hey, just read your post, and it seems like your temps are a bit high. I think that 36--38c. idle would be a normal temp for a 2.66 (imo ?? ). I can run my 2.4a o/ced to 2.76 and the temps are still only 34--36c. idle and will run up to46--48c. under full load. Like was stated above, how many case fans do you have, and when you placed the hsf on , did you seat it properly?? Also check in your bios to see if default vcore is set to lowest setting. Also, what is the ambient temp of the room you have it in now?? Is your case on the floor or on a desk( I know it seems trivial, but moving my case to the floor took it down 1c., not much diff., but every degree counts)Is your hsf running properly;that is ,is it at the specs for rpm?? And, lastly, (but this happened to mine alot until I figured it out) are you running "KAZAA", as it's virus checker, when running heats up my sys. 8--10c. !!! And this is before gaming!! Oh, and one more thing, try installing a little program called "speed fan 4.08" , a lot of times it just may be that your temps are being incorrectly read!!!!
Well, that's all I have, hopefully you'll get that thing down to a temp you are happy with!!!
As far as o/cing, I read a post in the "overclocking" section,where they got their 2.66 up to 3.0g.....so it would seem feasable with yours as well. Just raise your fsb and see what happens. If the temps don't change much, then you'll be ok......good luck!!!!
<font color=purple> We can't all be heros,someone has to stand on the sidewalk and clap!!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by toester on 04/26/03 06:57 PM.</EM></FONT></P>