Ive been reading through this part of the beginners guide and Im a bit confused 
Finding Max FSB
First off, for CPUs that allow you to change (lower) the CPU multiplier, it is handy to determine what the maximum stable FSB of you're MB is. If you don't have the option to lower multipliers skip this section.
1. Increase the FSB by 5MHz.
2. Reduce the multiplier and RAM divider if requried so that both are at stock speeds or slightly less.
3. Boot into windows and run SP2004 Blend Test, this will also stress the chipset and RAM so will be testing the FSB not just the CPU.
4. Run it for 30mins monitoring temperatures, if it doesn't fail goto 1 again, if it fails, go to step 5.
5. Increase the chipset voltage a notch and go back to 4.
Eventually increasing the voltage will have little effect on increasing the FSB. At this point run a full range of tests and increase the duration of your SP2004 testing to 8 hours (some recomend more, some less, for me 8 hours is how long I'm at work give or take). If it fails any tests, reduce the FSB by 5MHz and retest until the required level of stability is achieved.
Finding Max CPU Clockspeed
1. Increase the FSB by 5MHz.
2. Decrease the RAM divider if required to keep it at stock or less
3. Run SP2004 Small FFT to test stability
4. Run it for 30mins, it may be worth testing for FSB stability as well if you haven't already proven FSB stability at this point. If it passes return to 1, if it fails goto 5. Keep an eye on temperatures whilst testing.
5. Increase the Vcore a notch and repeat the testing phase until temperatures are getting close to the maximum for your CPU, or the voltage increases don't allow you to overclock any further.
Once you've reached a point where you've maxed out voltage/temperature or you've reached a point where you're not comfortable with the voltage you're using run SP2004 for longer and also a full range of test to check for stability. If you find that it's not quite stable after the longer testing knock 5MHz off the FSB and retest until stable.
Ok first question. Do I need to do BOTH the parts above ? Finding the Max FSB and the Max CPU speed ? My CPU is an AMD 3500 so I can reduce the HT setting down from 5.
Second question. I dont understand the part about the RAM divider. All I can find in my Bios for changing the RAM speed is in DRAM Configuration, Max Memory Clock. Here I can set it to auto or 100, 133, 166, 200. Is this the part I use ? And if so how ?
Many Thanks
Finding Max FSB
First off, for CPUs that allow you to change (lower) the CPU multiplier, it is handy to determine what the maximum stable FSB of you're MB is. If you don't have the option to lower multipliers skip this section.
1. Increase the FSB by 5MHz.
2. Reduce the multiplier and RAM divider if requried so that both are at stock speeds or slightly less.
3. Boot into windows and run SP2004 Blend Test, this will also stress the chipset and RAM so will be testing the FSB not just the CPU.
4. Run it for 30mins monitoring temperatures, if it doesn't fail goto 1 again, if it fails, go to step 5.
5. Increase the chipset voltage a notch and go back to 4.
Eventually increasing the voltage will have little effect on increasing the FSB. At this point run a full range of tests and increase the duration of your SP2004 testing to 8 hours (some recomend more, some less, for me 8 hours is how long I'm at work give or take). If it fails any tests, reduce the FSB by 5MHz and retest until the required level of stability is achieved.
Finding Max CPU Clockspeed
1. Increase the FSB by 5MHz.
2. Decrease the RAM divider if required to keep it at stock or less
3. Run SP2004 Small FFT to test stability
4. Run it for 30mins, it may be worth testing for FSB stability as well if you haven't already proven FSB stability at this point. If it passes return to 1, if it fails goto 5. Keep an eye on temperatures whilst testing.
5. Increase the Vcore a notch and repeat the testing phase until temperatures are getting close to the maximum for your CPU, or the voltage increases don't allow you to overclock any further.
Once you've reached a point where you've maxed out voltage/temperature or you've reached a point where you're not comfortable with the voltage you're using run SP2004 for longer and also a full range of test to check for stability. If you find that it's not quite stable after the longer testing knock 5MHz off the FSB and retest until stable.
Ok first question. Do I need to do BOTH the parts above ? Finding the Max FSB and the Max CPU speed ? My CPU is an AMD 3500 so I can reduce the HT setting down from 5.
Second question. I dont understand the part about the RAM divider. All I can find in my Bios for changing the RAM speed is in DRAM Configuration, Max Memory Clock. Here I can set it to auto or 100, 133, 166, 200. Is this the part I use ? And if so how ?
Many Thanks
