FIC AZ-11 Socket-A

Thanks to Award's built-in support for jumperless CPU setups, we find the FSB options under Frequency/Voltage Control in the BIOS. FSB settings include 100 / 102 / 104 / 106 / 107 / 109 / 110 / 111 / 112 / 133, although our experience with the Athlon/Duron's EV6 bus is that 110 MHz is the maximum FSB you can realistically expect to achieve and maintain stability. While a few have pushed further, it is relatively rare. Fortunately there are a number of settings between 100 and 110 MHz, allowing you to tweak the most out of the FSB. Twelve 1500uF capacitors make sure that the CPU gets enough power at all times. The real way to overclock the Thunderbird/Duron is through multiplier adjustments since everything on the motherboard remains within spec. Although AMD has "laser locked" the multiplier on all Socket-A CPU's, Tom's Hardware Guide has shown the world how to get around the multiplier lock with the right motherboard. While FIC does not officially support multiplier adjustments of Socket-A CPU's, it is possible on the AZ-11. However, it requires quite a bit of work and is definitely much harder than the DIP switches of the ASUS A7V or the SoftMenu III setting of the ABIT KT7. We'll have a complete Socket-A overclocking guide in the near future and we'll cover the required modifications to the AZ-11 at that time. We highly recommend going with a motherboard that has built-in support for this feature if you want to overclock, especially since FIC could remove the necessary components at any time with a revision of the board