Celeron Bus Speed

[Joe Neisser]

I just purchased an Abit BX6-2 motherboard, 400 Celleron, 64 meg PC100 memory. I bought everything with the 100 mhz bus in mind , but looking at the 400 celleron it runs at 66 mhz. Is this a problem, or a waste of money on the other equipment? Can I run the 400 Celleron at 100 mhz Bus speed without damage.

Thanks for any input.
Joe

[Cyclops]

Lots of folks are running their Celerons at 100Mhz, including me, and have been since they first came out.

If you want to O/C your chip, you'll have to run it at some speed other than the 66Mhz speed because the multiplier has been locked by Intel.

As far as damage, it's a run at your own risk proposition but that's the only way to get those higher speeds, at least for now.

Cyclops o-)

Thanks Finless -

after taking a second look at my response, I realize I didn't answer the question very well

[This message has been edited by Cyclops (edited 02-27-99).]

[Finless]

Joe,
sorry but you aint going to be able to set the FSB to 100 for that 400mhz celeron!
A 400 has a clock multiplier of 6.
6x66 buss = 400 mhz.
Crank the buss to 100 and you will have
6x100 = 600mhz.
I have yet to see anyone obtain that speed!

If you can return the 400 and get a 300a,
you can clock to 450 and maybe 504.
About 80% of the celeron 300's can do this.

Bob

[RafaQ]

Any chance you can return the 400 and get a 300a? You will save some money and should have a 90%, if not better, chance of running at 450. I run mine at 464mhz, and there are many postings about people doing 504 (with a little tweaking).

I have two 300a both running at 464mhz, running 24/7 w/o any problems.