Hi first time here so hello to all…………….bit of a tech dunce/newbie so be easy on me 
Am I right in assuming that some cpus are “factory locked”……………I ask this because the two systems in our house are identical in m/b and cpu a7v266-e with XP1900 and with pc2100 ddr………..the spare or the missus is the one I first overclocked and it’s still running fine.
To-day I managed to ….upgrade….FLASH… ....both bios’s to asus 1011 so that they can accept an XP 2600 cpu (eventually)………………….however when I alter the settings in my main system exactly as I have successfully done in the spare…ie..fsb to 145Mhz……..the system will just not finish loading windows and crashes/freezes............it runs fine as I'm on it now with the new bios but original settings ……..and yes m/b is set to jumper free
Andy ideas
Am I right in assuming that some cpus are “factory locked”……………I ask this because the two systems in our house are identical in m/b and cpu a7v266-e with XP1900 and with pc2100 ddr………..the spare or the missus is the one I first overclocked and it’s still running fine.
To-day I managed to ….upgrade….FLASH… ....both bios’s to asus 1011 so that they can accept an XP 2600 cpu (eventually)………………….however when I alter the settings in my main system exactly as I have successfully done in the spare…ie..fsb to 145Mhz……..the system will just not finish loading windows and crashes/freezes............it runs fine as I'm on it now with the new bios but original settings ……..and yes m/b is set to jumper free
Andy ideas