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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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Subject: Re: A Celeron overclocking question...
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Thats a pretty high voltage. Mine required a bit higher when new but after a few
months I lowered it back down to 2.0. It runs cool with one fan on the heatsink
btw.
JM

Robin Lord wrote:

> How much cooling have you got btw? My 300a has 3 fans strapped to the heat
> sink, and an extra (heatsink type fan) at the front of the case to blow cool
> air in (hot air beeing blown out of the back by power supply fan) It runs
> happy at 450 (you'll probably need to get new ram for this) but I did need
> to increase the voltage to 2.3v
>
> --
>
> Robin.
>
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> J Burrowes wrote in message <36c629ac.231343@news.v-wave.com>...
> >Hello,
> >
> >I've the following system:
> >
> >Abit LX6 (With updated BIOS)
> >Celeron 300A @ 338 (Improved GPL by 41% over my old P2 233 CPU).
> >64 MBs SDRam (10 nanosecond 66? MHz NOT 100 MHz)
> >SB 64 Awe Value Edition
> >
> >I can overclock to 374 MHz IF I either boot to the command prompt (no
> >good for anything) OR boot in Safe Mode. In Safe Mode I can run GPL
> >and enjoy another 25% improvement over what I get at 338. Of course
> >I've no sound and probably no cable connection. When I try to boot to
> >regular windows the system locks just when it looks as though its been
> >successful... Teasing me it is.
> >
> >Now I've the following question:
> >
> >Can anyone think of any settings I could change in Windows 95 (OSR2)
> >that might allow the overclocking to work? I am going to take the box
> >to a shop and try 64 MBs of fast ram. That might do it. If I can find
> >a way without replacing the ram though so much the better. Any ideas?
> >
> >Now a comment about the sound card:
> >
> >It seems that it's dragging GPL's frame rate down by about 10%. I
> >first became suspicious when a friend test his system with the same
> >setup and settings I used and came out about 10% higher. The only
> >difference is that he has a SB Live (it sounds cool btw). So I
> >temporarily disabled my sound card (in Device Manager) and, sure
> >enough, my test fps went from 21 to 23 and a bit. So if anyone's
> >putting together a new system or has been thinking of replacing an old
> >card you might consider the Live. I still want to test one in my box
> >though before I swap.
> >
> >Any help with the above problem is appreciated. Thanks,
> >
> >JBurrowes



