My P4 1.6A just arrived, Overclocked to 2.48 Ghz right now, how do i test the stability ?

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<< Trying to overclock it with standard heatsink/fan with default voltage.

1st try: FSB = 110, works perfect at 1.76Ghz
2nd try: FSB = 133, used divider for memory and apg/pci bus to keep them at normal speeds. 2.12 Ghz perfect
3rd try: FSB = 140, memory @ 280, agp/pci @ 35/70, 2.24 Ghz boots in windows.
4th try: FSB = 150 memory @ 300, agp/pci @ 37/74, 2.40 Ghz boots to windows. VOILA. CPU @ 34 - 35 degree Celcius
Trying 5th: FSB = 155, its booting its booting its booting, YAYAYAYAY, GOAL GOAL GOAL........right into windows, no errors, nothing, everything at default voltage.......cpu temp = 35 - 36 degree celcius. YAYAYA Running @ 2.48 Ghz.
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GOD. I would love to have 2.4 ghz at such a low voltage. My newegg 1.6a "Rica" is still sitting in the box. Packed 3/19/02 Batch #....752
Still waiting for my RDram.

They say that chips manufactured later can overclock better. I hope that's true in my case.

 

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striker21 - Yes. Contrary to what they say on their web site, I have observed this drop in effectiveness every time I have used AS2 and now AS3.
I clean my processor and Heatsink with Acetone and follow that with rubbing alcohol then apply the AS using a clean credit card to spread it in a THIN layer. There may be some other trick to applying it but my method would seem adequate to me.

It seems to lose around 2 degrees C after the first day or two then stabilize. But overall, in my experiments, it was still MUCH better than the old white grease or the thermal pads that I tried.

You can find links to lots of reviews that probably prove me wrong. Here is a good site to start with: http://www.overclockers.com/
Here's another good one: http://www.heatsink-guide.com/