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Here's the situation.
My processor is an AMD 2600+ XP (edited this, it's higher than I thought)
However the clock speed is 1.17 GHz
I'm led to beleive I can jack this up to at least 1.5GHz
My RAM (if relevent) is 256 MB (not sure if thats important).
I know I'd have to do something in the BIOS however I'm not sure what, im a bit of a novice, so if you can help me I'll be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
My processor is an AMD 2600+ XP (edited this, it's higher than I thought)
However the clock speed is 1.17 GHz
I'm led to beleive I can jack this up to at least 1.5GHz
My RAM (if relevent) is 256 MB (not sure if thats important).
I know I'd have to do something in the BIOS however I'm not sure what, im a bit of a novice, so if you can help me I'll be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
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... and we're up and running at 1.9 GHz :-)
You guys rock, seriously thanks so much to all of you!
You guys rock, seriously thanks so much to all of you!
Alrighty :-) Thanks
I'll give it a shot.
I'll give it a shot.
Paradox: wrote:
> So I should ignore the warning it gave me and stick it up to 166? It's
> still at 133 at the moment.
>
>
> Could there be any adverse effects of putting it to 166?
Your processor should support up to 166 (and probably well beyond), your RAM should support up to 200 (and probably a bit beyond) and your motherboard should support up to 200. Faulty components notwithstanding, 166 should be okay - the warning is for just in case you have DDR266 installed, which you don't.
> So I should ignore the warning it gave me and stick it up to 166? It's
> still at 133 at the moment.
>
>
> Could there be any adverse effects of putting it to 166?
Your processor should support up to 166 (and probably well beyond), your RAM should support up to 200 (and probably a bit beyond) and your motherboard should support up to 200. Faulty components notwithstanding, 166 should be okay - the warning is for just in case you have DDR266 installed, which you don't.
So I should ignore the warning it gave me and stick it up to 166? It's still at 133 at the moment.
Could there be any adverse effects of putting it to 166?
Could there be any adverse effects of putting it to 166?
Paradox: wrote:
> Aha!
>
> You 100% on that?
>
> Should I drop my multiplier a bit because I'm not sure the processor
> can handle: 200 x 11.5 = 2300
>
> What you reckon?
That's a hefty overclock and will likely cause you stability problems. If I were you I'd drop it back to 166.
> Aha!
>
> You 100% on that?
>
> Should I drop my multiplier a bit because I'm not sure the processor
> can handle: 200 x 11.5 = 2300
>
> What you reckon?
That's a hefty overclock and will likely cause you stability problems. If I were you I'd drop it back to 166.
Paradox: wrote:
> I beleive from what I've learnt from this thread that it will allow me
> to put the FSB speed up to 400 - however I'll wait and see what you
> think.
DDR stands for double data rate, which means the memory effectively runs at twice the speed of the front side bus. DDR400 supports up to a 200Mhz front side bus which is faster than your processor supports. Therefore you should be able to set the FSB to 166Mhz with a multiplier of 11.5 with no problems at all. You probably still want to be thinking about getting more RAM anyway, as 256MB is not all that much these days.
> I beleive from what I've learnt from this thread that it will allow me
> to put the FSB speed up to 400 - however I'll wait and see what you
> think.
DDR stands for double data rate, which means the memory effectively runs at twice the speed of the front side bus. DDR400 supports up to a 200Mhz front side bus which is faster than your processor supports. Therefore you should be able to set the FSB to 166Mhz with a multiplier of 11.5 with no problems at all. You probably still want to be thinking about getting more RAM anyway, as 256MB is not all that much these days.
i dont know!
Aha!
You 100% on that?
Should I drop my multiplier a bit because I'm not sure the processor can handle: 200 x 11.5 = 2300
What you reckon?
You 100% on that?
Should I drop my multiplier a bit because I'm not sure the processor can handle: 200 x 11.5 = 2300
What you reckon?
It will allow you to put the FSB to 200.
I beleive from what I've learnt from this thread that it will allow me to put the FSB speed up to 400 - however I'll wait and see what you think.
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