FSB Question?

[Neonsigns]

PIII 550E @ 773
Kingston 128 MB PC133 SDRAM
Soyo SY-6VBA133 w/ latest BIOS

Is it possible to increase FSB to values that are more than the max in BIOS. I saw some posts about 160-180 MHz FSB. Are these in the BIOS or are these achieved by some other means?

 

[Matthew A.]

Neonsigns (Jan 07, 2001 10:28 a.m.):
PIII 550E @ 773
Kingston 128 MB PC133 SDRAM
Soyo SY-6VBA133 w/ latest BIOS

Is it possible to increase FSB to values that are more than the max in BIOS. I saw some posts about 160-180 MHz FSB. Are these in the BIOS or are these achieved by some other means?

It depends on how the motherboard is set up by the manufacturer. Some BIOS won't let you increase the FSB at all. However, jumpers on the mobo may permit it. But generally speaking I believe the answer is usually no. If the board has these options available to you thru the use of jumpers than most likely the manufacture provides a BIOS that will support the boards capabilities. My mobo allows adjustments either thru the BIOS or by jumpers up to 180 but why I don't know since it only offers divisors of 3 and 4 which sets the PCI bus @45mhz when most devices won't tolerate it.