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On Monday 11 September 2006 02:51, Grant wrote: |
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> Does anyone know of a way to set your system's front side bus speed in |
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> software? My Dell motherboard and BIOS don't seem to have any |
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> facility for it, and I've heard there is a utility in Windows that |
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> will allow you to set it. |
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Isn't there a jumper or two on the circuit board that you should dis/connect |
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according to the MoBo's manual to effect this? MoBos that don't have either |
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a BIOS menu choice or a jumper set up and rely on a software hack perhaps |
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mean that they are not meant to run (reliably) at anything other than default |
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speeds - on the other hand it may just mean that HP/Dell/etc. were providing |
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something cheap & cheerful with my granny in mind and couldn't be bothered to |
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fic their buggy BIOS'. With Gentoo compiling its own software the demands |
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placed on a machine are somewhat more onerous than that seen by a typical |
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M$Windoze setup. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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