Need Ga-7vaxp FSB Setting help..

[JohnnyRuse]

recently purchased system with Ga7vaxp mobo, samsung pc2700 ddr, & athlon 1900+ , Noticed that the CPU Clock switch on mobo was set for 133mhz..
Can this be set to 166mhz using the 1900+ chip or do i need to go with the 2700+ or higher chip that supports the 333mhz fsb speed to use this option...

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: JohnnyRuse
recently purchased system with Ga7vaxp mobo, samsung pc2700 ddr, & athlon 1900+ , Noticed that the CPU Clock switch on mobo was set for 133mhz..
Can this be set to 166mhz using the 1900+ chip or do i need to go with the 2700+ or higher chip that supports the 333mhz fsb speed to use this option...

you'll need a 333fsb chip

 

[clicknext]

Depends on whether or not your CPU can handle that speed. I doubt that it can unless it's a Tbred core, which it probably isn't. I have my 2000+ running at 166fsb, but the multiplier was dropped by modifying the bridges (note: DONT MODIFY THE BRIDGES WITH A PENCIL! EVEN THOUGH IT WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT SCREWS SOME PEOPLE LIKE ME OVER; I ended up getting stuck with a 9.5x multiplier, which worked well for me because I could up the fsb to 166. Anyway, if your CPU and ram can handle 166, it's probably okay, because that motherboard has a 1/5 divider at 166.

So, my answer to your question is yes, it's possible to go to 166fsb, but your CPU probably can't handle that much of a speed increase. I think your ram might be fine, though, because I have Samsung PC2700 ram too and it runs fine at 200mhz.