I almost BLEW UP two vintage Celeron CPUs

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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/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.

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

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