NF7-S ver1 400 FSB

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Ok, so tell me why exactly won't the version 1 NF7-S run at 400 FSB?
Doesn't the nforce2 chipset support it? I bought this MB with the
thought that I would be able to use it at 400 FSB and now I find that I
can't. Is there a workaround for this?

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"/dev/null" </dev/null@host.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, so tell me why exactly won't the version 1 NF7-S run at 400 FSB?
> Doesn't the nforce2 chipset support it? I bought this MB with the
> thought that I would be able to use it at 400 FSB and now I find that I
> can't. Is there a workaround for this?

The nForce2-400 series chipsets support the 200Mhz FSB and nVidia and Abit
will certifiy that on the 2.0 revision of the NF7-S. NF7-S 1.x is the
regular nForce2, which may, and possibly will run at 200MHz FSB, however, it
is not rated at that speed.

See details here...

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=6

Tim

 

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/dev/null wrote:
> Ok, so tell me why exactly won't the version 1 NF7-S run at 400 FSB?
> Doesn't the nforce2 chipset support it?

http://www4.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20030523/nforce2_11boards-01.html

> I bought this MB with the
> thought that I would be able to use it at 400 FSB and now I find that I
> can't. Is there a workaround for this?

No.

 

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>The nForce2-400 series chipsets support the 200Mhz FSB and nVidia and Abit
>will certifiy that on the 2.0 revision of the NF7-S. NF7-S 1.x is the
>regular nForce2, which may, and possibly will run at 200MHz FSB, however, it
>is not rated at that speed.

So you would be taking a chance trying to run a 200fsb CPU on it.

 

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"PRIVATE1964" <private1964@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >The nForce2-400 series chipsets support the 200Mhz FSB and nVidia and
Abit
> >will certifiy that on the 2.0 revision of the NF7-S. NF7-S 1.x is the
> >regular nForce2, which may, and possibly will run at 200MHz FSB, however,
it
> >is not rated at that speed.
>
> So you would be taking a chance trying to run a 200fsb CPU on it.

Yes, there is no guarantee that 200MHz FSB will work. However many people
report success, raising the chip-set voltage may help.

 

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So you suggest just setting the bus speed up using say for instance a
3200+? Does the bios correctly identify the 3200+ or does it just run
it at higher bus speed? I mean if the multiplier is hard wired into the
chip it should work, right?



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>So you suggest just setting the bus speed up using say for instance a
>3200+? Does the bios correctly identify the 3200+ or does it just run
>it at higher bus speed? I mean if the multiplier is hard wired into the
>chip it should work, right?

I think it does detect it, but I don't know if I would go with a 200 fsb
version of a 3200+ with your motherboard.
If the 3200+ is unlocked, then any fsb version should be OK. You can raise the
fsb and hopefully with your version you can hit 200fsb and it will be stable.
You can then adjust the multiplier to get the 3200+ at its proper speed.

If you get a locked 3200+ and the 200fsb version your stuck if your board can't
do the 200fsb stable. You will have to lower the fsb which will also lower the
speed of the 3200+.