Athlon xp 2600+ problem

[Jamus]

I bought an athlon xp 2600+ with a 333mhz bus for my nforce mobo. I didn't realize until it was too late that the bus speed was not backwards comaptible with my 266mhz bus on my mobo. My computer only recognizes the processor as an athlon xp 2000+. I searched all over the internet and found out from other people that made the same mistake that there was nothing I could do.

I was wondering, since the CPU is only running at 1670 mhz instead of the 2.1 or whatever, does that mean its underclocked? If so, could i overclock it up to 2.1 without having to worry about any overclocking problems or negative effects on my system? Or does the CPU basically count as a xp 2000+ and if i do overclock it I'll have to take cooling and everything else into account?

If I do overclock it, what is the best way? To use an overclocking program, or change the multipliers and things in the bios?

 

[endyen]

You say you have an nforce board. All nforce boards support a 166 (ddr 333) fsb. Just go into bios and set it.

 

[randy66]

"all nForce boards support 166 (ddr333)fsb "
incorrect
nForce boards only support 200/266 fsb
nForce 2 boards support higher 266/333/400

 

[randy66]

you may be stuck , the newer bartons have a locked multiplier , Im not sure about the overclocking abilities of the nForce 220 chipset

 

[endyen]

incorrect
nForce boards only support 200/266 fsb
nForce 2 boards support higher 266/333/400

You got that backwards, Nforce boards support fsbs of 100, 133, and 166. Nforce 2 only adds support for 200 mhz fsb. The nforce 2 was brought out to support the xp3200+ which runs at 11 X 200, or 2.2 gigs

 

[Johanthegnarler]

They should have added support up to 250 fsb just in case.

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[randy66]

? , what nForce boards support 166fsb (ddr333 )
not Asus/MSI etc. ????
I believe your incorrect ?

 

[Crashman]

You got that backwards, Nforce boards support fsbs of 100, 133, and 166. Nforce 2 only adds support for 200 mhz fsb. The nforce 2 was brought out to support the xp3200+ which runs at 11 X 200, or 2.2 gigs

No, you got it sideways! nForce supports 100/133, nForce2 supports 100/133/166, nForce2 400 and Ultra support 100/133/166/200.

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[endyen]

My bad. Sorry.