I posted this in General, but I knew I'd get a response from my Seti family [Archive]

09-18-01, 07:00 PM

This is not meant to be an insult, but rather to help. I believe you may have a fundamental lack of understanding of what you're doing and how these settings work together. First of all the speed of the cpu is determined by the multiplier times the front side bus speed. The multiplier number in itself has nothing to do with stability - it's the resulting speed of the cpu that affects stability. You're working with two separate issues that can affect stability. The fsb is one setting, and the cpu speed is the other. First you want to find the highest fsb you can run stable. Do this by raising the fsb in small increments while keeping the cpu speed as close to its factory rated speed - lowering the multiplier as necessary. Obviously you can't always keep it exactly at 1400, but stay close to that so that when you find the system is no longer stable you know it's the fsb causing the problem and not the cpu. Now you can back off just a little on the fsb so you're system is stable in that respect. Next you need to see how fast the cpu can run stable. Do this by raising the multiplier to increase the cpu's speed until the system becomes unstable again. Now you've determined how fast the cpu can run. When you get to this point it's not the multiplier making the fsb no longer stable, it's the cpu causing the problem. You have two choices now. You can go to the next lower multiplier, or you can lower the fsb a little. In either case you're slowing the cpu down.

So recapping this, the cpu speed is determined by the multiplying the fsb with the multiplier. Stability issues can be affected by both the fsb itself and the cpu's speed, so you're looking for a combination that keeps both within stable operating limits. The multiplier is your mediator so to speak. Maybe this helps, maybe not. Let us know if you have more questions.