New ram chips, what settings to use?

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I've just installed two new 512MB (Crucial) DDR pc3200 ram chips to one
of my pc's. They are working fine at the moment.

This pc used to have 2 x 256mb DDR pc2700 ram chips before this.

The pc in question is an AMD Barton 2500+ cpu on an Asus A7n8x DELUXE
M/B (Rev2).

With the old 256mb ram chips installed the pc was being run using 175FSB
and a muliptlier of 12 giving a cpu speed of 2.1Ghz (175 x 12 == 2100).

Now that I have the higher (pc3200) rated ram chips can I change the FSB
to 200?

NB:Apparently this motherboard does support 200 (eg: DDR @ 400) if it is
the Rev2 version (which mine is).

If I change the FSB to 200 I will have to reduce the multiplier
presumably or else the cpu will be running too fast (200 x 12 = 2400) I
therefore presume running at 10.5 x 200 (= 2.1Ghz) should work ok?

*Peter* - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergagg/
 
I've just installed two new 512MB (Crucial) DDR pc3200 ram chips to one
of my pc's. They are working fine at the moment.

This pc used to have 2 x 256mb DDR pc2700 ram chips before this.

The pc in question is an AMD Barton 2500+ cpu on an Asus A7n8x DELUXE
M/B (Rev2).

With the old 256mb ram chips installed the pc was being run using 175FSB
and a muliptlier of 12 giving a cpu speed of 2.1Ghz (175 x 12 == 2100).

Now that I have the higher (pc3200) rated ram chips can I change the FSB
to 200?

NB:Apparently this motherboard does support 200 (eg: DDR @ 400) if it is
the Rev2 version (which mine is).

If I change the FSB to 200 I will have to reduce the multiplier
presumably or else the cpu will be running too fast (200 x 12 = 2400) I
therefore presume running at 10.5 x 200 (= 2.1Ghz) should work ok?
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FSB 200 should work with no problems
and yes, use 10.5 X 200

if for any reason the machine does not post...
all you'd have to do is reset the bios
(there is usually a jumper to do so)
but it's not likely there will be any trouble
 
If I change the FSB to 200 I will have to reduce the multiplier
FSB 200 should work with no problems
and yes, use 10.5 X 200

if for any reason the machine does not post...
all you'd have to do is reset the bios
(there is usually a jumper to do so)
but it's not likely there will be any trouble
Click to expand...

Thanx for the info...

8-)

*Peter* - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergagg/
 
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