Overclocking/SFF Mobo woes - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

hrdwrjnkie · 08-03-2004, 11:13 PM

OK, got my brand spankin new 3000+ Mobile Barton today. Slapped it in my Biostar IDEQ 200V (went mobile as this thing sucks to cool, but the portability is a must) and boot it. It's showing me a 995 MHZ Barton

The problem is, my board is seeing the chip as a 6x mult, when in reality, I believe it is supposed to be 16.5 (133*16.5~2.2GHZ). My BIOS has no visible way of adjusting this.

The biostar website here tells me nothing about mults, nor does the manual here. Is there a way to hardcode the mult into this chip? Has anyone had experience with one of these f***ing boxes?

Help please!

Lasereth · 08-04-2004, 09:51 AM

It sounds like the FSB jumper on your motherboard isn't on the correct setting. There may or may not be a small jumper on your motherboard to change the FSB. I'd check it. If it's at 100 or 133, then it's wrong...change it to 166. This has happened to a bunch of people I know. Their Athlon XPs were reading as 1 GHz instead of 1.8, 2.0 GHz, etc. They flipped it to the correct FSB jumper on the motherboard and it read it fine.

-Lasereth

hrdwrjnkie · 08-04-2004, 10:02 AM

Nope, the jumper is set on 166, however the chip is designed to run at 133. With a mobile XP that pumps out only 35W, I was hoping to have it run overclocked. At any rate, the FSB is fine, my chip is reading as a 995MHz with a 166 bus and a 6.0 multiplier. The correct setting would be a 166 bus and a 16.5 multiplier.

08-03-2004, 11:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
hrdwrjnkie Upright Location: Middle of nowhere and getting lost fast.	Overclocking/SFF Mobo woes OK, got my brand spankin new 3000+ Mobile Barton today. Slapped it in my Biostar IDEQ 200V (went mobile as this thing sucks to cool, but the portability is a must) and boot it. It's showing me a 995 MHZ Barton The problem is, my board is seeing the chip as a 6x mult, when in reality, I believe it is supposed to be 16.5 (13316.5~2.2GHZ). My BIOS has no visible way of adjusting this. The biostar website here tells me nothing about mults, nor does the manual here. Is there a way to hardcode the mult into this chip? Has anyone had experience with one of these f**ing boxes? Help please! __________________ I build, therefore I am.

08-04-2004, 09:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	It sounds like the FSB jumper on your motherboard isn't on the correct setting. There may or may not be a small jumper on your motherboard to change the FSB. I'd check it. If it's at 100 or 133, then it's wrong...change it to 166. This has happened to a bunch of people I know. Their Athlon XPs were reading as 1 GHz instead of 1.8, 2.0 GHz, etc. They flipped it to the correct FSB jumper on the motherboard and it read it fine. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

08-04-2004, 10:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
hrdwrjnkie Upright Location: Middle of nowhere and getting lost fast.	Nope, the jumper is set on 166, however the chip is designed to run at 133. With a mobile XP that pumps out only 35W, I was hoping to have it run overclocked. At any rate, the FSB is fine, my chip is reading as a 995MHz with a 166 bus and a 6.0 multiplier. The correct setting would be a 166 bus and a 16.5 multiplier. __________________ I build, therefore I am.