thanks for your suggestion. does anyone else have ideas, cause i'm keeping an open mind about this and also, with my mobo (Asus A7V333), the RAM works fine (512mb Samsung DDR333) but i have heard of other people having problems. Does anyone know how to unlock the thoroughbred? Cause if i can't, I'll just use the FSB but it'd be handy to have the multiplier manipulation so that if my Mobo can't handle a higher FSB, then i can just isolate the CPU. Thanks everyone and have a great day.