OK... for the moment, I'll assume that the Bios will take care of the Mult and I will not need to remove my CPU again.
You referenced my DRAM Ratio like it was the bus speed of the CPU; However, my Bios (recently updated/flashed) *allows* me to change the FSB speed (either in 33MHz or 1MHz increments,) my DRAM Ratio (1:2, 1:1, 2:1, etc,) and the CPU Mult (in increments of .50) independently. So I *should be able to* set the FSB to 200MHz and the CPU Mult at 10.0 then the DRAM Ratio 1:2 and end up with a FSB of 200MHz, DRAM Clock of 400MHz, and a CPU Clock of 2000MHz without overtaxing any of my components, right? Not!!
I also tried to set everything low, like leaving my FSB at 133 and lowering my CPU Mult to 10 just to see what would happen... same thing, would not boot, so my assumption now is that there is a lower bound to what the computer as a whole can operate at, and of course the upper bound. This (for my computer at least) is anything other than what it’s at right now.
your thoughts...