Re: [gentoo-user] Front side bus setting

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 07:55 -0700, Grant wrote:

> The Dell motherboard detects the CPU's FSB and sets it that way.  The
> board officially supports 66/100/133.  My Celeron 700 runs at 66FSB,
> but I'd like to try 100FSB so my memory will run at full speed and I
> can see if the CPU can handle 1050 (10.5x multiplier).

aaahhh, I don't think you want to do this...  My (perhaps limited)
understanding tells em that running a 66MHz chip at 100MHz blow it sky
high.

Although according to this web site[1] that's ok for celerons.  I'd make
sure you have some pretty decent cooling though - ie. water cooling, or
move to Alaska.

If all you want to do is run the RAM faster, what you usually have is a
FSB to RAM multiplier (can't remember what it's called - my overclocking
days are long gone :)  Which allows you to run the ram at 100 or 133...

> Does anyone know of a way to set the FSB in software?

Not me!  My best recommendation would be to buy a really good
overclocking motherboard - one with all these features in the bios.  You
should be able to get S370 mbs on ebay for cheap.

[1]
http://www.tomshardware.com/2000/07/28/intel_celeron_overclocking_guide/

HTH,
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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