Congrats on getting everything up and running on the first try! That's great. As far as the BIOS /chipset conundrum, update the chipset driver first then update the BIOS. Also, on the front page of this site there is a report about a Windows XP SP2 bug and X2 CPU's. CHeck it out at
https://www.techspot.com/news/19000-...rmance-bug.html
As far as the FSB reading at 800, mine reads the same in the Asus AI utility (one of the reasons I don't use it). Asus AI seems to read OK as long as you have it set as the overclocker. When you set the jumperfree in BIOS to manual then AI seems to start reading wrong and tries to take over the CPU settings. My advice, uninstall it.
Also, remember that yoru system doesn't really have a FSB in the conventional term since the memory (RAM) is addressed directly from the CPU by its onboard memory controller throuh a HyperTransport link (HT). This is why you can get 1000MHZ and faster "bus" speeds. Intel addresses memory through a conventional bus. Read here for more
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors...52_2353,00.html
Anyways, you get your "FSB" speed by multiplying your HT speed (set in BIOS under CPU I believe) by your CPU speed (set in Jumperfree settings in BIOS). As an example, my HT is set at 5x and CPU freq is 218 which gives me a FSB speed of 1090MHZ. My CPU speed is 218 with an 11x multiplier (set in jumperfree in BIOS) which gives me a CPU speed of 2398 MHZ or just about 2.4GHZ. So my system is running at 2.4GHZ with a 1090mhz FSB (even though I don't have a FSB LOL) as comparison to an Intel CPU.
As I said, I'd uninstall Asus AI and set your CPU and HT, as well as Vcore and RAM (voltage that is fed to the CPU,) to auto for now. After you get everything loaded and things are running smoothly and the OS and drivers are updated then set everything manually. Also, disable Asus Cool & quiet.
The following is all free stuff that will prove invaluable. Go to
http://www.cpuid.com and download CPUz. It is a great utility that concisely reports all the CPU and RAM timings as well as BIOS info etc. Then go to
http://www.lavalys.com/ and download Everest Home as it gives all kinds of info on system settings and timings as well as some litle benchmarks programs. Then go to
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor. It spits out every little OS upgrade and license number on your PC.