Dumb Question.. What is a cc0 stepping processor?//

[Vinnie2pliers]

Dumb Question.. What is a cc0 stepping processor?//
and why does my CPU multipler seem locked in the Bios.
I've got a P3 933 on a ASUS CUSL2-C and can push the Frequency as high as I want but the multipler remains grayed out so I can't change it.

 

[Schmo]

Pentium IIIs are multiplier locked, you can't change that. You can only change the FSB speed and that is how you overclock them.

 

[Vinnie2pliers]

Thanks Schmo!! I got it running rock stable at 1001mhz. Thats good enough.:|:Q

 

[Schmo]

Just be sure you put it though some intensive tests like 3DMark for graphics and Prime95 for non graphics.

It may seem rock stable until you really work that processor.

 

[MaJik]

cc0 is the stepping, its like a revision.
Just think of it as a way to get more out of a CPU without redesigning it. They just change a few things, to get it to go faster, thats what the stepping is. The newer the stepping, usually the more it will overclock.