GA-8i945gzme-rh + e6300 won't clock higher than 931Mhz

[belawrence]

It should clock somewhere around 1.4Ghz due to limitation of 800Mhz FSB, but no option in bios(ver. F6) to adjust FSB or anything else except memory frequency. Belarc Advisor, CPU-Z, and system bios report clock speed of 931Mhz. System does correctly identify processor as e6300/1.86 Ghz. Any suggestions?

 

[cb62fcni]

Get a new motherboard.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130059

 

[belawrence]

Sorry, i'm looking for an answer that doesn't involve me replacing mobo as Giga-Byte's own website states that this board supports this processor(up to 1.4Ghz). Also, why spend another $80.00 on something that I just spent $80.00 dollars on?

 

[cb62fcni]

If it's not too late, return it. Otherwise, you may have to wait for a new bios revision since there are no options to change the FSB in bios. You can find boards for less than 80, such as the one I linked to, that support the full 1066 FSB.

 

[belawrence]

I might just leave it be-this system is a xmas gift for a family currently running a Celeron 500 running Win98 so 2x931Mhz + WinXP is still leaps and bounds above what they're used to. They don't game, and the most taxing thing they'll probably do to it is play a DVD on it which shouldn't be a problem as i've played/tested h.264 encoded 1080p on the system without any stuttering at all.