Every high end PC user is looking for more speed in every way possible. Because of this, you want to have full control over your processors multiplier as well as its FSB,  unfortunately AMD has decided to lock the multiplier on its latest Athlon processors. The HighSpeed PC has a solution for this with their XP unlocking kit.

The process of unlocking the multiplier this way is extremely hard. The process takes a steady hand and a lot of patience. Lets briefly go through the application process.

The kit comes with everything you need to apply the conductive material. You will receive gap filler, conductive grease, cleaning agent, making stickers, magnifying glass, and instructions.

Before we go into the application process I think we should talk about what we are trying to do. I made a few cut away pictures that are supposed to be of the chip right through one of the L1 bridges.

Before AMD Locks the processor the L1 Bridges are attached allowing power to pass through them.

To lock the CPU, AMD uses a laser to cut the L1 bridges. Because the chip is made of fiberglass it cuts all the way to the ground plate.

The process of unlocking the chip requires you to fill the hole in the fiberglass up so the L1 bridges don't ground out on the ground plate. After the hole is filled you can apply the conductive material across the L1 bridge to allow power to pass through the bridge again.

This is the way the chip will look after AMD has locked the multiplier.

You need to fill the gaps between the L1 bridges with the provided gap filler

After you fill the gaps you use the conductive material to reconnect the L1 bridges. This is the hardest part. You have to make sure when you connect the L1 bridges back together you don't cross any of them. If you do (and I did a few times) you need to use the provided cleaning agent to clean everything off the chip and start over from scratch. DON'T JUST TRY TO FIX YOUR MISTAKE. You have got to start over if you cross the bridges.

To start out with you need to clean the chip off of whatever might be on it from finger prints to stuff left over from the laser that cut the bridge to begin with. I used a pencil eraser to clean on and around the L1 bridges.

Mask off each side of your L1 bridges so all you can see is the gap that you need to fill. Use the provided needle that came with the kit and cover the crack between the stickers with the gap filler and use your finger to wipe the excess away.

If you want you can use the magnifying glass to check that all the gaps are filled

The next step is to remove the tape and use your finger lightly to remove all the excess gap filler. After you do this make sure you use the tip of the needle to clean off the L1 bridges. Get a piece of scotch tape and tape it across each side of the L1's just like you did the stickers before. Using the needle you need to poke the tape into the L1 dots on each side of the bridge.

The last step is the hard one. You need to sit down and use the needle to draw the conductive grease over the L1 dots without crossing any of them. After your done just install your CPU

When you install your CPU make sure not to let anything come in contact with the conductive grease. This stuff never dries it will always be wet and if you touch it you will have to clean it all off and start over. After you get your heat sink installed fire your system up and try to change the multiplier. I would try to drop it first just to test if it worked.

Well after about 2 hours of trying and doing this 4 times I was not able to get it to work. After researching a bit I found out that I have a core that this kit doesn't work on. But normally that core is a 2100+ and mine is a 2000+, but hey I tried. After finding this out I went to buy a new chip that I could use to test this stuff out but I ended up buying a 1800+ thoroughbred that doesn't need its multiplier unlocked on an nForce 2 board which I also picked up with the 1800+ but out of it all I got a really cool magnifying glass which I think would be worth the $12 bucks for the kit

• Great Idea
• Cool magnifying glass
• Great price
• Well written instructions

• Very hard to use
• Doesn't work with all Athlon XP's