Will the P5AD2 board survive?

[nadirshakur]

After month and month of waiting and shopping and reviewing and asking around, I finally did get a system. One of my biggest concerns was catching up to technology. I waited for ddr2, pcie all that!!!! And finally got the P5AD2.

I am now having second thoughts, for one reason. It's too late to return it but here's my question.

Will the P5AD2 board from Asus support 1066 FSB? I know it does not in factory settings, but if I overclock it to 266 will the new soon to come P4 with 1066 fsb chips work. As fr as I know only the 925X"E" chipsets will support 1066 but my question is will it work if I overclock my 925X chipset to 1066 FSB. Do I have to change my board to get the new 1066 fsb working?????? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[o1die]

I wouldn't change your board or cpu for a relatively small gain in performance. I've already run my 2.8c at 266 fsb, and didn't notice that much improvement over 250, which I settled on for stability.

 

[nadirshakur]

Yes, I would not neighter. I am talking about the future. I am just wondering if the new 1066 fsb chips will work on this board by simply upping the fsb manually. although i know this is not recommended by the companies i am just wondering if it will work or not.

 

[o1die]

I trust asus will provide a bios update if possible for your board. I would ask the question directly with asus tech support. They've answered my email in the past.

 

[IamTHEsnake]

technically.... it should be possible.

 

[nadirshakur]

i will try emailing them see if it will work.
i will let you know what they say.
meanwhile, i have another question.

i am running the p5ad2 asus board right now, and i also have a pci not express, video card. I have not even tried it yet but i was wondering if it will work on my board. I was also wondering if it does work will it work simulatneously with a pci expreee video card so i can run three monitors??