new ASUS p3vx4, wont O/C for me.

[perdactyre]

well first things first at, the default settings this board rocks. But we all know that O/C'in is the way to go. This is my first Asus board (alway abit before) and am not as comfortable with its bios.

from all the succes ive heard about with the 650E at 133mhz fsb. Heres what i undestand(and want to do) i should be able to do with a via chip.
(i have pc 100, 650E 100mhz fsb)

133Mhz fsb
-33Hhz memory
1/2 agp

I know how to set to manual, and set fsb, but i dont know where the -33mhz and agp 1/2 settings are.

all the reviews i read said this could be done.

I had do buy this mobo becasue my trusty old Be6 did a bad flash(hung after write sucessful message), and is useless until i find a new EPROM chip for it(any one got one.)

Please help, 650 is to slow when i know my chip will do close to 800.

[Biff]

I left jumpers at default and set 600e in bios to run at 800, board adjusts agp, pci automatically, and if you got pc133 why look for -33?

[perdactyre]

But if you read my post it says that i have pc100 ram, 256MB of it. so i dont want to get rid off it.

[Biff]

perdactyre, sorry about that. I stand corrected!

Asus newsgroup may be of help too. alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus

[This message has been edited by Biff (edited 05-07-2000).]

[perdactyre]

Thanks biff ill try that out. We all make misstakes, where only human. Not like these dam computers that NEVER make misstakes. Even though, you gota lovem. I swear, i finaly think i got these things figured out, but every darn day you learn something new ya didnt know.

regards
perdactyre.

[Biff]

No problemo, you might find some info at this site! http://www.netspace.net.au/~jesse/p3v4x/ they have review links that could be of help

[FrozenLiquidity]

Yeah,enjoy and learn to love that Asus Mobo!

[nry]

So have you figured out how to change the sdram to -33? I am having that problem too. I cant seem to find it anywhere. Can you help me? How do i change it? Thanks.

[plucky duck]

uh oh, I guess I better listen up too as I'm gettin' a asus p3v4x mobo next week http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Plucky

[Menestheus]

I am wondering about this too.

Nearest I can figure is that it SHOULD be the "System/SDRAM Frequency Ratio" option in the "Advanced" section of the BIOS. To get a -33MHz on the SDRAM the ratio would logically be 4/3 when running at 133MHz FSB but the only options listed are 1/1, 3/4, and I believe 3/2 in the version BIOS.

The really strange thing is that if you look in the 1.02 E525 (March 2000) version of the P3V4X printed manual, on page 56, the image at the top of ther page shows the correct 4/3 ratio!

What gives??

What I wonder is if the 3/4 "displayed" option listed in the 1003 (and 1004.001 beta) BIOS is just a "typo" that actually does set the correct 4/3 ratio? Anyone know for sure?

[nry]

Yeah I just found it. After messing around with it, i noticed at different fsbs the options change, sometimes its 4/3, 1/1, etc.

[Biff]

Dont worry plucky, I know u'll luv it. I'm impressed with mine