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First post, by Perfect

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Hey everyone.

I've got my first SS7 board today and can't for the life of me figure out how to get the FSB at 83MHz. I'm using a K6-2 500MHz in it and have managed to get it to 400MHz (6x66) but no higher.
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/achite … perwav-achi-156

I believe the first 2 dip switches control the multiplier but no clue what the other ones do.

Reply 1 of 4, by Gmlb256

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Hello and welcome!

From what I understand about the MTL jumper manual, S1 does set the CPU multiplier and FSB speed.

For the CPU multiplier, from S1/1 to S1/3 is used to configure the CPU multiplier:

      S1/1 S1/2 S1/3
2.0x: On Off Off
2.5x: On On Off
3.0x: Off On Off
3.5x: Off Off Off
4.0x: On On On
5.0x: Off On On

There are two remaining combinations for 4.5x and 5.5x multipliers, the former one displayed on the manual is the same as 4.0x which is incorrect.

S1/4 to S1/6 are the ones that sets the FSB speed:

        S1/4 S1/5 S1/6
60 MHz: Off On On
66 MHz: On Off On
75 MHz: Off On Off

More FSB speeds can be achieved with five remaining combinations, but I don't know exactly which PLL clock generator uses, so I can't help further.

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Reply 2 of 4, by zyga64

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According to jumper manual on TheRetroWeb (for FSB 75MHz, and multiplier 2x) dip switches should be set as following:

S1/1 - on,
S1/2 - off,
S1/3 - off,
S1/4 - off,
S1/5 - on,
S1/5 - off

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@Gmlb256 sorry, you already wrote it... 😀

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Reply 3 of 4, by rmay635703

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You could just set your multiplier to 2.5x and try setting the jumpers to every available combination (there are only 8 combinations)

Record the result. You might have some very high or very low FSBs that don’t work.

You could also take a clear closeup of the clockgen / PLL area and post it.

If I had to venture a guess On On On is probably 50mhz, off off off is probably a high frequency.

Reply 4 of 4, by Perfect

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Thanks for the help guys I ended up getting it to work. I probably figured this out ages ago but I didn't realize the BIOS doesn't show higher than 400MHz (even though it is).

For anyone that finds this in the future it ended up being;

S/1 On
S/2 Off
S/3 Off
S/4 On
S/5 Off
S/6 Off