Question about overclocking a PCI bus [Archive]

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[H]AMDGamer

12-01-2002, 05:22 PM

now alot of problems with overclocking with high FSB is the PCI goes out of spec now lets say im having trouble and my system is not stable at a high FSB and the PCI bus is causing my system to crash and have problem if i take out all my PCI cards so the PCI bus is not used will my problem be fixed?

muzz

12-01-2002, 05:27 PM

Hard drive bro. :(

wwilliam54

12-01-2002, 05:28 PM

southbridge bro :(
SMbus bro :(

felix88

12-01-2002, 05:49 PM

yeah, your hard drives run off the pci bus. i believe your usb and ps2 ports do as well.

newer intel boards and some nforce2 boards allow you to lock the pci bus into spec.

Ace-a-Rue

12-01-2002, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by muzz
Hard drive bro. :(

Some drives are better than others. But, long term hi-PCI bus speed can wear down the drive earlier. If you stay around 40-42 mhz bus speed you should get reliable service; definitely if you are below 40 mhz.