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
