Sbloccare cpu SocketA

The bridges that we need to connect are the L1 bridges on the top right corner of the Socket A CPU. The picture you see above is my Duron 650 getting unlocked with my trustworthy mechanical pencil. The wires attached to the left of the core is the thermistor that is included with Asus A7V, so never mind that. Now let's get on with the unlocking!

You need to see the tiny L1 bridges clearly, so hold your CPU close to your eyes with one hand and hold your pencil with the other hand. While holding your CPU firmly, rub the lead of the pencil back and forth, on top of the bridge. Make sure the lead goes over only one bridge at a time, or we'll short-circuit it with the bridge next to it. Rub your pencil until the lead deposit is fully covering the bridge. It takes about 20~30 seconds to do this. Repeat this on all four L1 bridges. After you're done, it should look like this.

As you see in the picture, the lead should be covering the bridges completely, so the colour of the bridge should be very dark, instead of the usual gold tone. If held sideways, the lead covering should be able to reflect light. Now you've got an unlocked processor. Put it back to Socket A, install the heatsink, and set your motherboard so that manual multiplier selection works. For Asus A7V, refer to my A7V settings page. Boot your computer to see if it worked. If it did, good for you! If it did not, carefully try again.