Old but interesting read about Cel 366@550

[BlueWeasel]

About this time one year ago I got a Celeron 366@550 guaranteed to reach 550 @ 2.2v. I was running it on an Abit BE6-II MB (MSI slotket) and using Radio Shack thermal grease on a Globalwin HS and fan. The chip would run for a while at 2.1v, but it needed 2.2v for total stability.

Now fast foward a year => I have long stopped using the C366@550 and have moved on to bigger and faster systems. I decided I would try to lap the chip like many have done. I got all the materials together and followed the best lapping article I could find. The lapping went great and I decided tonight to pop it back into the BE6-II just to see what improvements if any I gained.

Tonights setup:
Lapped Celeron 366@550
Artic Silver grease
Golden Orb Cooler
Abit BE6-II MB with MSI slotket

I was suprised at what I found. I could now run the chip totally stable @ 2.0v! A drop of 0.2v. . . pretty good I would say. I thought that lapping would at best just allow me to run the chip at 2.1v. I know that I used a much better HS/Fan combo and much better thermal grease than before, so that has sometime to do with the improvement.

I should I have lapped the little ah heck when I was actually using it. . .

 

[spamboy]

Here's my "pulled out the old Celeron" story:
I thought I could put a Peltier between the stock heatsink and my Celeron 300A. I bent the clip so bad it doens't work anymore. Now the heatsink is rubber-banded on. Still hits 484, too. hehe.