AMD 3000+ XP slow

Hi,

I purchased my PC about a year and a half ago, and am now experiencing
some hardware problems. I'm hoping you can help.

System specs:

* Asus Motherboard A7N8X-E Deluxe
* AMD 3000+ (Athalon XP, not 64bit)
* 2 x 512 3200 Dual channel DIMMs
* Nvidia 256mb 5700 video card
* 80gig IDE hard drive
* Window XP sp2
* dvd burner
* Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse

The basic problem is that about a month ago, my pc wouldn't boot (after
power failure). Every time it got to the post report, it would either
say failed to boot because of CPU overclocking (i've NEVER overclocked)
or it would start to load the OS and the screen would go all
multicoloured and the PC would turn off. I messed around with the bios
and reset the clocking of the CPU to 1700. This allowed the PC to
boot. Every once and a while I when I reboot I have to go in and reset
to bios again to 1300, then eventually back up to 1700. Sometimes it
works, sometimes I'm stuck at 1300 for days. Sometimes it does nothing
when I try to turn it on, and I have to disconnect the power for 10
minutes, then I can get it to boot and into the bios. I have not been
able to run at 3000 since the problem first began. When I am running,
it seems to operate normally, although it is quite a bit slower than
before. Every time this happens, it is getting harder and harder to
fix.

I've verified all fans are operational (cpu, case, videocard,
powersupply), although there is a bit of noise from the CPU fan.
Perhaps it overheated at some point?

I've tried flashing the bios from 10.08 to 10.13 (latest), but that did
nothing. I also tried running with only 1 dimm, trying them both
separately in case I have a bad memory chip. No change in behaviour.

I'm fresh out of ideas, but I suspect it is the CPU. I suppose it
could also be the motherboard. It may even be the power supply.

Any Ideas?

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

My screen also went multi-colored and my problems were solved when I changed
power supplies. Since it seems time for an upgrade and if you don't want to
waste money on a repair shop, might as well troubleshoot your way to a new
computer. You can build a socket 939 system pretty cheap these days.

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A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 motherboard
All-in-Wonder 9800Pro 128mb AGP
X-Fi Extreme Music,Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire
2 Gb Dual Channel PC3200 OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 CL2.5
2XSATA WD 320gb Raid Edition, PATA WD 120Gb HD
Pioneer 110D, 111D, Liteon 1693 Dual Layer burners
XP Media Centre Edition 2005
Sidewinder Precision Pro 2 Joystick
Logitech optical mouse
19 in Viewsonic A91f+
BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4



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Hi,

I purchased my PC about a year and a half ago, and am now experiencing
some hardware problems. I'm hoping you can help.

System specs:

* Asus Motherboard A7N8X-E Deluxe
* AMD 3000+ (Athalon XP, not 64bit)
* 2 x 512 3200 Dual channel DIMMs
* Nvidia 256mb 5700 video card
* 80gig IDE hard drive
* Window XP sp2
* dvd burner
* Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse

The basic problem is that about a month ago, my pc wouldn't boot (after
power failure). Every time it got to the post report, it would either
say failed to boot because of CPU overclocking (i've NEVER overclocked)
or it would start to load the OS and the screen would go all
multicoloured and the PC would turn off. I messed around with the bios
and reset the clocking of the CPU to 1700. This allowed the PC to
boot. Every once and a while I when I reboot I have to go in and reset
to bios again to 1300, then eventually back up to 1700. Sometimes it
works, sometimes I'm stuck at 1300 for days. Sometimes it does nothing
when I try to turn it on, and I have to disconnect the power for 10
minutes, then I can get it to boot and into the bios. I have not been
able to run at 3000 since the problem first began. When I am running,
it seems to operate normally, although it is quite a bit slower than
before. Every time this happens, it is getting harder and harder to
fix.

I've verified all fans are operational (cpu, case, videocard,
powersupply), although there is a bit of noise from the CPU fan.
Perhaps it overheated at some point?

I've tried flashing the bios from 10.08 to 10.13 (latest), but that did
nothing. I also tried running with only 1 dimm, trying them both
separately in case I have a bad memory chip. No change in behaviour.

I'm fresh out of ideas, but I suspect it is the CPU. I suppose it
could also be the motherboard. It may even be the power supply.

Any Ideas?

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

I also noticed my computer getting slower, thought it was a hard drive
problem at first. Try power supply first because if you have to change
anything else, might as well go to a 939 system instead of wasting money on
the same out-of-date parts.

--
A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939 motherboard
All-in-Wonder 9800Pro 128mb AGP
X-Fi Extreme Music,Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire
2 Gb Dual Channel PC3200 OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 CL2.5
2XSATA WD 320gb Raid Edition, PATA WD 120Gb HD
Pioneer 110D, 111D, Liteon 1693 Dual Layer burners
XP Media Centre Edition 2005
Sidewinder Precision Pro 2 Joystick
Logitech optical mouse
19 in Viewsonic A91f+
BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4



wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi,

I purchased my PC about a year and a half ago, and am now experiencing
some hardware problems. I'm hoping you can help.

