Does a celeron use the 3.3 V line?

fely

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Which power line does the processor use? Is it the 3.3 V one? I have 2 celeron 366 Mhz running at 572 Mhz. That's 2 x 30 W at 2.0 V. Where do they get their power from? My power supply is rated 14A at 3.3 V. Is that enough??

Any help would be appreciated!
 

DaddyG

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The power is derived from the 3.3v and your pushing the limit if your 30watt calculation is correct. I assume you hace calculated this because of your overclock. Your supply maxes out at 46watts, not good. Plus your memory needs 3.3v also.
 

Felysium

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Yes I have calculated it with radiate. A small program to find the power dissipation of different processors @ different voltages and speeds.

My 570 Mhz Celeron Mendocino @ 2.0 V is rated 30 W.

I have 2 of them on 1 BP6.
But how does this work, because my power supply is rated 3.3V / 14 A = 46 Watts. The processors are alone 60 W. And my RAM (2x128 MB) 2 x 8 W I think. Is this this to much for the power supply?

I can overclock my 366 Mhz celerons flawlessly to 572 Mhz @ 2.0 v BUT when I go any higher, it will lock. Is this a power problem?

At 108 Mhz the pci speed is not to high, because I tested at 72 Mhz (pci = 36 Mhz) and it works great. What can the problem be??