A few nore PIII 700 concerns

[moosedick]

System:
Asus CUSL2-C MOBO
PIII 700mhz cB0 stepping
Geforce 2 Gts
256MB Corsair PC150
Alpha PAL6035

1. It seems that in order to run 3DMark 2001 stable sometimes, i need to up the voltage to my cpu. For example, sometimes to get it to go at 973 and 980mhz it needs 1.95V (which is the max). Is this safe for everything? Is there any way I an get it to run at higher speeds with a lower voltage?
2. Let me know of these temps seem normal for about 973 and 980 mhz at 1.9-1.95v. After boot up= about 45 celsius. Idle= mid to low 30s C. Full load=around 50 C.
3. How important is the voltage in getting the system to run stable?
Thanks again

[DaveB]

The voltage is no problem. My PIII 700 has been at 1.95V since October running at 994 MHz. Before that, it was at 1.9V running at 970 MHz from July. So, I can't see your core setting presenting any problems. Your temps look high, but since you have an Asus mobo, they're probably not correct anyway. Mine runs at 28C at idle (19C with Rain 2.0) and goes to 34C under load with an Alpha PEP66. You have an Alpha also, so either it's not installed correctly or, as is more likely, your Asus mobo is reporting bogus temps. I've run mine at up to 2.05V but there was no improvement over the 1.95V setting.

[Door Knob]

moosedick (May 17, 2001 01:08 p.m.):
System:
Asus CUSL2-C MOBO
PIII 700mhz cB0 stepping
Geforce 2 Gts
256MB Corsair PC150
Alpha PAL6035

1. It seems that in order to run 3DMark 2001 stable sometimes, i need to up the voltage to my cpu. For example, sometimes to get it to go at 973 and 980mhz it needs 1.95V (which is the max). Is this safe for everything? Is there any way I an get it to run at higher speeds with a lower voltage?
2. Let me know of these temps seem normal for about 973 and 980 mhz at 1.9-1.95v. After boot up= about 45 celsius. Idle= mid to low 30s C. Full load=around 50 C.
3. How important is the voltage in getting the system to run stable?
Thanks again

1. It is safe to run your processor ar 1.95, however I would not go any higher. If you want to drop the voltage then try improving your cooling (artic silver, lap the hsf, case cooling). Also try burning your chip in (leave it under full load for a long period of time, overnight is good). I did that and was able to run my 800EB at 166 fsb @ 1.75V.

2. Your temps are not that bad. I can't get about the same temps with my CUSL2 (a little lower). I think that the board is just off a bit.

3. Increasing voltage will add stability to your processor when overclocked. I like to keep my voltage as low as possible (will keep temps lower too). I have two different setups in my computer, one that gets great memory bandwidth and other that gets great processor speed. With my memory setup I run it at 1.75 volts because I can. With the fsb jacked up I run it at 1.9V.