I recently toasted my 1700+, so I've downgraded to a Duron 1gig. The 1700+ was running with 158FSB, the best I can get on the Duron is 8.5x150 (1.95V / CPU temp @ 43C). Pretty good for a $40 chip, but I'm wondering if one possible limitation is that my mobo is setting the PCI multiplier to 3x, so the PCI bus is currently way overclocked at 50. I think I recall the default PCI bus on Athlon XP as 33x4, but I'm not too confident about these figures.
Actually, the problem I run into is that at FSB over 150 the system posts but the boot manager only loads halfway before hanging. Could the problem be the Hard Drive instead? Anything I can do to put the HD into a state similar to how it was with Athlon XP?
My system (other than CPU) is the same posted in My Rig below, basically a Shuttle AK31a mobo with 512MB of Crucial PC2100 RAM. I can't find anything in my system BIOS about changing PCI multiplier or some similar HD characteristic, but I believe I've heard people here talk about changing PCI and IDE multipliers. Are general comments, or especially info on how to fix things for the AK31a would be appreciated.
Actually, the problem I run into is that at FSB over 150 the system posts but the boot manager only loads halfway before hanging. Could the problem be the Hard Drive instead? Anything I can do to put the HD into a state similar to how it was with Athlon XP?
My system (other than CPU) is the same posted in My Rig below, basically a Shuttle AK31a mobo with 512MB of Crucial PC2100 RAM. I can't find anything in my system BIOS about changing PCI multiplier or some similar HD characteristic, but I believe I've heard people here talk about changing PCI and IDE multipliers. Are general comments, or especially info on how to fix things for the AK31a would be appreciated.
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