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Dell 8200 only runs at 400 MHZ FSB
Name: badgolfer Date: June 29, 2008 at 13:41:34 Pacific OS: XP SP3 CPU/Ram: 2.4GHZ/512 Product: Dell 8200
Comment:
I rebuilt a Dell 8200 recently. The motherboard supposedly supports both 400 and 533 FSB. I installed a P4 2.4GHZ processor with a FSB of 533, but it will only run at 1.8GHZ because the mobo insists on running at 400 MHZ. I installed the most current bios update (A09). When in the bios, the only FSB shown is 100(when multiplied = 400). The fsb is grayed out at 100. The only changable setting is normal or compatible. Normal runs at 1.8. Compatible says 1.8 but runs at a crawl.Is there some way via firmware or hardware to activate the 533 FSB? I searched the Dell website without finding anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Name: cliffpage Date: June 29, 2008 at 13:50:44 Pacific
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see here: http://www.lyberty.com/tech/sysspec... It would appear to depend on when you pc was built, whetheer it does 533mhz or not. It would seem prior to 06 may 2002 machines can only do 400mhz fsb
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