What is the DIP switch method of Athlon overclocking?
The DIP switch method was conceived to eliminate some of the headaches of the resistor manipulation method. It was conceived more or less simultaneously by Mark L. Sorensen at Trinity Micro, and Mike Honn. To some extent, the DIP switch method is an evolution of the resistor manipulation method. Rather than soldering the resistors into a hard-coded configuration, the resistors are removed from the PCB completely and instead wires are soldered to each side of the resistor junction. The wires lead to a series of DIP switches and resistors. Once the modification is performed, one can choose to place or not place a resistor at each resistor junction by flipping the DIP switches in specific patterns. This modification enables the end user to manipulate the multiplier, voltage and cache divisor at will with the flip of a few DIP switches.
