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I have a P4 2.53 ghz and my mobo , Abit IC7, wont let me go over 169 fsb and i dont know why? any ideas?
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cant go over 169fsb?
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Thats probably the limit of that chip, many will max out under 3 ghz, you are trying to push over 3.2ghz
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im pretty sure its not the chip its the motherboard limiting something. Because i will set the fsb to 170 and when i exit and save settings in the bios and it restarts when i get the post screen or bios screen it says 169x19 when i set it at 170.
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If you go into CPUZ, after the computer boots like that, I bet you it will say 170. My IC7-G does that with 285FSB (says 284FSB), but it reads correctly in CPUZ.
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I'm also OC'ing a 533 chip on a IC7 board. I got the same -1 issue as you guys. Also taking into consideration, that the IC7 is a 200 FSB board, i highly doubt that its your board that limits your OC. Unless you have a golden SL6S2 (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=174580&highlight=sl6s2), you'll have to settle with your current OC (which isn't too shabby after all 
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Do you think flashing the Bios to the newer one would help? I think i might do it anyway. How do i go about doing this?
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I doubt flashing your BIOS will do any good..Didn't th mobo come with a Flashmenu-software-thingy on the CD?
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Sure, install an updated BIOS, it can't hurt.
Go up to my IC7 links sticky thread and find the Abit utility download link. Go download the FlashMenu program. It's easy to flash a BIOS with it. I always set my computer to default speed first though, just to be sure. If something goes wrong during BIOS flashing, you are hosed.
Like was said though, it's the CPU at it's limit, not the mobo. My IC7 always shows 1 MHz less FSB than the setting on the post screen, but CPU-Z always shows that it's correct.
Go up to my IC7 links sticky thread and find the Abit utility download link. Go download the FlashMenu program. It's easy to flash a BIOS with it. I always set my computer to default speed first though, just to be sure. If something goes wrong during BIOS flashing, you are hosed.
Like was said though, it's the CPU at it's limit, not the mobo. My IC7 always shows 1 MHz less FSB than the setting on the post screen, but CPU-Z always shows that it's correct.
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Lets not all jump to the conlusion its the chip. My RAM was the problem with my 2.53b and getting back to 180 from what the IT7 did with it.
If I stuck in my XMS3200LL or my Muskin I was back in business with a 180-185 FSB overclock. So you might just want to check that. Thats with dual channel, work fine in single but who wants that
The OCZ 3700's I had didn't like the 533 procs and anything over 160. Did fine with the 800's.
It still could be your chip but its something to look at.
If I stuck in my XMS3200LL or my Muskin I was back in business with a 180-185 FSB overclock. So you might just want to check that. Thats with dual channel, work fine in single but who wants that
The OCZ 3700's I had didn't like the 533 procs and anything over 160. Did fine with the 800's.
It still could be your chip but its something to look at.
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i think that's the wall of your chip
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I am looking at also purchasing the IC7, so that I can run Dual channel ddr. But I do have one of the "golden" Sl6s2's and it runs fabulous in my IT7 Max2 v2. I am runninng Corsair pc3200 32X8 ram in this system also. But I am afraid that I will not get this kind of o'clock with the Is7. I also have on order 2X512mb (1GB) Kingston hyperx bh-5 chips to run with my new(?) mobo. What do you guys think I should do? Go with the IC7 or another board. Thanks for any suggestions!
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IC7 is nice I like it, I just need one of those 3.0C's to o\c and then ill have a sweet setup
