P-3 FSB and Multiplier Settings

[littletemple]

I'm a newbie to this fsb and multiplier thing. Right now, I have a p3 933 mhz running 384 MB of Crucial DDR ram. The fsb and dram is set at 133mhz. The mulitplier is at 2.5. Now, what i'm wondering is why it was even set at that to begin with. Isn't that way to low...what is it running at at those settings? I bought a barebone off of e*ay and I haven't changed much in the bios. Should I change the multiplier. I believe the mobo is an ecs.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Unless your cpu is an unlocked engineering sample or something (very unlikely), you shouldn't have to worry about the multiplier. Intel cpus are multiplier locked (7 x 133, in your case), so the bios setting should make no difference.

 

[littletemple]

In the bios, it lets me change the multiplier settings so does that mean its "unlocked"?

 

[Bulk Beef]

No. You might change what is displayed at POST, but you won't actually be changing the multiplier. Try this. Download WCPUID
here. See what it says about your proc. Then try changing the multiplier in the bios. Run WCPUID again and see what it says.

 

[dbwillis]

If you change the multiplyer and then reboot the PC, does the mhz change from 933 to something else?
This isnt the 2.5 that could be the CAS of the ram is it?

 

[Spikesoldier]

They make 2.5 CAS latency for SDR Ram? I thought 2.5 was only for DDR ram varients.

 

[littletemple]

It clearly says multiplier and nothing amount the memory latency. Let dl'd that program and see.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Oh hey, if you screw something up in your bios and the thing doesn't boot, I'm not responsible.