Users Manual for the Users Manual of the FIC AD11

[Miss Informed]

Hi,

The users manual of the FIC AD11 does not seem to be nearly detailed enough for a newbie such as me. I was hoping that I could ask some questions in this forum and those of you who know this board, or know where the manual is comming from, could help me out.

Let me start out with one question that is sort of bugging me. I read somewhere that the FSB Speed Select jumper, of which the choices are 100 or 133, is actually to change the multiplier for the AGP. So if you use a 100 FSB, then you would set this jumper to 100 to set the AGP mult properly to keep the bus at the proper freq, and likewise for 133. This is no problem except for a shout out to FIC in the order of THANKS ALOT FIC YOU IDIOTS FOR NOT EXPLAINING THAT IN THE MANUAL! OK with that out of my system, and I assure you as this thread goes on I will have alot more shout outs to Fic, let me move on to the actual question that I have for this post.

The bios gives you options to set the FSB at 100,/ 103 / 105 / 110 / 113 / 117 / 133 / 138 / 140 / 144 and 150MHz., and the board as discussed above allows you to adjust the AGP bus freq. if you set the FSB at 100 or 133. So, can you guess my question? It is pretty obvious what my question is, right? Well look directly bellow for my question.

Qustion: How do I adjust the AGP bus multiplier to a proper value when I set the FSB to a value other than 100 or 133.

Thanks :-@

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by Miss Informed
How do I adjust the AGP bus multiplier to a proper value when I set the FSB to a value other than 100 or 133. You can't. It will always be a little off, like me. :p

No - FSB does not change the multiplier. It changes the Front Side Bus frequency, which is the main system bus between the CPU and memory. When you boost that, you boost the frequency that the CPU and memory run at. The multiplier is the number of times that the FSB is pumped for the total CPU speed:

100MHz FSB x 12x multiplier = 1200MHz CPU

[Miss Informed]

Hello,

Well then if it will be a little off for FSB other than 100 and 133, and in fact I choose to use one of these other freq for the FSB, how do I hadle that situation as far as having a machine that has an incorrect freq running on the AGP bus.

:r

[BipolarBill]

You use it and hope for the best. I've seen AGP buses run at 80MHz without trouble and others the would lock up at 68MHz. The proof is in the pudding.

[Miss Informed]

what would cause the lock up? would it be the mother board or the video card, or combination of both? And would the crappier ones (less expensive) be more likely to lock it up as apposed to the better(more expensive) ones?

Thanks BiPolar :D

[BipolarBill]

What lock up? That's not what you asked about.

If you want to talk about problems, we need:

Your operating system version

Programs in use when it happens

Error messages if any

Temperatures

Memory type and brand

[Miss Informed]

I am not experiencing any lock up. I haven't even begun to start overclocking. I have a lot to learn. I was responding to your previous post

I've seen AGP buses run at 80MHz without trouble and others the would lock up at 68MHz.

and was asking if such lock ups could be defended against by buying better boards.

[BipolarBill]

Oh. When it comes to stable overclocking, EPoX rules the roost.

www.epox.com

[Miss Informed]

Yeah I am on my way to getting an Epox EP-8K5A2+

You have any opinions on this board? Is there another epox you would recomend over this one?

:)

[BipolarBill]

I can't have an opinion on a bard I don't know, but many other regulars own them and swear by them.