interleave..2 way or 4way

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im running mushkin rev 3 2-2-2-5/7 on the cusl2-c..m/b

Is there a way or is there a setting in the bios to set interleaving? to 2 way or 4 way..if not how do i find out what mine is running at? thanks all

[Mushkin Rules]

what fsb are you running at? and what is your basic system (PIII xxx or what)? There's no such setting as 2 way or 4 way in this mobo bios

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im running my fsb at 140..4xagp also i have a p3 1 gig.../also running windows me

[Mushkin Rules]

Again, the 2 and 4 way interleave setting is not supported by Intel 815 series chipsets. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have never come accross any mobo that uses Intel 815 chipsets that supports that setting. This inteleave setting is supported by VIA chipsets & Bios found in ABIT KT7A and ASUS A7. You'd better ask SKULL how good will the interleave setting give you in performance.

[Mushkin Rules]

Here you can see bios setting between VIA based mobo (ABIT KT7 & ASUS A7) and Intel 815 (CUSL2). The ABIT KT7 has 2 way / 4 way interleave setting. While ASUS A7 & CUSL2 seems does not have one. Although all are using Award Bios, maybe ASUS is using somewhat "special order" bios that is different with majority of Award bios setting & does not have the interleave setting. In CUSL2, when you overclock it is better to set PCI Latency Timer to 64 in Bios under Advanced\PCI Configuration.

ABIT KT7 & ASUS A7 Bios


CUSL2 / CUSL2-C Bios

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thanks mushkinrules...alot of help you are..glad your on our side...i like the pics and all to show us just what you mean


thanks again for the help

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hey mushkinrules...i put my pci latency timer to 64 in my bios..what will this do?I dont see any differents in anything..you said if im o/c my system to do this..i just o/c my cpu 50 mhz its running @1050.insted of at 1 gig.
also i have mushkin rev 3 running at 140 ..so this is good that i put my pci to 64? thanks again...what did i do by puttting it to 64?

[Mushkin Rules]

More on 2 way / 4 way interleave setting:
Naturally, 4-bank interleave is better than 2-bank interleave so if possible, set it to 4-Bank. Use 2-Bank only if you are using a single 2-bank SDRAM DIMM. Note, however, that Award (now part of Phoenix Technologies) recommends that SDRAM bank interleaving be disabled if 16Mbit SDRAM DIMMs are used.

Find the info here: http://www.rojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz..._Guide_02a.htm

For Adrian Rojak Bios Guide: http://www.rojakpot.com/Speed_Demonz...uide_Index.htm

Video BIOS shadowing: Your system will perform better with this setting at disabled. As you can read in the MS Knowledge base, shadowing is not an advantage. Only enable this if you still use DOS mode a lot, where it can improve performance. Video BIOS cacheable: set this to disabled. Your system does not access the video cards BIOS, it uses drivers to do so. Only enable this if you still use DOS mode games a lot, where it can improve performance. Shadow xxxxx - xxxxx: Where, xxxxx - xxxxx represents the address ranges to be shadowed in RAM. I'd recommend setting these to Disabled. This can improve system stability.
See all here: http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/bios/print.shtml

Now for the one you ask: PCI Latency Timer
Latency Timer (PCI Clocks). Controls the length of time an agent on the PCI bus can hold the bus when another has requested it, so everything gets its fair share.Since the PCI bus runs faster than the ISA bus, the PCI bus must be slowed during interactions with it. This setting allows you to define how long the PCI bus will delay for a transaction between the given PCI slot and the ISA bus. This number is dependent on the PCI master device in use and varies from 0 to 255. AMI defaults to 66, but 40 clocks is a good place to start at 33MHz (Phoenix). The shorter the value, the more rapid access to the bus a device gets, with better response times, but the lower becomes the effective bandwidth and hence data throughput. Normally, leave this alone, but you could set it to a lower value if you have latency sensitive cards (e.g. audio cards and/or network cards with small buffers). Increase slightly if I/O sensitive applications are being run. See full here: http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/pcinfo...sg/bios_sg.htm

CUSL2 and CUSL2-C has default PCI Latency Timer = 32 in bios. Setting to 64, especially when overclocking at higher FSB will give you more stabilize system. Remember: The shorter the value, the more rapid access to the bus a device gets, with better response times, but the lower becomes the effective bandwidth and hence data throughput.



See here, where it says to set PCI Latency timer to 64 when overclocking: http://www.cusl2c.com/pci_configuration.html