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I can't seem to get my system to even post over a 124 FSB. My current system is a PIII 450 on an AZZA PT-6IBD, 256MB of PC100 RAM. I have put additional cooling on the CPU and a good case fan, heat is not the issue because it doesn't run much over 85-90 degrees. Everything works fine at 124FSB, but I am sure that it should be able to go higher. With the PIII 500 system I was using, I was able to hit several FSB settings higher than 133 no problem. I think the highest it got to was 148 FSB. And it was the same type of RAM, so I don't think that's the problem. Any ideas?
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PostIcon Posted on: Jun. 01 2000,08:35 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Two things:
The PII 450 generally doesn't get much higher than 558. Check out Overclockers, they have a database of CPU speeds, and the average speed atained is only 588.

Second, I would count on that PC100 being stable at much past 120, I'm suprised you got it as high as you did!

Another thing you could consider is the motherboard. Which one do you have?

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What type of video card are/were you using?

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My PIII 450 is happily chuggin along at 650. But I also have an Alpha on it.

The main problems with getting to high fsb (assuming it's not the CPU itself) is the AGP divider and your memory. When you say "it was the same type of memory" do you mean it was the same stick? or just that it was pc100? Not all memory is created equal. Same goes for the video card, once you start getting up around 133 most AGP video cards will crap out. Try sticking in a PCI card to see if that's what is causing the problems.

Simple troubleshooting is usually all it takes to get your CPU higher. All this is assuming it's not the CPU itself that is causing the problems.

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Try getting the newest BIOS for your mobo, I know that has helped get a few people over that last little bump up in speed. May or may not work for you.

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I have a ASUS V7700 GeForce 2 GTS DDR video card, and the memory I am using all came from the same batch presumably, I bought it all at the same time from the same company. I don't know who makes it, but it's stable at CAS 2 133 on one PC, and only 124 on another PC.

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Thanks for the tips, everyone. I have downloaded the latest bios, but have to try to figure out whether it is a 1 or 2MB bios, and the instructions for finding this out are rather vague; the bios doesn't match either of the two descriptions for their bioses. This is the last time I get a MB from AZZA.

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I can't get my system past 105 FSB
I can go to 110, but UT freezes after a few minutes..
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I can play UT for hours, it's never crashed on me.

But anyways, I found out that I already have the latest version of the BIOS on the MB, so I can't very well upgrade it. One reason I don't like this is because my old MB (The one that fried) had the 124FSB option, but this MB goes right from 112 to 133, no 124, so now I'm stuck at 504. Do you think that if I get better case cooling I'd be able to get my system to post at 133? That'd be something I could do. At least I don't have to deal with this anymore after 2 months because I'm getting a CuMine 800 or so based system and a friend is buying what I have now. I guess I can live with 112 until then.

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if the RAM is causing the problems, try looking for the RAM Clock Speed option in your BIOS
i know that on my ABIT KA7-100 (it's an Athlon mobo) i've got 3 otpions :
- HClck
- HClck + PCIClck
- HClck - PCIClck

if your RAM is PC100 and your FSB is 133, try using the HClck - PCIClck option to lower the RAM clock speed

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