FSB clock speed help!

[billyb351]

I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAXP board and am using it with an Athlon XP 2000. I was wondering what the proper way is to set the FSB clock speed using the DIP switch. From the manual I gather there are three settings, 100 Mhz, 133 Mhz, and 166 Mhz. I thought that you take the ram speed and divide by two to get the FSB clock speed. What would I set it at if I'm using PC2700 DDR333 ram, do i set it at 166 Mhz? What if I have DDR400 ram?

 

[jlanka]

Question #1: YES
Question #2: 200

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[ejsmith2]

On that board, when you set the FSB to 166, the memory goes sync. If you run with a 133FSB, then it will add 66mhz, if you want it to, to the memory clock.

So, you'd have to overclock up to 200. You processor can probably handle it, if you drop the multiplier down far enough.

But there is no 6 dividor, so your PCI and AGP cards would have to take it as well. As far as I know, the "6" divisor does not just magically kick in when you set it to 200mhz.

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[EViLJeSuS]

if your xp2000 is unlocked then set it for 166mhz and then fine tune it above that in bios.
when u set the dip switch to 166mhz the bios setting for memory type (ddr266/333/400)greys out .
Use the F7 (F4/5/6/7/9) BIOS . quickest for memory and easiest to boot overclocked
if your xp200 is locked then you might get 148mhz maybe set dip for 133mhz....
mine--- xp2200 unlocked @ 10x192mhz +10% VCore Very Stable with DDR400 Cl2 @ 2/2/5/2