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ASUS K7M User's Manual, CPU External Frequency Setting DSW, CPU Frequency Selection - athlon motherboard

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3. HARDWARE SETUP 5) CPU External Frequency Setting (DSW) This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, SDRAM, and the chipset. This allows the selection of the CPU's External frequency. The CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU's Internal frequency (the advertised CPU speed). The CPU is running at the same speed as the SDRAM. NOTE: To use this feature, CPU Frequency Selection in BIOS setup must be set to [By Jumper] (see 4.4.2 Advanced Chipset Setup). DSW1 OFF ON OFF ON 01 01 01 ON 12 ON 12 ON CPU/SDRAM 100MHz K7M ® CPU/SDRAM 105MHz K7M CPU External Frequency Selection 12 ON 12 103MHz 110MHz NOTE: Frequency Multiple settings are not available here because AMD Athlon™ processors have locked Frequency Multiples. NOTE: The motherboard supports PC100 (100MHz)/PC133 (133MHz) DIMMs for system memory. 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 20 ASUS K7M User's Manual

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ASUS K7M User’s Manual
3. HARDWARE SETUP
Motherboard Settings
3. H/W SETUP
5)
CPU External Frequency Setting (DSW)
This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, SDRAM,
and the chipset. This allows the selection of the CPU’s
External
frequency. The
CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU’s
Internal
frequency (the advertised CPU speed). The CPU is running at the same
speed as the SDRAM.
NOTE:
To use this feature,
CPU Frequency Selection
in BIOS setup must be
set to [By Jumper] (see
4.4.2 Advanced Chipset Setup
)
.
K7M CPU External Frequency Selection
CPU/SDRAM
0
1
0
1
0
1
K7M
DSW1
OFF
ON
ON
12
OFF
ON
ON
12
ON
12
ON
12
CPU/SDRAM
100MHz
103MHz
105MHz
110MHz
NOTE:
Frequency Multiple settings are not available here because AMD
Athlon™ processors have locked Frequency Multiples.
NOTE:
The motherboard supports PC100 (100MHz)/PC133 (133MHz) DIMMs
for system memory.