Stats on Celery2 633 @950Mhz?? Mine still needs some TLC!

[scrubman]

i have been geeking all weekend trying to get my celery2 to be stable at 950 and havent had any luck yet...

Abit BX-6 rev.2 w/qr bios
Retail celery2 633 on Abit slotKET III (08-30-00)
128 Meg pc100 ram (single stick)

i have to run at 1.85 volts to have it run @950Mhz!

it runs but locks up after a short time just browsing the web and quake3 kicks me back to the desktop after a short time of playing...

i think i need to scrape that kotex off the retail heatsink and get some thermal paste! after that i guess i could go up to 1.9 volts if i have to...

i would really like to see what everyone else is getting and how your doing it!!! i would be open for suggestions as well!!

********** UPDATE *************

welp... i know i needed additional cooling and i was planning on buying something pretty good but i could not sit around while deciding what to get and THEN wait for it to be delivered so i used some african ingenuity and made things work via 2 486 heatsinks wire tied to both sides of retail heatsink/fan setup.. no more lockups or anything ever!!! and games are looking better than ever!! thanks for everyones help!!!

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[RoadRuner]

go to 1.9V its a retail heatsink, if you damage it, you void your warranty.

just an fyi.

 

[NoFish4U]

Lemme get this straight,

You are tryin a tough overclock with the retail sink and factory goop?

Sheesh....get a good sink and some radio shack paste and you will probably be fine.

Probably a temperature issue.

 

[Aboroth]

I got a Celeron 633 and even at 1.80v I need a better heatsink like an Alpha to keep it at 950 stable. Just spend the extra cash for a decent heatsink. That retail crap sucks.

 

[pdampier]

Just did this myself this weekend. Mine was stable at 1.8v once I scrapped the thermal pad off the Intel HSF and used some thermal paste instead. Been running Prime95 all weekend. No problems. HSF is only slightly warm to touch.

Good luck

 

[Rickr]

633@950 at 1.75 volts on an old Abit BX6.
Generic slocket (no voltage tweaks)--$4 on e-spray.
Golden Orb Cooler.
Radio Shack grease.

I call it the magic-cpu.

 

[toph99]

what is your temp.? if you are using the retail i'd keep a VERY close eye on it. the retial hsf is a piece of junk

 

[scrubman]

i am trying to decide what heatsink/fan to buy... i think i got a tough chip to overclock being that it wont run at anything less than 1.85v so i think i need a step up from the golden orb..

just curious what date/batch#/rteail or oem you guys have running at lovwer temps than me????

thanx to you all!

 

[Huart]

Hey Rickr, is that the BX6 or the BX6 rev.2.0?

 

[Rickr]

BX6. No bloody revision 1, revision 2, OR revision 3!

I bought it almost three years ago. Best motherboard I've ever owned.

 

[RoadRuner]

gorb work fine on celeron 2's they run real cool. even at 1.9.

matter of fact the stock heatsink is pretty good for a celermine at reasonable voltage.

 

[scrubman]

i will get one of those if i have any more heat trouble!!! thx!

 

[compman]

Soyo-6VCA, 1.85v, Abit slotket, stock heatsink/fan. Mine crashes while booting into Windows at 950. Does boot and run fine at 902 (95 bus). The processor is only 28degC, I am running Rain. Without Rain it goes up to about 33degC. I'm happy at 902. I will try 950 again after about a week.