Unlocking my XP1800+ !!! Large Pics !!!

[Kruz]

Happy me... FedEx came this morning with my new 1800+ (got it at newegg for 99 bucks shipped).
so the first thing I did was Unlock it
I have seen many "how to" articals on how to do this, so I figured I was ready to take the plunge..
I modified some of the steps, and am posting this to show how easy it really is...
OK.. first things first!
This is my new xp right out of the box... Or container as this is a OEM chip

 

[Kruz]

This is my fancy Athlon XP Unlocking kit...

White out
Defogger repair paint
Xacto knife
clear tape
Rubbing alcohol

 

[Kruz]

First thing I did was to tape off the dots on both sides of the L1 bridges... Leaving the "pits" out in the open.

 

[Kruz]

Next was to fill in the pits with white out (just paint it on).
when dry *about 2 min* peel off the tape... what you have now is a clean "filled" serface to apply the conductive paint...

 

[Kruz]

Now take a pin or the tip of the xacto knife and dip it in the paint.... *Don't have any coffee before doing this*
draw a line with the paint, connecting the dots of the L1 bridges togather....
When dry *again 2 min* its ready to put in your system... this took all of 15 mins to complete..
And now I have a fully UNLOCKED cpu..

 

[Kruz]

Was it worth it???????
You tell me

 

[Kruz]

How many people get a xp to 1.91GHz on air???

 

[Kruz]

more

 

[Kruz]

running genome 100% cpu useage

 

[Neo]

Very nice kruz.... ah someday when i get the nerve.

 

[fury]

Looks a lot more easy than some of the other articles I've read

How hard would this be to undo in case it fails?

 

[Kruz]

A pencil eraser and your right at the beginning... no problem

 

[fury]

Cool!

Now all I need is some defogger repair goop, white out, pen knife, and some scotch tape!

Anyone know where to get some freon?

 

[Kruz]

Cool!

:anyone know where to get some freon?

Please don't bring THAT up again

 

[fury]

 

[Tweety]

Pardon me for asking??? but where did the goop go???
U put it over the connections or what? doesn't say...

 

[Huge]

 

[Kruz]

Pardon me for asking??? but where did the goop go???
U put it over the connections or what? doesn't say...

The white goop fills the slot I made with the tape... pull the tape off and you have a small stripe left where the gap in the tape was..
The Brown goop (conductive paint) is for drawing a line accross the stripe and connecting the dots ..

 

[Professur]

Damnit Kruz, now you got Neo OCing. Where will it end.

 

[Kruz]

there is no end...... only the timeless search for more MHz