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soLO · 08-21-2001, 02:21 PM

1. Can anyone reference me to an EXCELLENT site on how to overclock my P3 800 EB on an ASUS CUSL2 mobo??

2. I also have a YAMAHA 16x burner, and i've heard to stablize the 16x speed, to load the Plextor firmware for it. Is this true? and can someone reference articles/info about it to me??

Thanks a bunch!

OC · 08-21-2001, 05:33 PM

Mmm. I doubt you'll have much success overclocking this particular CPU. If you have the EB model, then you're running an FSB of 133 with a 6 multiplier. You can't change the multiplier, so you have to increase the FSB speed. If you use top-quality PC150 RAM, you might be able to bump the FSB to 160, which will get you 960MHz. This fast of a FSB will also affect your AGP and PCI slots, and those cards might not be able to handle it. You'll probably need to bump the CPU voltage.

All you can do is experiment and hope for the best. Good luck.

-OC

Archeon · 08-22-2001, 12:50 PM

I haven't heard that one about the Yamaha's, and I would be extremely surprised if it were true.
Plextor has almost always engineered their own drives, though some were based on a Sanyo design. Yamaha has, to the best of my knowledge ALWAYS made their own drives, including most of the components.

Therefor I can't believe that those two firmwares are interchangeble. My guess is that it wouldn't even work, because the Plextor firmware update utilities look for specific plextor drives. And if you somehow do find a way to 'force' this firmware onto the Yamaha, my guess is you'll end up with a dead drive.

Clauzii · 08-26-2001, 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by soLO
1. Can anyone reference me to an EXCELLENT site on how to overclock my P3 800 EB on an ASUS CUSL2 mobo??

2. I also have a YAMAHA 16x burner, and i've heard to stablize the 16x speed, to load the Plextor firmware for it. Is this true? and can someone reference articles/info about it to me??

Thanks a bunch!

I do not think it is wise to update with firmware from another manufacture, It depends...

To my knowledge, YAMAHA has produced a 16x CD-R with VARIABLE writespeed between 12x-16x. It may be the one you have...

OverDrive · 08-26-2001, 10:54 AM

From what I have read, and the people I know who have Yamaha's, they all seem to think that a CD in 5 minutes is plenty fast, want faster? get a 24x burner.

08-21-2001, 05:33 PM	#2
OC the admiral formerly known as overclocked Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Outside the mainstream Posts: 5,922	Mmm. I doubt you'll have much success overclocking this particular CPU. If you have the EB model, then you're running an FSB of 133 with a 6 multiplier. You can't change the multiplier, so you have to increase the FSB speed. If you use top-quality PC150 RAM, you might be able to bump the FSB to 160, which will get you 960MHz. This fast of a FSB will also affect your AGP and PCI slots, and those cards might not be able to handle it. You'll probably need to bump the CPU voltage. All you can do is experiment and hope for the best. Good luck. -OC __________________ But what is adulthood except a delayed end-run around our parents' better judgment? -- Peter Egan cough

08-26-2001, 10:54 AM	#5
OverDrive Lieutenant Junior Grade Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Near Springfield MO Posts: 107	From what I have read, and the people I know who have Yamaha's, they all seem to think that a CD in 5 minutes is plenty fast, want faster? get a 24x burner. __________________ 3 simple rules to computers. 1. Don't buy Intel 2. Buy AMD 3. If you don't get it overclocked, make it overclocked lets roll

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08-21-2001, 02:21 PM	#1
soLO Ensign Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 10	1. Can anyone reference me to an EXCELLENT site on how to overclock my P3 800 EB on an ASUS CUSL2 mobo?? 2. I also have a YAMAHA 16x burner, and i've heard to stablize the 16x speed, to load the Plextor firmware for it. Is this true? and can someone reference articles/info about it to me?? Thanks a bunch!

08-22-2001, 12:50 PM	#3
Archeon Ensign Join Date: May 2001 Location: Belgium! Posts: 31	I haven't heard that one about the Yamaha's, and I would be extremely surprised if it were true. Plextor has almost always engineered their own drives, though some were based on a Sanyo design. Yamaha has, to the best of my knowledge ALWAYS made their own drives, including most of the components. Therefor I can't believe that those two firmwares are interchangeble. My guess is that it wouldn't even work, because the Plextor firmware update utilities look for specific plextor drives. And if you somehow do find a way to 'force' this firmware onto the Yamaha, my guess is you'll end up with a dead drive.

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