k7s5a mobo fsb?

[superplum]

please can any one explain why my mobo,s fsb is reported as 66mhz on 3d mark 2001 and pc mark.i thought this board ran at at least 100mhz.i am using a amd duron 950mhz procesor which says its got a speed of 100 x 9.5 in the bios settings. when i change this to 133mhz the system fails to boot correctly. is there a problem with my board or is it supposed to run at this speed?. also i have got hold of 266 ddr memory,is this faster than normal sdram. many thanks

[Bovon]

Well, first of all...that Duron is locked from the factory. The L1 bridges are laser cut. These can be reconnected with a conductive pen with the silver ink that is used to repair a broken trace on a circuit board. Without those L1 bridges being completed, the board will only run at the 100 mhz default fsb. I don't have a clue why your software is reporting 66 mhz.

[superplum]

is it hard to reconnect the processor by using these pens then?or is it pretty straight forward

[Rocketmech]

Actually you can use a pencil. Its not permanent , so if you dont like the effects you can erase it.:D Search the o/c sites for the 'L1 Pencil Trick'. Here's (http://overclockers.com/tips402/) a start.:cool:

edit: Before you o/c be sure your cpu IS running @ 100 fsb correctly. Trust your Bios and Windows. DDR will double your 133 sdram bandwidth.