How to set lower than 200mhz FSB on Asus P5K-E?

[clickynext]

I have an old PentiumD 805 processor which has 133mhz FSB, and the Asus board I just got only seems to allow FSB adjustment in the range of 200-800mhz. If I just leave the settings as default then the proc will work at its 2.6ghz regular speed, but I know this proc is actually capable of 3.6ghz easily (which would be 180mhz FSB).

Is there any way at all to set a custom FSB lower than 200?

Thanks

 

[clickynext]

Resolved... the solution was to get a new Core 2 Duo! As far as I could tell, there is no way to set a custom FSB under 200mhz. Perhaps a pin mod would have done the trick, but that would have been too much trouble.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

A more appropriate solution would be the $61 Abit IP35-E and $75 E2160.

 

[clickynext]

Strangely the IP35-E costs $125 up here in Canada, so I decided to go with the P5K-E with better sound and wlan (which I need anyway). Is the Abit actually worth that much, or just overpriced here?

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Folks in the US don't buy IP35-E cause they have $ to burn? Supply and demand...I suppose. Major complaint is PC won't POST cause someone used 2.2V overclocking RAMs. Course we all know that the official JEDEC spec for DDR2 667 or 800 RAM is 1.8V.

 

[clickynext]

Heh, I'm a prime candidate for the POST problem since I'm using 2.2v crucial ballistix RAM, and a five year old Antec Trupower 430 psu. It seems that many P35 mobos suffer from boot problems, to varying degrees, though?

 

[SerpentRoyal]

I've seen a lot of issues with some overclocking 2.0-2.2V RAMs. JEDEC 1.8V DDR2 667 or 800 are okay. Even the $9/GB HP 1.8V DDR 667 RAMs boot fine with four sticks and easily overclock to 400MHz with 2.0V/5-5-5-15-2T. Some Crucial Bs run very well @ 1.8V, while others will not POST @ 2.2V. I think it's just bad QC because I have three IP35-E on hands to check for compatibility. One user recently had to RMA a bad stick of Crucial B. No more Crucial B for me.

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