abit ab-bh6 motherboard and celeron processor Help

[enviroman51]

:disgust: I ahve and Abit AB-BH6 mb with 196 ram running a celeron 366/66 chip. I overclocked it to 456 by changing the multplier to 8X. I changed nothing else in bios. Then all hell broke loose I started getting fatal error messages, program will not open messages, anitvirus program wouldn't run, couldn't load modem driver software, etc. I returned the cpu back to default 366/66 settings and everything is cool. What did I miss or do wrong? I have read including in this form that this cpu should be stable at 500 mhz. Can anyone help me?

 

[RickH]

Lets see--long ago when the Celeron was king--sorry I got had a flash back. I think what you did was not change the multilier to 8X, as it is locked in the Celeron--you changed the bus to the dreaded 83 MHz. Many drives and other components have problems at 83. On a BX chipset MB the PCI/AGP bus speed are with in spec only at 66 or100 MHz. Try setting the bus to 100MHz, increase the voltage a little in the BIOS and disable "Halt on all errors" in the BIOS. RRRRRRR

 

[enviroman51]

Thanks! RickH.

 

[brother]

 

[brother]

Have Abit Bh6 here. Just installed 1.2 Celeron with power leap adapter...Works gangbusters! Plug and play type installation. Highly recommend it.:disgust::|:Q:|:disgust:

 

[RickH]

The only problem with the Powerleap is the cost. You can buy a new "modern motherboard with ATA 133, DDR, etc and a faster processor for not much more. Don't put too much $$ into the BH6, it is a nice board but it old technology. R

 

[looper]

Enviroman51...


Oh yes, the Abit BH-6...my current board with the "SS" bios.

I'm running a Celeron Coppermine 600 cCO @ 900, socket 370 w/Abit slotket II, with Alpha PEP 66T heatsink with Sunon fan.

Will become son's computer when I get new rig within @ 2 weeks or so...if I can ever make up my mind what to get...


looper

 

[techwanabe]

Originally posted by: RickH
The only problem with the Powerleap is the cost. You can buy a new "modern motherboard with ATA 133, DDR, etc and a faster processor for not much more. Don't put too much $$ into the BH6, it is a nice board but it old technology. R

Well, yes and no... The reason I am upgrading for more speed with a 1.0A Tualatin Celeron and ABIT ST6 motherboard is because it would cost me alot more to take advantage of DDR. To get the added bandwidth of DDR, I'd need a P4 or Athlon. To do that I'd need a new Powersupply.

The cost of a Powerleap equals a new motherboard. I got my ABIT ST6 for about $68 shipped. CPU was $63 shipped (Celeron Tualatin 1.0A). So for a total cost of about $130, I am doubling my speed from 733 mhz to about 1.4 ghz. Not bad. Bandwidth will handycap the speed somewhat, but it would cost nearly double for me to get a system that would be DDR compatable since I'd need to buy DDR memory and a new case/PS!