Hi.

I just bought a Pentium IV 2.6Ghz with HT at 800Mhz FSB.

The problem is that while my mobo supports HT, it is only a 533Mhz FSB mobo.

The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8ST800-L (http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...A-8ST800-L.htm).

Currently my system runs - realtively - ok but at 1.74Ghz. I know I probably have to buy a new motherboard that supports 800Mhz FSB but for the time being, could someone please help me to try and get the most out of my new CPU?

The related settings in BIOS are as follows (in the Frequency/VoltageControl menu):

Linear Frequency Control - Disabled/Enabled (I currently have it at disabled)
xCPU Clock (Mhz) - 100 (100-355)
xDRAM Clock (Mhz) - AUTO
xAGP Clock (Mhz) - AUTO
xPCI Clock (Mhz) - AUTO

AGP Voltage Control - Normal (currently) / +0.1V
DRAM Voltage Control - Normal (currently) / +0.1V
CPU Voltage Control - Normal (currently) / +5% / +7.5% / +10%

The four choices under Linear Frequency Control are greyed out unless I Enable that.

I also have enabled HyperThreading from within BIOS.

I would REALLY appreciate any thoughts on this.

Many, many thanks!
Phoebus

PS In case you're interested my RAM is one 512Mb DDR333 module.