"Someone" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have the following configuration:
Mobo: MSI K7T266 Pro2
CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400 FSB: 133MHz
OS: WinXP (home)
BIOS: AMI v7.00T
Chipset: VIA KT266/333
Southbridge: VIA VT8233

In the BIOS I have changed the FSB to 143MHz. This results in a CPU speed
of
1500MHz and a "Bus speed" (I guess that's the PCI bus?) of 286MHz. I've
found that increasing the FSB further makes the system less stable.

In the BIOS I've also found a setting called clock multiplier which is set
to 10.5x It can be increased to (I think) 16x.

I'm wondering if it is possible to increase the CPU speed without loss of
stability, but I'm not sure how to do that.
Any suggestionas are welcome.

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Someone



The Thunderbird 1400 MHz CPU didn't run much above nominal speed. 1500 MHz
is about it with that core. Increasing Vcore will help stabilize it at
higher speeds, but you're getting about all you'll get out of it now.
You won't be able to go higher in FSB because the PCI (and AGP) bus will be
out of spec and could cause data corruption. At 143 MHz FSB, the PCI bus is
already at 36 MHz.