Rais FSB on ASUS MB?

Question

Yes i know how to enter the bios, the problem is once i get in there on the p5vd2-vm se the area to raise fsb is greyed out my cpu can be overclocked made sure of that before i bought it anyone know how to unlock the grey area is there a key combo on asus motherboards?

Answer 1

Most ASUS motherboards have AI Overclocking under Advanced menu in BIOS. It can be set to Auto or Manual overclocking. It looks like AI Overclocking is not implemented in your BIOS. The Via chipsets are less ideal for overclocking. The i945/946 chipsets do quite well. Great overclocks are usually achievable on the i965/975 and newer P35 chipsets.

Answer 2

Your bus speed is set by hardware components: it cannot be changed by user settings. If you have a component that supports a lower FSB speed (processor, RAM, BIOS, or other peripheral) than your motherboard is capable of, your motherboard will downstep automatically to the lower speed in order to allow all of the components to safely operate.

This is commonly called a "bottleneck", for example, a water cooler jug: despite it's large size, only the amount of water that can fit through the opening can be accessed at once. In order to get to all of the water at once, the bottle would have to be cut open at it's widest point to allow all of it to escape at once. In short, your PC is only as fast as it's slowest component.

The slower component would then have to be identified and removed. Time to comb over your Installation Manuals to figure out what it is.

As far as your processor is concerned: IT can be overclocked, however you ALSO NEED A MOTHERBOARD that supports overclocking as well (changing the processor speed and clock multiplier in BIOS, which has nothing to do with the FSB speed). Make sure your ASUS motherboard also supports overclocking (fair warning: these are known usually as "Gaming" or "Limited Edition" motherboards, and cost about twice as much as it's straight-speed counterparts.)