MSI Tech. 05/05/2008 It will just be 1.15. Not add-up, and use it carefully.

End User 05/05/2008 To clarify, if you are fine tuning your FSB termination voltage and you enter an integer of 115, does that mean you've set your FSB termination voltage to 1.15 volts or have you set your FSB termination to PLUS 1.15 volts like in the vcore. And if it's PLUS 1.15. What number is it added to? Thanks again!

End User 05/05/2008 Thank you so very much for you help. You were very helpful. Just one more quick question. If the FSB Term integers mean 0.xx volts. Where does the FSB termination actually start from? If you set the FSB Term to auto, doe that mean it's set to +0.00 volts? So what is the base FSB termination value? Is that just the standard FSB termination value for your CPU? I didn't know that CPUs carry their FSB termination setting values in the VID or something. Is there anyway to find out what your CPU's VTT stock setting is? Or do you have to contact Intel for that information? I have my e8400 processor's datasheet and it says that the VTT is between 1.045 and 1.115. Is that what the base VTT would be if I set the FSB Termination setting in the P7N Diamond's BIOS to auto? Thank you very much.

MSI Tech. 05/05/2008 The integer setting allows you to fine-tune the voltage. This value represent 0.xx volt. Thanks.

End User 05/02/2008 Right, you need to increase the FSB termination voltage. But what do the numbers in the FSB Termination mean? I mean they're just integers instead of a regular voltage number that you can enter. Like if I want to set my FSB Term to 1.15 volts, what number would I put in the FSB Termination setting? It's just integers from 0 to 65 or something like that. How do those integers translate into real voltage terms? Thanks.

MSI Tech. 05/02/2008 FSB represents Front Side Bus, this function in the BIOS allows you to adjust speed in MHz at increment of 1. And it is usually used when you want to overclock your system, sometimes increased voltage may be required to accommodate higher clock speed.

End User 05/02/2008 Hi, I was wondering if you can tell me what the FSB Term setting numbers mean in relation to the actual voltage. The FSB Term setting is like in integers from like 0 to 65 or something like that. What do those numbers mean in terms of the actual voltage of the FSB termination voltage? Thank you. Andrew
I got a final answer. That means that setting the FSB Term to 65 to overclock your E8400 is way too low. That's only 0.65 volts. That won't even run the light bulbs on a a coffee maker. The minimum VTT for the E8000 family is 1.045 volts according to TABLE 4 in the datasheet:

http://download.intel.com/design/pro...hts/318732.pdf

All information here is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Anyways, this would explain why people have a hard time overclocking with this motherboard if people have been unknowingly SEVERELY UNDERVOLTING THEIR VTT. Undervolting won't damage anything, but you could tear your hair out trying to figure out why nothing is stable....