nate at refried.org writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 10:23:06AM +0600, K Hinze wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:14:52 -0500 (CDT) > > Michael Vieths <foeclan at visi.com> wrote: > > Celeron chips pre-800MHz were 66MHz fsb. If your celeron is running at > > 450MHz it MUST be overclocked, and consequently overheating. The one > > long-beep typically is overheat alarm. Always has meant that for me. > > Clock that chip back to a 66MHz fsb, and hopefully you haven't done > > permanent damage. > > Let's see the popular chip to do this with was the Celeron 300a. > > 300Mhz / 66Mhz FSB = 4.5 clock multiplier > 450Mhz / 4.5 clock multiplier = 100Mhz FSB > > 66Mhz -> 100Mhz is quite the stretch. Under carefully controlled > conditions the system was actually bootable and maybe ran a > benchmark before crashing. > > Definitely put the FSB back to 66Mhz. If the system keeps crashing, > throw the chip out and get a new one. If the system is stable and > you're still feeling slow, 75Mhz sometimes works. I have a Celeron 433 > that I've run at 488 for a couple years without any trouble. But give > the system a few months at 66Mhz before you try that. Actually, my mistake. It's a celeron 500. But note that I have NEVER had a crash with this beast. It's just beeped me into submission. :-> R