hiya i dont know if u guys will help i know ur not tech support etc... but hey maybe some one else will know im asking here because you guys are genious with pc's and make a damn good protection system that i hate to say the least tongue.gif but thta aside i recently been looking into my bios settings with a bit more depth im running Athalon xp 3200+ 11.0x (200 mhz) and my ram frequency at 200mhz By-spd Active precharge delay 9 RAS to CAS 4 RAs PRECHARGE 4 CAS latency 2.5t I have been looking my motherboard Manual ( Asus A7N8X-E ) Delux** Now i recently increased by memory frquency from 166mhz up to 200mhz but i get a 1% performance decrease using some benchmark program forgot the name rolleyes.gif now im convinced my entire rig is set up wrong and im looking for it to run nice obviously, my manual says the mobo supports 400/333/266.200 mhz FSB but 200mhz is 2200mhz on a 11.0x multiplyer If i increase my fsb to 400mhz im sure this will OC my cpu and fry it so thats not a good idea, i assume decreasing my 11.0x multiplyer to something lower so i can get up to 400mhz fsb with my cpu at 2200mhz will not be overclocked and allow me to set my ram frequency to 400mhz running at best performance... correct me if thats wrong im just trying to be logical on the bios info i can guess at. I know nothing about the ram frquency that i hope i can get an answer on... But i know well think my ram types are different so thye are not all 400mhz if i check inside and find for example my lowest stick can go upto 333mhz should i then change my Cpu to run at 333mhz fsb and multiplyer adjusted to run so it all adds upto 2200mhz... I would SERIOUSLY appreciate any help on this subject and please explain it well without confusing me Im dyslexic so i dont Read very well and take information in to well neither Kind Regards ShoC Also what type of effect will i expect if i do this. like temprature rise i know a voltage increase but just generally. Thanks. p.s Is this considerd Over clocking? When my athalon xp runs at 400mhz and so does my ram and my motherboard is able to support 400mhz I would have thought this to be a standard clock setting and should increase performance loads from using 200mhz Wow my head hurts as i said i know not to much about bios this is just random thinking...

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im just asking will this be overclocking or is this a setting that is not overclocking considering my parts run at 400mhz

I thought EVERYONE knew this stuff by now! Do the math. Your AXP 3200+ runs at 2.2GHz (aka 2200MHz) with a multiplier of 11x. The multiplier is locked & can't be changed. 2200MHz divided by 11 = 200MHz! The problem is you're confusing the "effective" bus speed with the actual bus speed. AMD "double pumps" the FSB on the socket A system. DDR-SDRAM (Double Data Rate) bus speed is also "effectively" doubled...so: 100MHz(actual) ==> 200MHz(effective) 133MHz(actual) ==> 266MHz(effective) 166MHz(actual) ==> 333MHz(effective) 200MHz(actual) ==> 400MHz(effective) PC2100(DDR266) = 133MHz(actual) ==> 266MHz(effective) PC2700(DDR333) = 166MHz(actual) ==> 333MHz(effective) PC3200(DDR400) = 200MHz(actual) ==> 400MHz(effective) In other words, your CPU frequency setting should be 200MHz & your RAM frequency for PC3200 should also be 200MHz. This space for rent

Well im sorry for asking, i just got confused as i see im able to turn my fsb of my cpu upto 400, like i said im totally new to bios just ventured into it normall i just plug in and go Under user defined i thought i was able to adjust the multiplier and wonderd what would happen if i set cpu fsb to 400 and reduced the multiplier if it would icnrease performance,,,

You can NOT change the multiplier. It's locked at 11x. Your FSB should be 200MHz (aka 400MHz)...don't get it confused with 100MHz (aka 200MHz). If it's set incorrectly, your CPU will only run at 1/2 speed. Download CPUZ v1.31...unzip it & double click on CPUZ.exe, then see what it tells you about your CPU under the heading "CLOCKS": http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php#download This space for rent