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Subject: Re: Overclocking 300->450MHz???

Author: Scott Shepherd

Date: 08:45:47 12/16/98

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On December 16, 1998 at 10:36:20, Harald Faber wrote:

>On December 16, 1998 at 09:16:41, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>>>>>The 300A is easily overclockable : It contain a 4.5x multiplier provided to run
>>>>>>on a 66 Mhz Motherboard (4.5x66Mhz = 300 Mhz) ... if you switch the motherboard
>>>>>>to 100 Mhz you'll get 450 Mhz ...
>
>>>>In the News we note a 95+% of success...
>>>>
>>>>Because Celeron 300A have the same engraving's size as the PII-400,450 (0.25 µm
>>>>I think)...
>>
>>I've forgotten to write that in the case of you get some error messages from
>>windows you need to raise the CPU voltage (+0.1 Volt). note that motherboard as
>>Abit BH6 with his softmenu BIOS is very useful in this case.
>
>OK, I'll keep it in mind if I think of buying a new PC or upgrading. At the
>moment I am satisfied with my K6-200 and my 166MMX-Laptop. :)

Make sure you try and get the CPUS made in Malaysia not Costa Rica.  For some
reason the Costa Rican Models would not OverClock.  At least that was my own
experience. My Celeron 300a has been running great at 450 for about 3 months,
Though I did have to set the Voltage to 2.10..



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