FSB wall on lower end CPUs?

Hi Guys,

I've been playing around with a Conroe-L Celeron lately and I swear it is the CPU holding me back from 400fsb. Is that normal on a lower end CPU? I have heard of CPUs (like E4300's, E2140's, etc.) that won't do 500fsb, but 400? I know it's not the motherboard as I've now tried two. I can boot just fine at 345x10 (3.45ghz), but not at 400x7 (2.8ghz). Ram is not an issue as it is PC2-8500 running 1:1 at loose timings. Could this CPU really be limited to around 350fsb?

Thanks for your insight. Much appreciated.

-Collin-

On most of the Conroe-L chips I've had there was an fsb wall right around 400, some were way lower

sno.lcn said:

On most of the Conroe-L chips I've had there was an fsb wall right around 400, some were way lower

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Thanks, that actually makes me happy. I thought I was really doing something wrong because all my other chips could do 500+. I was thinking that with less cache and only one core, the Celeron would be a FSB monster! Seems that I just had a rude awakening

-Collin-

pad moding the cpu can get around the fsb walls on some cpu's. it has to do with the defualt cpu fsb strap. yes my celeron-L has a higher fsb, its currently at 400mhz, i didnt go any higher though. 3.2ghz is fast enough, all i do now is surf and fold/seti.