Ok, this is one of the strangest things I've seen before in my overclocking attempts. I want to see if anyone else has had this experiece.
I'm running my AthlonXP 2100+ currently at stock speed, with DDR 400 RAM, running at 333. I wanted to run my processor in sync with my ram - overclock it to 166. I knew I'd never do it without messing with the multiplier, but I didn't want to try to unlock it. One day I decided to just change the multiplier in the BIOS to see if it would work, and somehow, amazingly enough, it did. It POSTed without problem, reporting the correct speed. I could get into windows, but no matter what I did I could not make it stable in games, even underclocking the overall prossessing speed to 1600Mhz. I hoped that the problem was BIOS related, and so gave up on it and went back to stock speed. (this was all done with BIOS 1010)
I downloaded the new BIOS 1011, and after flashing the motherboard, it no longers POSTs at all if I change the multiplier. It doesn't matter what I change it to, or what the FSB is set to - the computer will simply no longer POST. Now I'm stuck wondering; If my processor isn't unlocked, how did I manage to change the FSB before? And if it is, why doesn't it work now?
I have reflashed to 1010 again to make sure it was the BIOS, and it worked again. It could POST. Is this just a freak BIOS issue?
I'm running my AthlonXP 2100+ currently at stock speed, with DDR 400 RAM, running at 333. I wanted to run my processor in sync with my ram - overclock it to 166. I knew I'd never do it without messing with the multiplier, but I didn't want to try to unlock it. One day I decided to just change the multiplier in the BIOS to see if it would work, and somehow, amazingly enough, it did. It POSTed without problem, reporting the correct speed. I could get into windows, but no matter what I did I could not make it stable in games, even underclocking the overall prossessing speed to 1600Mhz. I hoped that the problem was BIOS related, and so gave up on it and went back to stock speed. (this was all done with BIOS 1010)
I downloaded the new BIOS 1011, and after flashing the motherboard, it no longers POSTs at all if I change the multiplier. It doesn't matter what I change it to, or what the FSB is set to - the computer will simply no longer POST. Now I'm stuck wondering; If my processor isn't unlocked, how did I manage to change the FSB before? And if it is, why doesn't it work now?
I have reflashed to 1010 again to make sure it was the BIOS, and it worked again. It could POST. Is this just a freak BIOS issue?
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