System specs:

* Asus Motherboard A7N8X-E Deluxe
* AMD 3000+ (Athalon XP, not 64bit)
* 2 x 512 3200 Dual channel DIMMs
* Nvidia 256mb 5700 video card
* 80gig IDE hard drive
* Window XP sp2
* dvd burner
* Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse

The basic problem is that about a month ago, my pc wouldn't boot (after
power failure). Every time it got to the post report, it would either
say failed to boot because of CPU overclocking (i've NEVER overclocked)
or it would start to load the OS and the screen would go all
multicoloured and the PC would turn off. I messed around with the bios
and reset the clocking of the CPU to 1700. This allowed the PC to
boot. Every once and a while I when I reboot I have to go in and reset
to bios again to 1300, then eventually back up to 1700. Sometimes it
works, sometimes I'm stuck at 1300 for days. Sometimes it does nothing
when I try to turn it on, and I have to disconnect the power for 10
minutes, then I can get it to boot and into the bios. I have not been
able to run at 3000 since the problem first began. When I am running,
it seems to operate normally, although it is quite a bit slower than
before. Every time this happens, it is getting harder and harder to
fix.

I've verified all fans are operational (cpu, case, videocard,
powersupply), although there is a bit of noise from the CPU fan.
Perhaps it overheated at some point?

I've tried flashing the bios from 10.08 to 10.13 (latest), but that did
nothing. I also tried running with only 1 dimm, trying them both
separately in case I have a bad memory chip. No change in behaviour.

I'm fresh out of ideas, but I suspect it is the CPU. I suppose it
could also be the motherboard. It may even be the power supply.

Any Ideas?

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

VanShania wrote:
I also noticed my computer getting slower, thought it was a hard drive
problem at first. Try power supply first because if you have to change
anything else, might as well go to a 939 system instead of wasting money on
the same out-of-date parts.

I agree, buy a new power supply first. The power outtage you described
probably sent a spike into the PC. If you are lucky, the power supply
was the only thing damaged. If you aren't lucky, Motherboard, CPU and
maybe some other parts got damaged as well.

-Dylan C

And buy an UPS [for surge protection.]

--
Zyp
"Dylan C" wrote in message
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VanShania wrote:
I also noticed my computer getting slower, thought it was a hard drive
problem at first. Try power supply first because if you have to change
anything else, might as well go to a 939 system instead of wasting money
on
the same out-of-date parts.

I agree, buy a new power supply first. The power outtage you described
probably sent a spike into the PC. If you are lucky, the power supply
was the only thing damaged. If you aren't lucky, Motherboard, CPU and
maybe some other parts got damaged as well.

-Dylan C

Close to the same thing - K8N-E Deluxe ASUS, but a 64bit Venice 754
socket. What gets me is that overclocking error thing. I've had it,
too. Only mine's not nearly as drastic as yours - happened only a
couple of times. Whole system (XP) slows down to a jam, but not a
freeze. Long wait to switch tasks with nothing CPU intensive. Resets
into a overclock error and BIOS timing default stage. Not really a
problem, runs great 99.5% of the time - more the anomally. Been
building and overclocking forever, FORTRON 520W server PS, so it's
looking like a motherboard fault. May be time to start thinking ABIT
or elsewhere if or when its time to migrate over to a 939 dual core (or
Intel dual offering, possibly). This is a discounted motherboard
(returned) at the time of Venice offerings, and I'm also half tempted
to scarf a different make 756 motherboard (discounted this time for a
obsolete socket) and milk some more out of processor.

ASUS dropping the ball and, if so, who's got the greatest QC and
reliable builds on 939, 940, AM2 motherboards these days - MSI, ABIT,
Gigabyte. . . ?

wrote:
Hi,

I purchased my PC about a year and a half ago, and am now experiencing
some hardware problems. I'm hoping you can help.

System specs:

* Asus Motherboard A7N8X-E Deluxe
* AMD 3000+ (Athalon XP, not 64bit)
* 2 x 512 3200 Dual channel DIMMs
* Nvidia 256mb 5700 video card
* 80gig IDE hard drive
* Window XP sp2
* dvd burner
* Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse

The basic problem is that about a month ago, my pc wouldn't boot (after
power failure). Every time it got to the post report, it would either
say failed to boot because of CPU overclocking (i've NEVER overclocked)
or it would start to load the OS and the screen would go all
multicoloured and the PC would turn off. I messed around with the bios
and reset the clocking of the CPU to 1700. This allowed the PC to
boot. Every once and a while I when I reboot I have to go in and reset
to bios again to 1300, then eventually back up to 1700. Sometimes it
works, sometimes I'm stuck at 1300 for days. Sometimes it does nothing
when I try to turn it on, and I have to disconnect the power for 10
minutes, then I can get it to boot and into the bios. I have not been
able to run at 3000 since the problem first began. When I am running,
it seems to operate normally, although it is quite a bit slower than
before. Every time this happens, it is getting harder and harder to
fix.

I've verified all fans are operational (cpu, case, videocard,
powersupply), although there is a bit of noise from the CPU fan.
Perhaps it overheated at some point?

I've tried flashing the bios from 10.08 to 10.13 (latest), but that did
nothing. I also tried running with only 1 dimm, trying them both
separately in case I have a bad memory chip. No change in behaviour.

I'm fresh out of ideas, but I suspect it is the CPU. I suppose it
could also be the motherboard. It may even be the power supply.

Any Ideas?

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.