Originally posted by: Khyron320
Yes i have an a7n8x which can hit 185mhz fsb but is a little fluky
i have found the sweet spot for a7n8x pre 2.0 is 175mhz
My a7n8x is a 1.04 and ive used 2 types of ram kingston hyperx3500 and corsair 3200LL
got an xp1700 @ 2.013ghz 175mhz fsb 1.7v core running 100% stable right now
Originally posted by: Tikerz
I have a rev 1.04 and I've been trying to get 200MHz FSB stable, but it looks like it's not gonna happen. The highest stable setting I've found is 186MHz. Right now I'm testing a 2500+ @ 2.32GHz. Really want 200MHz FSB, but is it worth it to go through the trouble of swapping the board for a rev. 2.0?
Originally posted by: 0JK0
I got A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.03 and i'm afraid that i will not be able to hit 200FSB with my Athlon 2500!
Maybe the upgarde of a BIOS (v.1004-200MHz support) would help!
Originally posted by: Sunny129
Originally posted by: 0JK0
I got A7N8X Deluxe rev 1.03 and i'm afraid that i will not be able to hit 200FSB with my Athlon 2500!
Maybe the upgarde of a BIOS (v.1004-200MHz support) would help!
Just because the new BIOS supports up to 200MHz fsb in 1MHz increments doesn't mean that the board will hit the 200MHz fsb mark. It is strictly a limitation of the chipset. If you aren't using a revision 2.0 board, then it uses the original nforce2 chipset, not the nforce2 ultra 400 chipset. Like others have already mentioned above, the sweet spot for the original chipset is roughly 175MHz fsb. In AnandTech's nForce2 6-way Motherboard Roundup, they were able to OC the fsb to 185MHz without sacrificing stability. So unless you have a rev2 board (that utilizes the nforce2 ultra 400 chipset) don't expect your nforce2 board to OC to 200MHz fsb. it sucks, i know...