PC Stats has posted an article about Unlocking the AthlonXP 2100+
Then it donned on us, if we couldn't unlock the AthlonXP 2100+ processors multiplier as it stood, why not just change actual multiplier settings on the OPGA so that the processor in effect becomes an XP 1600+ (with an unlocked multiplier). The difference is this, when the computer looks at the chip it would by default see an AthlonXP 1600+, but the multiplier would be free to be changed between 6X and 12.5X. This is possible because AMD have all the multiplier settings on the surface of the OPGA packaging. Personally, I was a bit skeptical that this AXP21K+ trick would work, but Mike who is indeed a master, knows quite a bit more about modifying hardware components so I stood by as he brought out the *power* tools.... a Dremel Model 290.Read more
