Hi,
I bought the a7v-e the other day, stupidly assuming that because the -e stood for "enhanced", it would, at worst, be as overclockable as the a7v, and at best, even more so. Well, if I'd bothered to look at the manual on the asus site before ordering, I'd have found that not only is there no vcore adjustment in either software or via the dipswitches, there is also a limit of 110 on fsb speed.
I realise that fsb speeds of above 110 are very likely to cause problems with cards on the pci bus due to it running faster than it should, but I see from the a7v manual that an fsb speed of 133 results in a perfectly normal pci bus speed of 33, so this is what I would like to try on my board.
The a7v-e manual, however, only lists 4 possible speeds settable by dipswitches: 100, 103, 105, 110. But, there are 5 switches used to set this, so I'm thinking there is a very good chance that there ARE other combinations, but that asus just haven't printed them in the manual.
And that brings me to why I am posting this - I am hoping that someone has this information, and could post the "hidden" dipswitch settings. Or even if someone has already gone down this route and knows that there are in fact no other settings, and that I'm wasting my time, please post to let me know this.
If I don't hear back from anyone, I will try this weekend to set some different dipswitch combinations, and see what happens (and will post the results here). I assume that if I was to set a dipswitch combo that isn't supported, that the board will not implode before my eyes, but again, if anyone knows that this is in fact very likely to happen and there's a high chance of me trashing my board, please post to tell me this.
Cheers
I bought the a7v-e the other day, stupidly assuming that because the -e stood for "enhanced", it would, at worst, be as overclockable as the a7v, and at best, even more so. Well, if I'd bothered to look at the manual on the asus site before ordering, I'd have found that not only is there no vcore adjustment in either software or via the dipswitches, there is also a limit of 110 on fsb speed.
I realise that fsb speeds of above 110 are very likely to cause problems with cards on the pci bus due to it running faster than it should, but I see from the a7v manual that an fsb speed of 133 results in a perfectly normal pci bus speed of 33, so this is what I would like to try on my board.
The a7v-e manual, however, only lists 4 possible speeds settable by dipswitches: 100, 103, 105, 110. But, there are 5 switches used to set this, so I'm thinking there is a very good chance that there ARE other combinations, but that asus just haven't printed them in the manual.
And that brings me to why I am posting this - I am hoping that someone has this information, and could post the "hidden" dipswitch settings. Or even if someone has already gone down this route and knows that there are in fact no other settings, and that I'm wasting my time, please post to let me know this.
If I don't hear back from anyone, I will try this weekend to set some different dipswitch combinations, and see what happens (and will post the results here). I assume that if I was to set a dipswitch combo that isn't supported, that the board will not implode before my eyes, but again, if anyone knows that this is in fact very likely to happen and there's a high chance of me trashing my board, please post to tell me this.
Cheers
