Hello I've looked all over the bios (most of it is all foreign to me and dont understand it) can someone who has a asus mobo please tell me where I can find the option to raise the multipiler coz my bus speed is redicilious CPU: 4.08GHz BUS: around 880MHz (i've seen it over 1200MHz on my previous asus pc) my mobo is P4ND4-Deluxe SLI if it helps. Thanks in advance
Lowering multipiler on asus mobo (with 650 3.4 Intel) Uhm... Why? Its not redicilious, its essential. The FSB carries data between your CPU, Memory, Graphics card, expansion cards, hard disc's etc etc etc Raise the Multiplyer if anything!
Lowering multipiler on asus mobo (with 650 3.4 Intel) ooopsieeees thats wot i meant to say, to raise it for better bus coz i used to have 14x multipiler must have got confused.
You might not be able to OC on the multiplier with Intel chips. I haven't kept track of the multipliers on the Pentiums, but I recall Intel locked them awhile back. Check under CPU Speed and Voltage control, but you can also check your manual...
ok thanks guys oooooo btw as wer'on the subject of voltages I know you sometimes have to adjust them when overclocking, well i sometimes get stop errors in games when heavy overclocking (not supprising, im just being greedy i suppose) but i like to do several heavy tasks in the bkground and dont want it to lower me games performance i was wondering if changing the voltage will stabilise or make it better some how? thanks
Well, with overclocking, you want to go slowly. Get ahold of [google]Prime95[/google] first. Also, have [google]Memtest 86+[/google] handy as well. Especially if you start tweaking the memory timings and such, Memtest is excellent for hammering your RAM to see if there's issues. For the CPU, use one instance per core, although if you have HyperThreading, you'll want to have a second instance for that. If you can't run it for 24 hours without any error, you're not quite stable. Up the voltage by the smallest increment available, test again. You'll want to run Memtest for a few hours, but if you can, do it overnight to give it a good beating. Voltage will give it an extra kick to keep the singaling going, and this applies to any overvolting of an IC. Where you run into problems is when you put too much voltage in that it can't be cooled enough, or you have too much voltage going through that it damages the chip. I'm not sure what the max safe voltage is for the Pentium D's, but I do know that the Northwood core (a very old P4 core) had a nasty tendancy to die when given 1.7V or more, regardless of what cooling was used (air, liquid nitrogen, etc).
I think Intel only allows multiplier adjustments on their Extreme Edition CPU's - although on my CPU in my laptop (Core Duo T2300) the multiplier can be lowered so that the CPU throttles down to save power when running on battery.
