scriptasylum
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I have a few questions about this motherboard that the manual nor the site can answer (that I could see anyway). Hopefully someone else has this board and can shed some light:
1: The multiplier setting. I know that the processor has to unlocked to use this but, the board has a set of switches that let you choose multipliers from 5 to 12.5 which is OK for now since my 2000+ uses 12.5 by default. The giga-byte website says the board will support up to a 2600+. Does this mean I can't make the 2000+ higher than it is if I unlock it because the switches don't go any higher?
2: Right now I am using old DDR2100, but will to upgrade to DDR333 when I get more $$$. I found where I change the bus from 133 to 166 in the BIOS, but I don't see where to adjust the PCI divider to 5:1 because it must be at 4:1 right now (@133 FSB). Does the BIOS auto-set the divider value? Since I can change the FSB in 1 MHz increments from 100 up to ~170ish, what are the FSB values where the BIOS decides to switch divider values from 3:1 @ ~100FSB, and 4:1 @ ~133FSB, and 5:1 @ ~166FSB?
3: When I do switch the FSB to 166, will my 2000+ then be running at 2075MHz (166 * 12.5) instead of 1667MHz (133 * 12.5)? If so, I will have to unlock the CPU so I can set the multiplier to a lower value than 12.5 so it will run safe to about 1743MHz (166 * 10.5) right?
Thanks in advance!
1: The multiplier setting. I know that the processor has to unlocked to use this but, the board has a set of switches that let you choose multipliers from 5 to 12.5 which is OK for now since my 2000+ uses 12.5 by default. The giga-byte website says the board will support up to a 2600+. Does this mean I can't make the 2000+ higher than it is if I unlock it because the switches don't go any higher?
2: Right now I am using old DDR2100, but will to upgrade to DDR333 when I get more $$$. I found where I change the bus from 133 to 166 in the BIOS, but I don't see where to adjust the PCI divider to 5:1 because it must be at 4:1 right now (@133 FSB). Does the BIOS auto-set the divider value? Since I can change the FSB in 1 MHz increments from 100 up to ~170ish, what are the FSB values where the BIOS decides to switch divider values from 3:1 @ ~100FSB, and 4:1 @ ~133FSB, and 5:1 @ ~166FSB?
3: When I do switch the FSB to 166, will my 2000+ then be running at 2075MHz (166 * 12.5) instead of 1667MHz (133 * 12.5)? If so, I will have to unlock the CPU so I can set the multiplier to a lower value than 12.5 so it will run safe to about 1743MHz (166 * 10.5) right?
Thanks in advance!