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 1GMnHw-0002Pd-Np for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:01:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8BF0aCs017833; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:00:36 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.231]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8BEtlRf005625 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:55:47 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 71so334692wra for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Aa63FInwxVfocCmHo30ZaUpP4jAmA86b1R92Tr9FqZw4VLEsBMtlhjPClR2EGfIK7Sa79NJ/EYmtMVt5Vpq/biX+kxHGTOip3VvdCyWp9DX6uapiq8YE1+2k82KJzlfzN+BAnJ3OUZfqHfmyZZq+DTEtMn41nVQwYNXDg2a0LcY= Received: by 10.90.72.10 with SMTP id u10mr1633352aga; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.54.10 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10609110755v4cbaf9fcoeab7793ae8b11a73@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:55:46 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Front side bus setting In-Reply-To: <200609111045.22267.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10609101851j74e2df0dhcd0fd2698809aa67@mail.gmail.com> <200609111045.22267.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2ca1f67c-68f4-4958-99c8-a5a31cdf5dbc X-Archives-Hash: d7e046010e4df4310947d9a7531120c8 > > Does anyone know of a way to set your system's front side bus speed in > > software? My Dell motherboard and BIOS don't seem to have any > > facility for it, and I've heard there is a utility in Windows that > > will allow you to set it. > > Isn't there a jumper or two on the circuit board that you should dis/connect > according to the MoBo's manual to effect this? MoBos that don't have either > a BIOS menu choice or a jumper set up and rely on a software hack perhaps > mean that they are not meant to run (reliably) at anything other than default > speeds - on the other hand it may just mean that HP/Dell/etc. were providing > something cheap & cheerful with my granny in mind and couldn't be bothered to > fic their buggy BIOS'. With Gentoo compiling its own software the demands > placed on a machine are somewhat more onerous than that seen by a typical > M$Windoze setup. 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). Does anyone know of a way to set the FSB in software? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list