Well the way I see it, I could manually set the thing, which I tried on a friend's computer. Then the CPU didn't liek the FSB value, so, it wouldn't enter Windows, BIOS, anything...after a panic attack, I finally found out we should reset the CMOS. So, if an auto frequency is preuilt into the motherboard, heck, I'm using that over manual any day.
I like my motherboard. It works great for anything you want it to do. BIOS isn't as advanced as I would like it, but that's OK. I have a rather high overclock for my Pentium 4, so it's OK. With 1 gigabyte of RAM, and a 800MHz FSB, the thign demands to be overclcoked. I just took the liberty of experimenting with the preset overclocks and voltages, and found a combination that apprently worked quite well. Heck, at 3.64 GHz the thing flies like no other.
There's nothign quite as good as buying a $200 and making it faster then it's $500 counterpart! I mean, when you OC it you make EVERYTHING faster. The FSB especially. I enjoy knowing that I made my CPU faster then the $500 one, and still, the guys who got the dough to buy that crap, can't beat us overclockers when it comes down to it. Ahhh the joys of overclocking...
[EDIT] Now that I think about it, I'll try reaching 4GHz. Although, I'm rather reluctant to do so, as the last time I OCed my CPU, the Windows XP system.conf file became corrupt. Why,m I do not know. Ahhh what the heck, I'll just tune it down if the sh*t hits the fan.
You cant change the multipliers on Athlon XPs. They are locked. I cant set my FSB to 200 either. Just see how high you can go and you should be running 1:1.
I know my MB does the same thing. But i started with a 3.0ghz so i only had to overclock 600mhz. I would go higher but right now temps go to 55 when playing FEAR
The highest I got with my retarded Clawhammer core was 2.4ghz from it's stock 2.2ghz. I haven't tried overclocking my new Venice core, but I'm through with overclocking...the performance is barely noticeable anyways.