I almost BLEW UP two vintage Celeron CPUs
Trying to do things Intel really, really didn't want people to do. 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/200003060... "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?... Abit BP6 motherboard photo by Motherboard Continuum: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/... Abit BP6 sold eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116395235662 Asus S370-DL photo: https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/... Asus S370-DL sold eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/166986725168 Slot 1 voltage chart: https://web.archive.org/web/200003010... "Home Design Software" and "3D Graphics," The Computer Chronicles. Asus P2B-D photo by evasive: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/... "Celeron 300A," Maximum PC, April 1999. 00:00 - Introduction 00:32 - Intel doing Intel things 01:54 - Who the hell thought this was a good idea 03:23 - Sticking it to the man 04:57 - It actually kinda sucks 06:44 - Bluescreens ahoy 10:18 - Don't try this at home 11:31 - The secret settings 12:05 - Yeah it still kinda sucks 13:33 - This wasn't as easy as you think you remember -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: / thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/Bo....

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