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Computer freezing up
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I have an old socket 7 board and k2-6AMD cpu with 128Mb RAM. Recently I have booted up the PC and after a little while my applications start to crash (blue screens, fatal exceptions etc). I haven't installed any new software recently. Is this more likely to be a problem with the CPU or a memory problem? Thanks |
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M Jones wrote: Hi, I have an old socket 7 board and k2-6AMD cpu with 128Mb RAM. Recently I have booted up the PC and after a little while my applications start to crash (blue screens, fatal exceptions etc). I haven't installed any new software recently. Is this more likely to be a problem with the CPU or a memory problem? Thanks It could be many things, but it is most likely RAM. Assuming that your processor fan is still running, I would do a good RAM test. Defragging the HD often helps also. |
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When you get a blue screen of death make a note of the offending file. If it always occurs with the same file (usually a driver) that is your problem. M Jones wrote: Hi, I have an old socket 7 board and k2-6AMD cpu with 128Mb RAM. Recently I have booted up the PC and after a little while my applications start to crash (blue screens, fatal exceptions etc). I haven't installed any new software recently. Is this more likely to be a problem with the CPU or a memory problem? Thanks -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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On 24 Mar 2004 12:52:32 -0800, (M Jones)
wrote: Two weeks ago I altered some of the memory settings in the bios for timings, refresh etc... because of crashing apps and I had problems immediately after that. So to clarify, you previously had (same?) problem, tried adjusting the memory timings in the bios, which made things worse, then you wanted to change them again but you didn't know what next to try, nor what the defaults were? Generally there would be a setting like "normal" or "auto", "SPD", etc, and for any other timings not set with a generic catch-all description like one I previously gave, choose larger numbers for slower timings, which would almost always be more likely stable. Would it be a good idea to set bios defaults as a way of curing the problem? I dont know what the proper settings should be. Generally, yes, but super socket 7 boards often had problems with AGP video cards, it might be helpful to write down what the previous bios settings were, particularly for the AGP port/VGA-related. If you're going to reset the bios anyway then now might be a good time to see if you can hunt down a bios update for the board, if one exists. If this doesn't work, would it be a good idea to remove the existing RAM and put another RAM stick into the machine to test it? If you had another memory module handy, sure, but I wouldn't buy any more memory. Something to consider is that if you have memory problems, running the operating system may corrupt files, then you may continue to have intermittent errors even after the memory is again working properly. Since this seems (possibly) memory related, run http://www.memtest86.com for several hours. |
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On 24 Mar 2004 02:12:17 -0800, (M Jones)
wrote: Hi, I have an old socket 7 board and k2-6AMD cpu with 128Mb RAM. Recently I have booted up the PC and after a little while my applications start to crash (blue screens, fatal exceptions etc). I haven't installed any new software recently. Is this more likely to be a problem with the CPU or a memory problem? First I will try to check whether the CPU's heatsink fan is working. Next I will use memory diagnosis program such as "DocMemory RAM Diagnostic" (http://www.simmtester.com) to check the memory. -- WebWalker PGP Key ID : 0xB3F1A279 |
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WebWalker wrote in message . ..
On 24 Mar 2004 02:12:17 -0800, (M Jones) wrote: Hi, I have an old socket 7 board and k2-6AMD cpu with 128Mb RAM. Recently I have booted up the PC and after a little while my applications start to crash (blue screens, fatal exceptions etc). I haven't installed any new software recently. Is this more likely to be a problem with the CPU or a memory problem? First I will try to check whether the CPU's heatsink fan is working. Next I will use memory diagnosis program such as "DocMemory RAM Diagnostic" (http://www.simmtester.com) to check the memory. Hi all, Just to say that the above solved my problem. My cpu heatsink fan wasn't working. For some reason the power cable to the cpu fan was broken off stopping the fan from working. I replaced the power cable and now everything is great again. I really was expecting it to be the mobo or the ram. Never mind.... |
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