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Have to replace my Abit KG7-Raid MB --- Replace with What?????
Hi All,
After 4 years of nearly constant running, it seems that I will have to replace my Abit KG7 MB. The system periodically freezes and/or reboots by itself and goes into setup mode. (I guess it could be a flaky memory chip also. Heavily virus protected.) Ideas on how to determine? I have 1GB of memory (PC2100) that I'd hate to take a loss on. I also have a decent AGP card. What MB would you recommend for a replacement? (I want to use the memory & AGP). Want it to be inexpensive (as I think all PC2100 based system boards should be). The only thing that I'd like to have included is USB 2.0 rather than USB 1.1. The AMD 1800 Athalon is plenty fast for what I do. TIA, Hexman |
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Have to replace my Abit KG7-Raid MB --- Replace with What?????
Hexman wrote: Hi All, After 4 years of nearly constant running, it seems that I will have to replace my Abit KG7 MB. The system periodically freezes and/or reboots by itself and goes into setup mode. (I guess it could be a flaky memory chip also. Heavily virus protected.) Ideas on how to determine? Make sure its's not overheating. Virtually every Athlon board I've seen has some sort of hardware monitoring in the BIOS. 70 centigrade causes stabliliy problems, 85-90 is chip death. Clean out all the dust. Especially the porcessor heat sink. Also check RAM with memtest86+. (there are other excellent utilities) And make sure it's not the video card. I have 1GB of memory (PC2100) that I'd hate to take a loss on. I also have a decent AGP card. What MB would you recommend for a replacement? (I want to use the memory & AGP). Want it to be inexpensive (as I think all PC2100 based system boards should be). Yours is at a funny spot in it's life cycle. Too new to be found on the USED market without possible (probable) issues, and too old to be found new. You will just have to do a lot of legwork, to find a compatible replacement. IF you have to replace it. The only thing that I'd like to have included is USB 2.0 rather than USB 1.1. The AMD 1800 Athalon is plenty fast for what I do. TIA, Hexman |
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Have to replace my Abit KG7-Raid MB --- Replace with What?????
Thanks for the suggestions Paul. Already dusted, but I'll check the
temp and try to find memtest86 to check the RAM. I'd rather have a replaceable dying RAM chip than any of the other options. I'll report back on my findings. Hexman On 7 May 2006 23:37:03 -0700, " wrote: Hexman wrote: Hi All, After 4 years of nearly constant running, it seems that I will have to replace my Abit KG7 MB. The system periodically freezes and/or reboots by itself and goes into setup mode. (I guess it could be a flaky memory chip also. Heavily virus protected.) Ideas on how to determine? Make sure its's not overheating. Virtually every Athlon board I've seen has some sort of hardware monitoring in the BIOS. 70 centigrade causes stabliliy problems, 85-90 is chip death. Clean out all the dust. Especially the porcessor heat sink. Also check RAM with memtest86+. (there are other excellent utilities) And make sure it's not the video card. I have 1GB of memory (PC2100) that I'd hate to take a loss on. I also have a decent AGP card. What MB would you recommend for a replacement? (I want to use the memory & AGP). Want it to be inexpensive (as I think all PC2100 based system boards should be). Yours is at a funny spot in it's life cycle. Too new to be found on the USED market without possible (probable) issues, and too old to be found new. You will just have to do a lot of legwork, to find a compatible replacement. IF you have to replace it. The only thing that I'd like to have included is USB 2.0 rather than USB 1.1. The AMD 1800 Athalon is plenty fast for what I do. TIA, Hexman |
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Have to replace my Abit KG7-Raid MB --- Replace with What?????
Well Paul I did more checking. CPU temp was at 56 cent. Ran
memtest86+. First run detected errors. I then started each of the 3 chips individually ( 2 x 256, 1 x 512). No errors found. ??? Replaced all three chips. Was going to go out for a while and decided to have memtest86+ run while I was gone. Came back 3 hours later. Machine was frozen, no errors on the memtest display. It showed only 21 minutes of testing. That's kind of steering me away from RAM (I have Kingston lifetime warranty) and more ttowards the MB. Any video card testing programs out there?? Hexman On 7 May 2006 23:37:03 -0700, " wrote: Hexman wrote: Hi All, After 4 years of nearly constant running, it seems that I will have to replace my Abit KG7 MB. The system periodically freezes and/or reboots by itself and goes into setup mode. (I guess it could be a flaky memory chip also. Heavily virus protected.) Ideas on how to determine? Make sure its's not overheating. Virtually every Athlon board I've seen has some sort of hardware monitoring in the BIOS. 70 centigrade causes stabliliy problems, 85-90 is chip death. Clean out all the dust. Especially the porcessor heat sink. Also check RAM with memtest86+. (there are other excellent utilities) And make sure it's not the video card. I have 1GB of memory (PC2100) that I'd hate to take a loss on. I also have a decent AGP card. What MB would you recommend for a replacement? (I want to use the memory & AGP). Want it to be inexpensive (as I think all PC2100 based system boards should be). Yours is at a funny spot in it's life cycle. Too new to be found on the USED market without possible (probable) issues, and too old to be found new. You will just have to do a lot of legwork, to find a compatible replacement. IF you have to replace it. The only thing that I'd like to have included is USB 2.0 rather than USB 1.1. The AMD 1800 Athalon is plenty fast for what I do. TIA, Hexman |
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Have to replace my Abit KG7-Raid MB --- Replace with What?????
Hexman wrote: Well Paul I did more checking. CPU temp was at 56 cent. Ran memtest86+. First run detected errors. I then started each of the 3 chips individually ( 2 x 256, 1 x 512). No errors found. ??? Replaced all three chips. What you MAY have is either a) Bad ram slot b) RAM that doesn't play nice together. B) flaky cpu. Since CPUS are a bit hard to kill, go with A or b, for now Was going to go out for a while and decided to have memtest86+ run while I was gone. Came back 3 hours later. Machine was frozen, no errors on the memtest display. It showed only 21 minutes of testing. That's kind of steering me away from RAM (I have Kingston lifetime warranty) and more ttowards the MB. Any video card testing programs out there?? Not really. The Only one I now about is a obsolete. And limited Hexman On 7 May 2006 23:37:03 -0700, " wrote: Hexman wrote: Hi All, After 4 years of nearly constant running, it seems that I will have to replace my Abit KG7 MB. The system periodically freezes and/or reboots by itself and goes into setup mode. (I guess it could be a flaky memory chip also. Heavily virus protected.) Ideas on how to determine? Make sure its's not overheating. Virtually every Athlon board I've seen has some sort of hardware monitoring in the BIOS. 70 centigrade causes stabliliy problems, 85-90 is chip death. Clean out all the dust. Especially the porcessor heat sink. Also check RAM with memtest86+. (there are other excellent utilities) And make sure it's not the video card. I have 1GB of memory (PC2100) that I'd hate to take a loss on. I also have a decent AGP card. What MB would you recommend for a replacement? (I want to use the memory & AGP). Want it to be inexpensive (as I think all PC2100 based system boards should be). Yours is at a funny spot in it's life cycle. Too new to be found on the USED market without possible (probable) issues, and too old to be found new. You will just have to do a lot of legwork, to find a compatible replacement. IF you have to replace it. The only thing that I'd like to have included is USB 2.0 rather than USB 1.1. The AMD 1800 Athalon is plenty fast for what I do. TIA, Hexman |
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