What's your experience with SoftFSB? Should I even try it?

[Callas]

Is SoftFSB worth trying or can I get in trouble? Where can it be downloaded from? I went to the Homepage, but couldn't download from there and a couple of the info pages are no longer being maintained.

[cpucook]

I have tried this softfsb, but it does not support my mobo. The program can work on certain non-supported mobo's.....but it's just a guessing game with some models.

If you try it,and your mobo is not supported, be ready for some swift & silent Win98 freeze-up's that require use of the reset button to re-boot:-/

Try here to get it -
http://www.tweakfiles.com/

cpucook

[FrozenLiquidity]

Does it support the Asus P3V4X?

FrozenLiquidity

[RobRich]

For supported motherboards, it's a really nice utility. It is extremely nice when dealing with true Intel or OEM motherboards, as they often lack a way to easily adjust FSB's. To find the latest version, and more PLL config files, check out H.Oda's site:

http://www.h-oda.com

Catch ya' later,
Robert Richmond

[Callas]

Thanks for the input everyone. Just the kind of advise I need. In this day of cheap cpu (at least in the under 700mhz realm), and cheap memory, I don't think I need to be fooling around with progs that can make my computer life anymore depressing than it already is. ... Thanks again.

[lsides]

Just tried SoftFSB. Works great on an amptron board that allows only 66 or 100Mhz. However, I cannot figure out how to run it with a switch from startup. Any help will be appreciated.

Lynn

[craig722]

Fried the PLL or somesuch chips on my CD-Rom within 5 seconds of downloading that program.
It was a Cyberdrive 32X....say goodnight Lucy!! They should have a warning on the site, if you ask me.

[Inferior]

It's great!!! I got a p2 266 that the clock is locked, and I got a board that doesn't have fsb selectors... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

But then I got softfsb, now I got it running at 333 MHz!!! And my board wasn't even on the list. So all I did, since I have the intel chipset 440lx, I said it was the "Intel DK440LX", worked out great. Couldn't be happier.

[akaBruno]

Getting over Boot Hill:

Softfsb is a great tool for booting at that core voltage edge. When you find that voltage, that you know your system will run at , but won't alway boot there... Set your board pegs to a lower fsb for booting and use Softfsb to kick it up. It works great!!! It makes booting easier and keeps the heat down. A lot of times booting is stopped because of the extreme heat it generates. Booting is a laborious task, so it is also a good idea to eliminate as many auto-start program as possible.

Bruno