Celeron 900

[Rebels7]

Received my 900 Celeron yesterday, replaced a 550@825 (150mhz FSB) and I would have to say that I am not pleased with its performance. I put this processor in an Asus P3V4X, (probably a big mistake), with an adapter. it booted up at default 900 mhz with an error on booting telling me that the bios could not recognize the processor, probably due to the 9.0 multiplier, however, booting was not hampered by this fact, it successfully booted into windows. After letting the machine run for a while I decided to try overclocking, (after several reports of this chip being a good overclocker). I first tried 112 FSB--Nada. no go, so I tried going up on the voltage, nada, no go. Rebooted tried 110mhz good to go, running 990mhz, ran Sandra memory bechmarks, came up about 100 points shy of what my 550 was doing at 825, major disappointment to say the least!!! Left computer to run about 2 hours and came back, no BSOD's still running, being POed I decided to try 133mhz FSB, 1200mhz!!! Seemed to run stable, began to run Sandra Memory benches, these benchmarks were a little lower than the 550@825 also, maybe 10-20 points, so I ended up with a 1200mhz computer that benches about the same as my 550@825. I know the P3V4X is not known for its memory benchmark ablility, but, I was thinking that this chip would perform a little better than this. Any thoughts? BTW I usually get 401/489 memory benches on the 550@825!!

 

[AndyHui]

Your problem is that since the processor is not being recognised, the correct microcode is not loaded and therefore you cannot operate with maximum performance.

You need to update your BIOS to support your cD0 stepping processor.

Please download and flash the latest BIOS, version 1006 Beta 003.

 

[Rebels7]

Thanks Andy! I thought I was running the lates BIOS update (1006 Beta 2), didn't know about the 1006 Beta 3. This helped with the error message, however, overclocking opportunities remain the same.