24 Jul
2004
24 Jul
'04
12:42 a.m.
Ah,
I just re-read your mail and then re-read my motherboard manual.
So I'm running with an effective fsb of 66.8MHz [penny]
That's what I get with the default settings of JP29 & JP23 on the motherboard
[duh] If I was to jumper them at, say 5-6 & 3-4 respectively, this would give
me host clock 3x (100 - 124MHz) [er] which I assume would then show up in the
BIOS? [oh] could I then set it to the specified 100MHz x 6 ?:-]
I assume that's what my system would prefer.
[ps] One day I might get the hang of this hardware stuff. [clunk]
I realise this is probably elementary stuff for most of you.
It's a flippin' revelation for me :-)
Little note for Steve Harris:
If I'm right, this means I've been successfully running JAMin on a severely
_underclocked_ Celeron 600, so stick that in your minimum system
requirements ;-]
thanks for your patience & assistance.
tim hall
Last Saturday 24 July 2004 01:42, I went:
Last Friday 23 July 2004 22:32, Rick B was like:
Yes, I would think that you would notice a
big difference. If
before adjusting you had a 66.8mhz fsb x 3.5 multiplier = 233.8mhz and
after you have a 66.8mhz fsb x 8.0 = 566mhz.
Great, thanks for confirming that.
You might want to check and
see if you have a fan on your cpu (I have a 566mhz that doesn't), if not
and you do notice instability adding one would probably fix it. Also if
you dont have a fan now, adding one for $10 is a cheap way to overclock
it.
I do have a fan on it, although I could probably fit a bigger quieter one
in. I'm not interested in overclocking as such, just getting the
straightforward best performance.
I'm wondering though, where does the 100mhz
fsb you mentioned come
in? You will either have a 66.8mhz fsb times a multiplier or a 100mhz
fsb times a multiplier
These fluffy figures probably come from my misunderstanding of the manual.
CPU Freq: 600MHz
CPU Ratio: 6x (?)
CPU FSB: 100MHz
It also says: Warning: Intel 810/810DC-100 chipset supports a maximum of
100MHz CPU FSB blah ...
I think from the jumper settings that the display cache runs at the same
speed, there's nothing to suggest there's any value in pushing it.
So far I'm not seeing any instability, so I'll stick with this and see how
it goes.
As far as memory goes, I think most
people that read this list
would agree that you can never have to much. When you run out of
physical ram and have to swap to disk it slows the machine waaayy down
(and causes dropouts).
And dropouts, right. This is now my biggest (but not insurmountable)
problem, which can obviously be fixed by throwing some cash at it when I
get some. That's a Win AFAIC :-)
Thanks for increasing my understanding of this subject.
tim hall