Greetings All!
I am new to this...
Plan:
Simple. Buy MSI K7T Turbo (KT133A) motherboard & Duron 750. Remove jumper on motherboard, thus upping FSB to 133MHz. This combined with Duron's default 7.5 multiplier should yield the magic(?) 1 GHz. No effort. Easy.
Reality:
1. On adjusting FSB only, max I could boot with was FSB 112 MHz (112*7.5=840 MHz). Even after setting voltage to 1.8V (bios max on MSI board). Disappointing.
2. Adjust processor clock multiplier instead. When installing processor, I joined all L1 bridges (with pencil). I am presently running a 'burn' with 9.5X clock at 100 FSB (950 MHz). Voltage 1.8V. This works, and seems to be the maximum I can achieve, though I have not yet fully assessed stability.
Questions:
1. Should I be happy with this? Actually I am, but should I be making other adjustments?
2. Did I make a mistake by buying the MSI board (because it has this 100/133 FSB jumper)? An Anandtech article seemed to suggest a jumperless or fully jumpered board might be better...I was after the magic 1000MHz afterall....
3. Should I expect the 'pencil' L1 bridge adjustment to wear off after a while thus reverting the cpu back to 7.5X ?
4. (edit) I understand that it is PREFERABLE to gain MHz by increasing FSB as opposed to increasing cpu multiplier...is this correct?
Warm regards...
I am new to this...
Plan:
Simple. Buy MSI K7T Turbo (KT133A) motherboard & Duron 750. Remove jumper on motherboard, thus upping FSB to 133MHz. This combined with Duron's default 7.5 multiplier should yield the magic(?) 1 GHz. No effort. Easy.
Reality:
1. On adjusting FSB only, max I could boot with was FSB 112 MHz (112*7.5=840 MHz). Even after setting voltage to 1.8V (bios max on MSI board). Disappointing.
2. Adjust processor clock multiplier instead. When installing processor, I joined all L1 bridges (with pencil). I am presently running a 'burn' with 9.5X clock at 100 FSB (950 MHz). Voltage 1.8V. This works, and seems to be the maximum I can achieve, though I have not yet fully assessed stability.
Questions:
1. Should I be happy with this? Actually I am, but should I be making other adjustments?
2. Did I make a mistake by buying the MSI board (because it has this 100/133 FSB jumper)? An Anandtech article seemed to suggest a jumperless or fully jumpered board might be better...I was after the magic 1000MHz afterall....
3. Should I expect the 'pencil' L1 bridge adjustment to wear off after a while thus reverting the cpu back to 7.5X ?
4. (edit) I understand that it is PREFERABLE to gain MHz by increasing FSB as opposed to increasing cpu multiplier...is this correct?
Warm regards...