Elitegroup EZ-Buddie2 D21 I4-3 Install v.2 - Manual (Page 8)

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For keeping users from improperly overclocking this system and protecting the CPU, The overclock ranges allowed with
the Intel, AMD, and VIA CPU have been restricted in 10% or 5% as factory defaults.
For Intel CPU, each light bar indicates 2% increasing in the CPU clock speed. For details, please refer to Table 2 below:
Light stick 6 7 8 9 10
% of Over-frequency 2% 4% 6% 8% 10%
Table 2 Intel CPU overclock table
For AMD or VIA CPU, each light bar indicates 1% increasing in the CPU clock speed. For details, please refer to Table 3
below:
Light stick 6 7 8 9 10
% of Over-frequency 1% 2% 3% 4% 5%
Table 3 AMD & VIA CPU overclock table
Note:
Turning counterclockwise the tuner will downclock the CPU, resulting the light bars go out one by one until all go out,
as shown in Fig 18~21. Downclock can also make the system unstable. You should downclock the system only when
it is needed.
Special Notes:
1. The CPU clock speed listed above is basis on 3.2GHz for example. Actual clock speed is dependant on the
CPU installed on the mainboard.
2. The clock speed of the CPU actually displayed may vary with different CPUs. Usually, the normal scope of
deviation is 0.01 GHz.