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PCI-E Lock

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by MetalX, Nov 7, 2006.

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  1. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor

    If a motherboard has a PCI-E lock (for overclocking), if I use the PCI-E lock, will that also lock the speed of the regular PCI bus too?
    MetalX, Nov 7, 2006
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  2. i_am_a_newbie Newcomer, in training

    I believe so, my board(A8N32-SLI Deluxe) works like this.
    i_am_a_newbie, Nov 8, 2006
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  3. Mhill2029 Newcomer, in training

    They both operate at different frequencies and need to be locked to the following when overclocking.

    PCI-E 100Mhz
    PCI 33.33Mhz
    Mhill2029, Nov 8, 2006
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  4. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor

    Ok, I know that they need to be locked at 100 and 33.33 but what I was wondering is if the PCI-E lock also locks the regular PCI.
    MetalX, Nov 8, 2006
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  5. Mhill2029 Newcomer, in training

    Erm....no it doesn't
    Mhill2029, Nov 9, 2006
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  6. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor

    Ok, well then does anyone know if the P5NSLI Asus mobo has a PCI lock?
    MetalX, Nov 9, 2006
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  7. i_am_a_newbie Newcomer, in training

    Are you absolutely sure?

    My board (confirmed by many OC'ers) locks the regular PCI frequency when the PCI-E is locked at 100.

    And it's also an ASUS board, so yours probably does as well MetalX, but don't quote me on this lol.
    i_am_a_newbie, Nov 13, 2006
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  8. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor

    Ok, thanks, well I'm still not SURE that it has a lock but overclocking from 1.86GHz to 2.4GHz using the system bus pretty much rules out anything else.
    MetalX, Nov 13, 2006
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