Half multiplier? (7.5)

DAnDan · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:10

I have the Gigabyte DS3L board, is it possible to have the CPU multiplier as a decimal? 7.5 would be preferable.

Thanks

Cob · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:11

Yip (since BIOS 6 probably, tho F8b is probably the better for the chip).

DAnDan · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:15

Thanks, it's an E4500 on there, and I think the BIOS is F7, off the top of my head.

Any advice/links on how to flash it, as I've never done that before.

Cob · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:17

If you've a floppy drive or a FAT32 formated USB drive then you can put the BIOS file on it and flash it through the Q-Flash option in BIOS. The instructions are in the manual.

As always you're best avoiding the Windows Gigabyte @BIOS flashing program. The Gigabyte one doesn't seem to be as deadly as the other ones, but I would never recommend flashing from within Windows.

DAnDan · 16 Apr 2008 at 20:18

No floppy drive, but I have a USB stick I can format to FAT32.

Thanks

Reality|Bites · 17 Apr 2008 at 18:31

So do Conroe chips support half multipliers?

Lightnix · 17 Apr 2008 at 18:33

No, only the Wolfdales and yorkfields IIRC.

spookywillow · 17 Apr 2008 at 18:57

yeah no half multi's for me so i would say no for conroe.