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I almost BLEW UP two vintage Celeron CPUs (Patreon)

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...trying to do things Intel really, really didn't want people to do.

The version on YouTube is here: https://youtu.be/aVTZ5NC0ng0

Sources:
"Celeron CPU Caches Up, Adds Muscle to Basic PCs," PC Magazine, October 6, 1998.
"Crank it up," The Sydney Morning Herald, September 8, 1998.
"Double Feature," PC World, October 1998.
"The Dual Celeron System" page: https://web.archive.org/web/20000306024509/http://kikumaru.w-w.ne.jp/pc/celeron/index_e.html
"Celeron Hits 400MHz, PC Magazine, February 9, 1999.
Celeron 300A sold eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/166800613607
PCChips slotket photo: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1319630#p1319630
Abit BP6 motherboard photo by Motherboard Continuum: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/abit-ab-bp6
Abit BP6 sold eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116395235662
Asus S370-DL photo: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/1057023932
Asus S370-DL sold eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/166986725168
Slot 1 voltage chart: https://web.archive.org/web/20000301054653/http://3dhardware.net/features/slot1voltage/index3.shtml
"Home Design Software" and "3D Graphics," The Computer Chronicles.
Asus P2B-D photo by evasive: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/asus-p2b-d-rev.-1.05-1.06
"Celeron 300A," Maximum PC, April 1999.

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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by Dan Mason (https://danmason.bandcamp.com) based on elements by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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Comments

Jack Beckman

Multiprocessor systems really only shine in the types of applications you mentioned or when running multiple programs at once. If you aren't running threaded software or multiple programs often, you're better of with a single faster processor than slower multiprocessors.

Endless Mike

That new theme song hits hard!

Linh Pham

Unlike NT4, you didn't need to do a re-install ofo Windows 2000 to switch between uni- and multi-processor HALs. You can change the driver by going into the device properties, update drivers, and search for the other in the list of known drivers. This was huge when I was managing a fleet of dual slot/socket servers that only had one installed from the factory. I would later add a second CPU and upgrade the RAM once prices settled down half-way through the server's lifecycle.

Linh Pham
>>161941116

I was a bit of an early adopter of NT4 and Windows 2000 as a desktop OS and had dual socket systems at home for a while. Even on the desktop, it was useful to have one CPU cranking away in the background converting audio files to MP3 and/or FLAC while leaving one CPU for general tasks.

Alan Grassia

The late 1990s and early 2000 was an interesting time in my IT career. I was running Mac OS, Windows 9x, and Windows 2000 and each one of those systems had their own uses. I never got into overclocking. These videos reminded me why. Still, I appreciate the I did this at home so you don't have to commitment to get things working.