A7N8X-X questions...again

[Bob H]

Ok, I have finally got this board installed and I just want to know a few
things about optimum/best settings in the BIOS.

I have a AMD Athlon XP 2400 cpu, so what settings do I change, x? to
reflect that speed in the first bootup screen?

I have 2 sticks of Corsair PC3200 256mb ram, what settings would be best
for them?

Is there a website with dedicated help for the said board, ie what
settings to use etc?

Thanks

Bob H
Leeds UK

 

[Ben Pope]

Ok, I have finally got this board installed and I just want to know a few
things about optimum/best settings in the BIOS.

I have a AMD Athlon XP 2400 cpu, so what settings do I change, x? to
reflect that speed in the first bootup screen?

Default multiplier and the correct FSB (133MHz, I think but could be 166MHz)

I have 2 sticks of Corsair PC3200 256mb ram, what settings would be best
for them?

It's usually best to run RAM and FSB in synch on the nForce2 platform, but
that will be running the RAM somewhat below it's rated speed... often people
up the FSB and lower the multiplier in order to get the best memory
bandwidth they can.

Ben

 

[Ed]

Default multiplier and the correct FSB (133MHz, I think but could be 166MHz)

AXDA2400DUV3C 1.60V
AXDA2400DKV3C 1.65V
(133 x 15.0)

It's usually best to run RAM and FSB in synch on the nForce2 platform, but
that will be running the RAM somewhat below it's rated speed... often people
up the FSB and lower the multiplier in order to get the best memory
bandwidth they can.

Yeah you could run it at 166 x 12.0 or even 200 x 10 but then you would
have to do a pin mod since the A7N8X doesn't support the 5th mult bit,
right?

Ed

 

[Bob H]

Default multiplier and the correct FSB (133MHz, I think but could be 166MHz)


It's usually best to run RAM and FSB in synch on the nForce2 platform, but
that will be running the RAM somewhat below it's rated speed... often people
up the FSB and lower the multiplier in order to get the best memory
bandwidth they can.

Ben

What do you call the Default multiplier? Sorry for this as there are so
many settings, I want to get the right one. Is it the one that actually
says 'Default' or something.
I have the FSB set at 133MHz now, and the CPU speed is shown as 2400+, and
133MHz memory frequency on the first bootup screen.

Thanks

 

[Nero]

Then you have it set right for that CPU(XP2400)