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Phoenix '97

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Today we have an Abit BF6 440BX motherboard, together with a PIII EB 667, socket 370 to slot 1 adapter, 256, 128, and 128MB sticks of PC133, an Adaptec 29160 SCSI card, and an IDE DVD-ROM drive. Just how far can I push the FSB on this board? :)
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I started off underclocking the CPU to 500/100, installing Win2K on the SCSI drive. Next, I started to push it up to about 145 MHz, before the old 4MB AGP card crapped out. So, I inserted a 1MB PCI video card (expandable to 2MB! :D ), and pushed it higher.
Upping the core and I/O voltages a little, and enabling the Spread Spectrum Modulation, whatever, that is, I could take a screenshot, and save it, at an FSB of 151 MHz:
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Trying to start Windows with an FSB of 152 gave this:
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The highest it could run Orthos stable for > 30 minutes was at 146 MHz.

I'm open to suggestions for going to 152 or higher. :)
 
WOW I had one ! with a # 9 video card and a voodo 2 ..Was as fast as it could be (1997)
 
oh a Slotket, how old stuff, brings back old memories :)

what is the S-Spec of that P3 ?
the main problem with some old mobos, is the lack of AGP and PCI bus lock, and well that could really hamper your OC. u don´t want a corrupted HD afterall ;)

Do u have a Celery Sandwich around ? :p
 
I'd have to remove the HSF again, but it's a 6-8-3, as CPU-Z shows... this page helps match S-codes with steppings, speeds and such:
http://users.erols.com/chare/remark.htm
I already have a 1/4 PCI divider on the drive; if it gets corrupted I don't really care, I wiped the hard drive and did a fresh install just before playing with it. :)
 
The farthest I go back is my single core 939 Opteron/

Opteron 148 CACJE 0546APW (got it memorized), @ 2.75 ghz @ 1.5v
Same mobo in sig but an SLi-D
1:1 memory
Same memory in the sig, but starting out i had 2x512 of OCZ gold pc3200 VX @ 2-2-2-8 @ 235 mhz @ 3.3v (man I loved that memory)
6800GT to boot.

I did Overclock an athlon XP 2400+ (180nm) with a 133mhz FSB up to 140mhz fsb, not that stable though, Worst motherboard ever, the abit VA-10 with via KM400 chipset, I was glad when I accidentally scraped the back of it with a screwdriver (chipset push pin + flathead = bad). That chipset ran so hot too.
 
Next up is a little Celeron that's been used and abused. :)
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That's as high as I can get it in Windows. Now I have it at 1.95V, running at 47C in the BIOS, the HSF is a nice one, the fan's 6000 RPM on it. :)
But I won't let 1G escape me:
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Those 440BX's were great overclockers. I had a P-3 700 that I was able to get up to around 990 on a 440BX MB back in the day - ended up running it at 933/133 for quite a while. Thanks for the memories.
 
hey phoenix i had the same cpu cept i had an alpha heatsink on it. I got it to boot exactly like you did at the same speed but soon crashed after that. The highest windows speed i had was around 988 or something. It was a 440BX chipset but i dont remember the name of the mobo :(
 
I had a P3-500 that ran at 140MHz no problem (2x128MB+256MB PC100 RAM) - no voltage bumps, just changing the FSB. 40% OC ain't bad at all, esp. on a Soyo/VIA133 chipset (7VCA). The original Tt GoldenOrb kept it around 105*F loaded. I actually miss that PC.

The replacement 2500+ Barton only went to 184MHz (from 166) for me, but that was probably bad RAM, since it was in the badass-of-the-time NF7-Sv2.
 
My oldest is a 2500+ Barton on an Abit NF7-S. I loved that thing, it lasted me a long time before i upgraded to A64. I sold the rig to my sister for $150. It's still running 2.4ghz (mighta been 2.5) with my awesome (at the time) OCZ PC3200 EL. I don't remember the timings, but it was one of the first series with copper heat spreaders and enhanced timings. If i recall the 2x256 kit cost quite a bit. I then added a 512 stick of the same series in the 3rd slot on the nf7-s and it was an awesome upgrade for games. I was the king of town with 1gb of ram.

I cant remember what the cooler was called, silent-x or something. I'm pretty sure it was a Thermaltake.

Good memories :D
 
Aw, yeah...my Abit NF7-S is still sitting here. The Athlon XP-M 2600 is doing 2.5 Ghz (200x12.5) easy. My first truly great board...I can't bear to part with it for sentimental reasons (even though I never use it anymore...).
 
And last, but not least, a Tualatin specimen. :D
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I'm surprised this even works, I have a Tualatin on a Tualatin to Coppermine adapter sitting on a Coppermine to Slot 1 adapter with a video card running at 93.5 MHz AGP. :D
 
oh man that brings back the good old days, overclocking isn't the same anymore.
 
oh man my memories goes way way back. lol i was in the 7th grade and i just got a voodoo (im not sure if it was 2 or 3) with my intel 133mhz, and the first sound blaster live. awesome days. didn't overlcock but i was super hyped that i could run duke nukem and blood on max.
 
I've gotta find it, but I have a Pentium 150 that I oc'd to a blazing 166 mhz !!! With jumpers ! (remember those?)
 
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