AMD 2400+ & Asus A7V8X

[nomadfemme]

I read somewhere on a British site which I cannot find again that the Asus A7V8X Mobo unlocks the 2400 without connecting bridges or any form of adjustment to CPU.
Does anyone know if this is correct, Also I want to overclock CPU a little not too much and would also like to overclock the FSB.
I do not want a huge increase to the point of instability or to have to clock it back to find it's sweet spot, I understand that all CPU's are different and some can be lucky/unlucky with CPU's clockability.
What I'm asking for is some pointers as to the settings I need to adjust and maybe a few configs with specs/settings that are not high.
Also this might make all the difference with FSB overclocking I have currently 256MB DDR PC266 SDRAM Memory does this mean I cannot overclock the FSB anyway as I have a sneaky feeling it might.
Any help is welcome.
Thanx
Sam

 

[caboob]

there's an article at gamepc.com that demonstrates the unlocked multis on the A7V8X (too lazy to link though). You can change the multipliers but the POST screen will always register an XP2400. But if you check your system with CPUID in windows, the proper speeds and multiplier will be reported. Its too bad that the PCI/AGP divider doesnt work at 200Mhz FSB on this chipset though, you'll have to settle for safe OC operation at 166Mhz.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

your ram will be most limiting factor as the cpu frequency will start at 133mhz (266fsb) and ram will start at 133mhz (266ddr)

if its brandname ram, it will probably go farther, by how much is not possible to tell exactly, but if you give us the company we can give you a ball park figure possibly

btw, pc2100=ddr266=133mhz