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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (10671)	3/12/2000 10:32:00 PM
From: TH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Howard, First, interesting that you have read that others have been having this same problem with the ASUS board. I have a feeling that pretty soon ASUS or Creative is going to come out with a fix. I said I have it working, but the MPU401 is still showing a problem. I have sound and the computer functions fine in all other areas, so I will live with it until I can monkey with it next weekend. As for your second question, it is true that with some of the newer boards you can adjust the CPU internal frequency independent from the external CPU and PCI bus frequency. What this allowed me to do was use my existing PC 100 DIMMS (The ASUS P3C2000 is a bit tricky in regards to memory. Only certain PC 100 memory seems to work and PC 133 will not, no ECC either) and set my jumpers for 100 FSB. Then I went to the BIOS and used the internal setting to bump the P3 600 up to 133 while keeping the locked 6x. This produced a very stable 800 and required no adjustments to the core voltage. After some research I learned that the 600E with the 100 FSB was a good choice to overclock and get around the lock. It actually is a pretty good choice for the average person who wants an easy overclock. The 600EB and the rest of the coppermine family at 133 FSB can be a bit more difficult to get the better performance. I think of it this way, if Intel wants to sell me the same speed at a lower FSB then that leaves that much more upside, and increased probability of success, for pushing the CPU itself to a high rate. I am not an expert, so please correct me if I am wrong on any of this. Good luck everyone and thanks. TH