Is this behavour normal for a O/Ced system? (Dual Celeron)

[CZroe]

I've been running a dual 366Mhz Celeron system @ 550Mhz (100Mhz FSB) for a little while & everything has seemed fine even at 2.00v (Default). I never ran it through it's paces besides a few Quake3 benchmarks, so just to be safe I used the BP6FSB utility to simulate SpeedStep (Watches the temps at startup & OC's if possible & scales back when temps get high). Temps on the sensors for both processors usually hover around 28-31 deg. Cel. with the case temps being a few degrees higher. The trouble started when I replaced the two 64MB PC100 Monarch DIMMs with two 256MB CAS2 rated Micron PC133 DIMMS that I just bought. All of a sudden, I noticed Quake3 freezes no matter what! The temps are slightly higher today, about 2c, but I can't even boot Windows while OCing (From the BIOS, not BP6FSB program) without increasing the voltage to 2.05! Everything seemed fine before today, & I can't see how such a dramatic difference is now seen. I'm using two GlobalWIN FOP32-1's w/ ASII & active cooling + ASII on the chipset. Do you guys think I should stop my OCing or bump up permanently to 2.05v (Can't change it dynamically under Windows like the FSB clock)? Is 2.05v too small of an increase if such problems are encountered at 2.00v warranting a bump to 2.10v? Until I started work on this system, I had never really tried to achieve any overclock on any processor for reliabilities sake, & I'm still concerned that the increased voltage will decrease the life of my first dual system

Should I attempt to "lap" the CPUs? Preferrably not, because I really don't want to have to apply the ASII again

Thnx for reading...

Edit: Oh yeah, & should I attempt the move to CAS2?

 

[phatstyl]

.05 voltage isnt that much. i really dont know y your problem occured, but i wouldnt be too worried

 

[jlathrop]

Bump it up to 2.05. Go with the CAS2 and run some stress test on it. If your lucky, that should take care of the problem. However, you can run the BP6 at 2.20 and as long as you keep your temps under control you should have no problem. I ran mine at 2.10 for over a year w/o difficulty.

 

[CZroe]

Hey, thnx ppl

Just needed a little re-assurance in an unsure world (WTC *GONE*)...

 

[CZroe]

Ironicly, everything seems fine when I only increase the voltage on CPU1, which is the cooler of the 2! Usually 2-3 degrees Celcius cooler....