If you look closely at the top right corner of this Duron, under the printed L1, you will see that it has been overclocked. AMD used to cut the gold lines, known as L1 bridges, with a laser. This prevented people from messing with the clock multiplier on the CPU and overclocking it. Unfortunately for AMD all that was needed was for users to join up the graps with a graphite pencil. The graphite is conductive and effectively rejoined the cuts, allowing overclocking again. Most models of AMD CPU from this era came with a warranty sticker over the L1 bridges, so in order to get to them users had to void there warranty by destroying the sticker.
 

If you look closely at the top right corner of this Duron, under the printed L1, you will see that it has been overclocked. AMD used to cut the gold lines, known as L1 bridges, with a laser. This prevented people from messing with the clock multiplier on the CPU and overclocking it. Unfortunately for AMD all that was needed was for users to join up the graps with a graphite pencil. The graphite is conductive and effectively rejoined the cuts, allowing overclocking again. Most models of AMD CPU from this era came with a warranty sticker over the L1 bridges, so in order to get to them users had to void there warranty by destroying the sticker.

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Vintage tech photos: remember any of these PC parts?

21 May 2010  |  Comments

The PC Authority labs have been due for a cleanout and in the process we have uncovered a treasure trove of old hardware. In this gallery we look at the old 32-Bit Athlon and Duron CPUs from AMD as well as a collection of memory types from back at the turn of the century.
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