Classic Athlon 850 won't go any higher, can I use voltage settings in the bios?

[stockjock]

I have a classic Athlon 850. I'm using a GFD ( I have used this one before so I know it works, I have even used another one to see if the GFD was not working). I'm using a TD2 GFD. It allows for default voltage to be set. My mobo is an ASUS K7V, which allows for the voltage to be set in the bios as well as the L2 cache setting.
I have tried everything and can't seem to get this thing any higher than stock speed (only by upping the FSB to 103 will I actually get anything upto 875). Whenever I set the GFD to anything I can get the computer to post..but WinME freezes. I know I have to up the voltage and have gone as high a 2.0v and I still get WinME locks up in the startup. I do go up very slow on the multiplier as well. What should I move the L2 cache to? Can I use the voltage regulator in the mobo's bios instead of on the GFD?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

BTW I have very good cooling. I'm using an Alpha P7125.

 

[CTho9305]

well, the divider should be 1/3, but use voltage jumpers or voltage on the GFD instead of the bios setup, because it seems that it needs the CPU to be working to set the voltage (like if the fsb is too high to post, you can't set it down without jumpers cause something isn't working). at least, I think it needs the cpu. but the fact is that jumpers provide the best results for whatever reason.


go to k7v.com and get the latest BIOS beta (1008-D, i think) and post there too whenever you have trouble.

 

[stockjock]

I have tried it that way by using the jumpers to set the voltage. Do you think the K7V is limiting me here. Whenever I use the GFD the bios opens and tells me the processor speed and voltage have changed and ask to set it to default..