Asynchronouse FSB/Memory

Buckus

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I have an Intel brand board, with a 965 chipset, and a Pentium D 820 stuck in it. When I check the BIOS, it reports the FSB at 800Mhz and the memory at 533 Mhz.

Since I know the memory is not running an actual 533 Mhz, and the FSB is not actually 800 mhz, I do the math, diving both by 4 (2 for dual-channel, 2 for DDR) and get FSB at 200mhz and memory at 133Mhz. There does not seem to be a way in the BIOS or via a jumper on the motherboard that allows the memory and FSB to be synchronous. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I emailed Intel tech support but they just sent me an email back saying if I want to run my memory at 533 mhz that voids the warranty. They're stupid.
 
your math is flawed anyway - it's 200fsb for the CPU (quad pumped=800fsb) & 266fsb for the RAM (x2 for DDR=533) - dual channel has nothing to do with bus speed.
 
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