A7N8X reboots

I have a new system here that reboots when it starts to get taxed.
Here are the specs:
A7N8X MBoard
AthonXP 3200+ (I think, I have thoughts, but that is what I bought)
2x512 3200 DDR Kingston ValueRam (I think the 3200 is right)
30GB, 40GB IDE drives
SB Live
ATI Radon 9600

It seems to reboot more when I have a game running, so it might be
related to graphics card, but I have all the newest drivers, and it did
it with the out of the box drivers as well, so I'm less inclined to
think that. I have the ram at 200 Mhz, and right now it seems to be
going fine. I'm leaning towards a processor problem.
Right now I have it clocked at 133 Mhz (bus I'b guessing, I havn't read
all the details yet). It seems to run fine at 133, or 100 Mhz. If I
up it to 166, or 200 (which it should be at) it reboots when I'm doing
more taxing things. I've had it do it while browsing as well (movie
dnlding and something else I think). If anyone can give me some ideas
as to what I should do, that would be great.
Thanks.

Could it be power supply related? Have you tried another power supply?
Sometimes, I've heard that you need a higher waltage power supply if you
have so many devices like CD Roms/DVDs,hard drives, all attached to the
system.

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I have a new system here that reboots when it starts to get taxed.
Here are the specs:
A7N8X MBoard
AthonXP 3200+ (I think, I have thoughts, but that is what I bought)
2x512 3200 DDR Kingston ValueRam (I think the 3200 is right)
30GB, 40GB IDE drives
SB Live
ATI Radon 9600

It seems to reboot more when I have a game running, so it might be
related to graphics card, but I have all the newest drivers, and it did
it with the out of the box drivers as well, so I'm less inclined to
think that. I have the ram at 200 Mhz, and right now it seems to be
going fine. I'm leaning towards a processor problem.
Right now I have it clocked at 133 Mhz (bus I'b guessing, I havn't read
all the details yet). It seems to run fine at 133, or 100 Mhz. If I
up it to 166, or 200 (which it should be at) it reboots when I'm doing
more taxing things. I've had it do it while browsing as well (movie
dnlding and something else I think). If anyone can give me some ideas
as to what I should do, that would be great.
Thanks.

the 3200+ should be running at 200FSB with a multiplier of 11
The RAM should be in sync with the CPU that is at 200
Get out the manual and double check all of your BIOS and PIN settings.
If you are running XP go to
MyComputer/properties/advanced..........startup&recovery/settings and uncheck
automatically restart and reboot
Now when you have a problem you will at least get a BSOD with an error message
saying what the problem relates to.
Write it down and post it back here
peter
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I have a new system here that reboots when it starts to get taxed.
Here are the specs:
A7N8X MBoard
AthonXP 3200+ (I think, I have thoughts, but that is what I bought)
2x512 3200 DDR Kingston ValueRam (I think the 3200 is right)
30GB, 40GB IDE drives
SB Live
ATI Radon 9600

It seems to reboot more when I have a game running, so it might be
related to graphics card, but I have all the newest drivers, and it did
it with the out of the box drivers as well, so I'm less inclined to
think that. I have the ram at 200 Mhz, and right now it seems to be
going fine. I'm leaning towards a processor problem.
Right now I have it clocked at 133 Mhz (bus I'b guessing, I havn't read
all the details yet). It seems to run fine at 133, or 100 Mhz. If I
up it to 166, or 200 (which it should be at) it reboots when I'm doing
more taxing things. I've had it do it while browsing as well (movie
dnlding and something else I think). If anyone can give me some ideas
as to what I should do, that would be great.
Thanks.

I would bet it is your ram. The A7N8X is very picky when you run it dual
channel @ 200mhz. I had to try 3 different pairs and finally found some
generic Supertalent sticks with a Xerox chipset that runs perfectly @ cas 2
@ 200mhz in dual channel.


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I have a new system here that reboots when it starts to get taxed.
Here are the specs:
A7N8X MBoard
AthonXP 3200+ (I think, I have thoughts, but that is what I bought)
2x512 3200 DDR Kingston ValueRam (I think the 3200 is right)
30GB, 40GB IDE drives
SB Live
ATI Radon 9600

It seems to reboot more when I have a game running, so it might be
related to graphics card, but I have all the newest drivers, and it did
it with the out of the box drivers as well, so I'm less inclined to
think that. I have the ram at 200 Mhz, and right now it seems to be
going fine. I'm leaning towards a processor problem.
Right now I have it clocked at 133 Mhz (bus I'b guessing, I havn't read
all the details yet). It seems to run fine at 133, or 100 Mhz. If I
up it to 166, or 200 (which it should be at) it reboots when I'm doing
more taxing things. I've had it do it while browsing as well (movie
dnlding and something else I think). If anyone can give me some ideas
as to what I should do, that would be great.
Thanks.

Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.
As for a blue screen error, it took a bit, but I finally got one. I
kept getting various other errors instead. Here it is:
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC000001D, 0xBF803DC5, 0xF7A3EB38, 0x00000000)
win32k.sys - Address BF803DC5 base at BF800000, DateStamp 41127907
Hope this gives someone an idea.

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Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.
This does not 'check the power supply'. The change involved for these
items, is tiny.

As for a blue screen error, it took a bit, but I finally got one. I
kept getting various other errors instead. Here it is:
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC000001D, 0xBF803DC5, 0xF7A3EB38, 0x00000000)
win32k.sys - Address BF803DC5 base at BF800000, DateStamp 41127907
Hope this gives someone an idea.
Try a replacement supply, and if you have more than one memory stick, use
one at a time, and see if the problem appears with each memory or not.

Best Wishes

Could also be your RAM timings. Raise the values a little - look up ram
timings and try a real unoptimised setting.

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Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.
As for a blue screen error, it took a bit, but I finally got one. I
kept getting various other errors instead. Here it is:
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC000001D, 0xBF803DC5, 0xF7A3EB38, 0x00000000)
win32k.sys - Address BF803DC5 base at BF800000, DateStamp 41127907
Hope this gives someone an idea.

Free RAM tester here if it helps.
http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp

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Kenny

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Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.
As for a blue screen error, it took a bit, but I finally got one. I
kept getting various other errors instead. Here it is:
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC000001D, 0xBF803DC5, 0xF7A3EB38, 0x00000000)
win32k.sys - Address BF803DC5 base at BF800000, DateStamp 41127907
Hope this gives someone an idea.

On 7 Nov 2004 05:48:05 -0800, "
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Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.


Nope, that isn't checking the power supply. Look in hte bios at the
5v. If it is below about 4.95, get a different power supply and try
again.

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On 7 Nov 2004 05:48:05 -0800, "
wrote:

Ram, that's a possibility. I checked the power supply by unplugging 1
cd drive, some extra case fans and such, and it still rebooted.


Nope, that isn't checking the power supply. Look in hte bios at the
5v. If it is below about 4.95, get a different power supply and try
again.

That is too tight a spec. The power supply itself is allowed +/- 5%.
There is a slight loss on the motherboard, and there can be some
measurement error. Seeing somewhere between 4.5 and 4.75V on the
+5V, might be cause for concern.

The 4.95 number would only allow 1% error, and you could easily
lose 0.05V in the cables themselves. That would result in most
power supplies being rejected.

Paul