiplier by cutting the L1 bridges. Durons where these bridges are still connected (like at Anandtech) are not locked, even though they are normal retail parts.
The L1 bridges are connected to the BP_FID pins, and that's why AMD lists those pins as not connected: they have removed that connection themselves by cutting the L1 bridges.
So all you'll have to do to break the multiplier lock is to reconnect the L1 bridges with some kind of conductive fluid and get yourself a motherboard capable of multiplier changing (like the Asus A7V)
Our Duron was stable all the way up to 900 MHz (not bad for a 600 MHz part, I guess), and a bit shaky at 950 (all at 1,85 V-core) The magical 1 GHz barrier could be reached, but not stable with air-cooling. We are trying to get it stable at 1 GHz with the help of water cooling. At 950 MHz and above, heat becomes a big issue for the Duron. If you want to shoot for 900+ speeds, we strongly advise to invest some serious money in sufficient cooling.
If you already have a SocketA motherboard and it has no multiplier-tweaking capabilities, there is still nothing lost, as you can build that yourself. The voltage-changing is also not a very big issue, as that is normally a function already present on the motherboard. But then again, you could still build that yourself. All that's needed is some soldering expierience, a little luck and a lot of courage
We expect guides about that to pop up all over the internet very soon for every available SocketA board.
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