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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: floppy on February 20, 2011, 08:53:03 AM

Title: Is any extension able to change the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed? which? how?
Post by: floppy on February 20, 2011, 08:53:03 AM

Hello,
by installing a new processor AMD-K6 III+ ATZ 400 (running now at 5,5x100MhZ) on my board K6XV3+/66 (more speed), I was thinking about increasing the FSB speed (>100MHz).
Is there any extension which could do it?
On Win98 side, CPUCool seems to do it; but there is no linux version of it (and I prefer not to start a WINE emulation of CPUCool for not corrupting my machine).
Any idea/proposal is welcome.
Thanks.

Title: Re: Is any extension able to change the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed? which? how?
Post by: floppy on May 21, 2011, 06:16:49 PM

Remember.. in order to make a space shuttle out of my "renault 5"...

Title: Re: Is any extension able to change the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed? which? how?
Post by: tinypoodle on May 21, 2011, 11:29:58 PM

A possibility to change FSB may be chipset specific and depend on BIOS.
e.g. IIRC there is such an option for some eee models.

Title: Re: Is any extension able to change the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed? which? how?
Post by: beerstein on May 22, 2011, 02:36:44 AM

FSB setiings and all cpu and cpu clock-related settings are made in the systems BIOS
As far as I know FSB can not be via apps nor via OS

Title: Re: Is any extension able to change the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed? which? how?
Post by: Rich on May 22, 2011, 02:55:38 AM

The BIOS is software, If it can change it so can a program. Whichever registers or ports need to be
written are most likely privileged meaning the app would have to be run as root or possibly loaded
as a kernel module.