Quote Originally Posted by matthewrsx View Post
I have the same question/problem on my Plus. If I set memory to unlinked, then manually set it to 800, the bios and the post screen both display 786 or something.

If I set to "unlinked", there should be no dividers or multipliers. I'm on bios 0501...I really don't want to go to a beta bios unless I have to. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this issue.
it has to do with the dividers...

1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8, 8/9, 9/10, 10/11, 11/12, 12/13, 13/14 and a bunch more dividers exist.

so in order to maintain those dividers, the numbers will round down to the nearest divider until you go above the next one.

let's say you set the FSB at 400 and the MEM at 437

then you will be on the 11/12 divider (as will 438, 439)

you will remain on the 11/12 until you pass MEM over 440

then you will be on the 10/11 divider

you will remain on the 10/11 until you pass MEM over 444

then you will be on the 9/10 divider

etc etc etc

just mess around with it... you'll see what i mean...

it pretty much rounds DOWN to the nearest divider