Re: [gentoo-user] Front side bus setting

[Grant]

> > Does anyone know of a way to set your system's front side bus speed in
> > software?  My Dell motherboard and BIOS don't seem to have any
> > facility for it, and I've heard there is a utility in Windows that
> > will allow you to set it.
>
> Isn't there a jumper or two on the circuit board that you should dis/connect
> according to the MoBo's manual to effect this?  MoBos that don't have either
> a BIOS menu choice or a jumper set up and rely on a software hack perhaps
> mean that they are not meant to run (reliably) at anything other than default
> speeds - on the other hand it may just mean that HP/Dell/etc. were providing
> something cheap & cheerful with my granny in mind and couldn't be bothered to
> fic their buggy BIOS'.  With Gentoo compiling its own software the demands
> placed on a machine are somewhat more onerous than that seen by a typical
> M$Windoze setup.

The Dell motherboard detects the CPU's FSB and sets it that way.  The
board officially supports 66/100/133.  My Celeron 700 runs at 66FSB,
but I'd like to try 100FSB so my memory will run at full speed and I
can see if the CPU can handle 1050 (10.5x multiplier).

Does anyone know of a way to set the FSB in software?

- Grant
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