Voltage problem

[Compressed natural gas]

I have a old soltek motherboard that has a voltage autodetect feature that does not allow you to change to change to voltage maunally. Does that mean that it will figure out what my CPU needs when I O/C it? By the way, I have a PII300 and am considering getting a Celeron 533A(it's the highest that my motherboard will support) to o/c: is it a good cpu for that purpose?

 

[Placid]

It means it will use the voltage that the cpu is designed to work at. The cpu uses a different combination of open or closed pins to tell the motherboard what voltage to use.
When you overclock the voltage will remain the same unless your motherboard allows you to change it.
It will not hurt anything if the voltage stays at the default setting you probably will not be able to overclock as high as you can if you set the voltage higher.

I dont know much about ocing celerons but I am sure the 533a would overclock better than a p2.
But without being able to raise the core voltage you will not get the best overclock.

If you get a fc-pga cpu and use a slotket you should be able to adjust the core voltage.

 

[Compressed natural gas]

Thanks. Yeah, the 533A is a fc-pga and the PII is a slot 1 so I need to get a converter. What's a slotket? something that goes on the CPU?

 

[Placid]

Yes, a slotket lets you use a fc-pga cpu in a slot 1 motherboard.

 

[[OC]Lucifer]

When you do invest in a slotket adapter, invest in a good one. You will get better overclocking reliability and versatility. Go with an Iwill slotket II or an Abit slotket III.