CPUZ Link Width Question

[TheGlazer]

I had my CPU clocked at 2.8Ghz, and CPUZ showed my link width at x16........... then I clock my CPU to 3Ghz and now it shows x1 on my link width.......... I never changed any other setting, what's going on?

 

[gurusan]

This is a VERY annoying common issue with P5B boards.

When I encountered this problem the only thing that fixed it was to restore BIOS to factory defaults, reboot, and then enter your clock settings manually.

Also, once I get good settings entered in the BIOS I always save the settings to one of the 2 Bios Profiles just in case the problem occurs again.

Oh, 1 hint, try setting your PCI-E to 101 or 105

 

[TheGlazer]

Oh, thank god I saved it JUST before I made the change to 3Ghz, haha. But I've tried 101, and nothing........... should i try 102, 103, 104, up to 105??? Is it ok for it to be set at 105???

 

[gurusan]

People overclock up to 125mhz but I'd stay under 115 as it can affect stability (higher PCI-E also improves graphics card performance marginally)


Your best bet is to just reset the bios to factory settings, reboot....then go into bios and load up your profile again.

 

[TheGlazer]

Thanx for the help Gurusan!

I'm gonna try to fix this right now



ALRIGHT! I got back x16 for my link width, but I had to use 105........ Is this ok Gurusan??? Just wondering what the difference is between 100 and 105? Is there a downfall to setting it to 105?