Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 - Page 2

**ShepsCrook** · June 20th, 2006

You might want to look into one of these processors:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1059267
He's got an Athlon XP-M 2500 for $65 shipped.

**kcnychief** · June 20th, 2006

I would never buy a used CPU, that's my opinion.

**ShepsCrook** · June 20th, 2006

Well, I've done it before and never had any problems. I've sold all of my CPU's to other people with no problems.

**kcnychief** · June 20th, 2006

I'm not saying there would be any problems, just not something I'd do. It's technically the most important component, I like to know what the history of it is

Don_X · May 20th, 2007

Just fitted the final upgrade to my Asrock K7VT6 mb, viz an AMD 3200+ which I was hoping to clock to about 2.5g.

Dissapointment, you bet , the multiplier on the MB (set to13.5x) not working and the BIOS manual overclock not stable (blue screen @210mhz).

Guess I'll just have to settle for the improved FSB. had the old XP2600 chugging along @ 2.16 Ghz too through the BIOS OC.

Unless anyone here knows different, but I dont fancy chiselling out valleys and all on this chip.

**Steevo** · May 20th, 2007

Loosen your memory timings. Or provide more voltage to your ram. Make sure to keep your AGP and PCI bus locked.

**ShepsCrook** · June 1st, 2007

More power! Yup, increase your voltage, make sure your fan and heatsink is of decent quality.

zagnut · April 18th, 2008

Stable and can run Super Pi all day at 40 degress.

Don't ask how I got 2800, it's not worth it.

zagnut · April 18th, 2008

Here's some motivation for all the 3200+ oc'ers.

Stable and can run Super Pi all day at 40 degress.

Don't ask how I got 2800, it's not worth it.

NeilS · April 20th, 2008

I've been reading through this thread with interest. I think I may have accidentally unlocked my xp 3200!
I was refitting the heatsink when I dropped it onto the cpu, from a height of about 1 inch. After that the cpu would only run stable at 100 fsb and was recognised in BIOS and Sandra as an Athlon 1200. This was on a Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ board, which only has a manual setting for 100 fsb, anything higher being auto detected. Am I right in thinking the multiplier should be 11x , not 12x ?
Anyway, I moved it to an ASRock K7S41 board, set the jumpers to 200 fsb, still no joy. But if I clock back to 180 in the bios it is recgnised as an xp 3000 and works fine. I can push it up to about 195 (about 2350 MHz) with no problem.
Am I mising something here or have I found a novel way of changing multipliers?

June 20th, 2006	Top \| #21
ShepsCrook Red Sox Fan! Joined: September 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,484 Reputation: 590 Power: 122	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 You might want to look into one of these processors: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1059267 He's got an Athlon XP-M 2500 for $65 shipped. There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Antec P182b, i7 920, 12GB Ram,HD6870, X-Fi Platinum, 128GB SATAIII Crucual, 2x 640GB AALS This is Bunny Dead ---> (\__/) No world domination <--(='.'=)--<< For him today.. hahaha (")_(")

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 302	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 I would never buy a used CPU, that's my opinion. XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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ShepsCrook Red Sox Fan! Joined: September 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,484 Reputation: 590 Power: 122	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 Well, I've done it before and never had any problems. I've sold all of my CPU's to other people with no problems. There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Antec P182b, i7 920, 12GB Ram,HD6870, X-Fi Platinum, 128GB SATAIII Crucual, 2x 640GB AALS This is Bunny Dead ---> (\__/) No world domination <--(='.'=)--<< For him today.. hahaha (")_(")

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 302	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 I'm not saying there would be any problems, just not something I'd do. It's technically the most important component, I like to know what the history of it is XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

May 20th, 2007	Top \| #25
Don_X OSNN Junior Addict Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 Just fitted the final upgrade to my Asrock K7VT6 mb, viz an AMD 3200+ which I was hoping to clock to about 2.5g. Dissapointment, you bet , the multiplier on the MB (set to13.5x) not working and the BIOS manual overclock not stable (blue screen @210mhz). Guess I'll just have to settle for the improved FSB. had the old XP2600 chugging along @ 2.16 Ghz too through the BIOS OC. Unless anyone here knows different, but I dont fancy chiselling out valleys and all on this chip.

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May 20th, 2007	Top \| #26
Steevo Spammer representing. Joined: September 2004 Posts: 2,566 Blog Entries: 2 Reputation: 1630 Power: 132	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 Loosen your memory timings. Or provide more voltage to your ram. Make sure to keep your AGP and PCI bus locked. Meow. Equal oppertunity hater.

June 1st, 2007	Top \| #27
ShepsCrook Red Sox Fan! Joined: September 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 1,484 Reputation: 590 Power: 122	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 More power! Yup, increase your voltage, make sure your fan and heatsink is of decent quality. There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Antec P182b, i7 920, 12GB Ram,HD6870, X-Fi Platinum, 128GB SATAIII Crucual, 2x 640GB AALS This is Bunny Dead ---> (\__/) No world domination <--(='.'=)--<< For him today.. hahaha (")_(")

April 18th, 2008	Top \| #28
zagnut OSNN Junior Addict Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 Stable and can run Super Pi all day at 40 degress. Don't ask how I got 2800, it's not worth it.

April 18th, 2008	Top \| #29
zagnut OSNN Junior Addict Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 Here's some motivation for all the 3200+ oc'ers. Stable and can run Super Pi all day at 40 degress. Don't ask how I got 2800, it's not worth it.

April 20th, 2008	Top \| #30
NeilS OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: April 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Unlocking and overclocking Athlon XP 3200 I've been reading through this thread with interest. I think I may have accidentally unlocked my xp 3200! I was refitting the heatsink when I dropped it onto the cpu, from a height of about 1 inch. After that the cpu would only run stable at 100 fsb and was recognised in BIOS and Sandra as an Athlon 1200. This was on a Gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ board, which only has a manual setting for 100 fsb, anything higher being auto detected. Am I right in thinking the multiplier should be 11x , not 12x ? Anyway, I moved it to an ASRock K7S41 board, set the jumpers to 200 fsb, still no joy. But if I clock back to 180 in the bios it is recgnised as an xp 3000 and works fine. I can push it up to about 195 (about 2350 MHz) with no problem. Am I mising something here or have I found a novel way of changing multipliers?

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