**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[MADMAX22]

It's always prudent to take the RAM out of the equation when probing for maximum FSB. Just because the RAM is rated at 8500 doesn't mean that it will achieve that speed on every DDR2 board. There are only several devices that are connected to the MB...PSU, RAM, CPU, CPU cooler, GPU, HDD, mouse, and keyboard. When I encounter mysterious FSB wall with a capable board, the culprit is usually the RAM or the BIOS.

Or the cpu. My E6600 has a wall of 540fsb. It will go no further. My dfi 965-s stopped at exactly 540 fsb no matter what I did.

My abitip35 pro with the same exact setup stopped at 540fsb no matter what I did. I got new ram that can easily do 600mhz and it still will not boot with more then 540fsb. The cpu seems to be the culprit. I will find out in a month for sure but I am pretty confident this is the case.

[furballi]

Or the cpu. My E6600 has a wall of 540fsb. It will go no further. My dfi 965-s stopped at exactly 540 fsb no matter what I did.

My abitip35 pro with the same exact setup stopped at 540fsb no matter what I did. I got new ram that can easily do 600mhz and it still will not boot with more then 540fsb. The cpu seems to be the culprit. I will find out in a month for sure but I am pretty confident this is the case.

Correct. My E4300 would not post beyond 425MHz FSB. Back to the article. I would be very suspicious if that 6xxx CPU has a 375MHz FSB wall.