Unlocked Llano A8?

[SoulHunter]

Hello I thought the Llano had a locked multiplier but the today for fun I opened Asus AI Suite 2 and tried to change the multiplier and it worked I got this:

Is it real, is it safe, is my computer just displaying it wrong?

 

[drescherjm]

It may be my tired 39.75 year old eyes but the resolution is so low on your image that I can not read it even when expanded.

 

[W.Feather]

its showing a 30x multi with 99.9 clockspeed.....cpuz version 1.56 is used with asus turbov

 

[SoulHunter]

Sorry, should have uploaded it bigger, here it is now at the normal size
(Click on it to expand)

 

[mrbigshot]

its a bug.

The current fastest quad-core Llano APUs, A8-3850 and the A6-3650 are currently plagued by a minor bug that actually lets you raise base clock multiplier but without any effect, thus creating a false overclock that actually doesn't do anything.

Unlike these two, the A8-3870 will have a true unlocked multiplier and will be the one that you should go for if you are craving for some extra CPU power and a extended overclocking potential.

 

[SoulHunter]

a ok, thanks its good to know

 

[dr.kevin]

so the desktop llano is not unlocked, but the mobile llano is.

 

[CaptNumbNutz]

so the desktop llano is not unlocked, but the mobile llano is.

But the desktop llano's unlocked multiplier does nothing. at least until the 3870 comes out.