From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GMvMN-0001K8-Gd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:38:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8BNbriK002920; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:37:53 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cirrus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.92]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8BNXNau024169 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:33:24 GMT Received: from orpheus (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BCC117003B for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:33:21 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Front side bus setting From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10609110755v4cbaf9fcoeab7793ae8b11a73@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10609101851j74e2df0dhcd0fd2698809aa67@mail.gmail.com> <200609111045.22267.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <49bf44f10609110755v4cbaf9fcoeab7793ae8b11a73@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:02:58 +0930 Message-Id: <1158017578.8546.8.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 7fb51989-17ce-42e8-9932-a928f7294355 X-Archives-Hash: d117fb3aaf5def7e7d08e8114a26c85d 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, -- Iain Buchanan The University of California Statistics Department; where mean is normal, and deviation standard. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list