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

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 09:01:01 12/16/98

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On December 16, 1998 at 11:45:47, Scott Shepherd wrote:

>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..

I would not have been surprised to hear that the 300a or 333 could run at 400
MHz, but 450Mhz, wow, that is really pushing it!  But I guess if it's been
working stably for three months, it must be a reasonably solid setup.

Dave Gomboc



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