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Old July 25th 04, 05:06 PM
Radox
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Default My compuler locks up completly

I have:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Procesor
256MB SDRAM PC133
Mainboard ECS K7S5A 266 MHZ FSB

When I work in windows after a while (more rapidly in games) the
computer locks-up completly nothing whorks but the terstrt button.
Is this because my RAM FSB is only 133 and not 266
My computer works whitouth problem if I slow the bus down to 200 FSB
and my procesor is 1800+
Please help me.

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Old July 25th 04, 08:43 PM
Monster
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your motherboard is crap

"Radox" wrote in message
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I have:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Procesor
256MB SDRAM PC133
Mainboard ECS K7S5A 266 MHZ FSB

When I work in windows after a while (more rapidly in games) the
computer locks-up completly nothing whorks but the terstrt button.
Is this because my RAM FSB is only 133 and not 266
My computer works whitouth problem if I slow the bus down to 200 FSB
and my procesor is 1800+
Please help me.

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Old July 25th 04, 08:48 PM
JAD
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first guess a heat issue


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I have:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Procesor
256MB SDRAM PC133
Mainboard ECS K7S5A 266 MHZ FSB

When I work in windows after a while (more rapidly in games) the
computer locks-up completly nothing whorks but the terstrt button.
Is this because my RAM FSB is only 133 and not 266
My computer works whitouth problem if I slow the bus down to 200 FSB
and my procesor is 1800+
Please help me.

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Old July 25th 04, 08:53 PM
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:43:10 GMT, Monster
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your motherboard is crap


Yet another troll
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Old July 25th 04, 10:00 PM
GTS
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"Radox" wrote in message
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I have:

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Procesor
256MB SDRAM PC133
Mainboard ECS K7S5A 266 MHZ FSB

When I work in windows after a while (more rapidly in games) the
computer locks-up completly nothing whorks but the terstrt button.
Is this because my RAM FSB is only 133 and not 266
My computer works whitouth problem if I slow the bus down to 200 FSB
and my procesor is 1800+
Please help me.

No it's not because your RAM is only 133Mhz - your CPU is also 133Mhz. If
you have DDR ram then the 133 is effectively doubled to 266Mhz but SDRAM
works fine.
It is likely that the memory is either faulty, or the RAM timings are too
aggressive. You could try loading optimized defaults / fail safe defaults in
your BIOS - you did'nt load the BIOS top performance did you? Also try
Memtest, a DOS utility that will report any errors with the RAM.
Another possibilty is temperature, as lowering the FSB to 100 would make it
run cooler, but usually this would cause the PC to run very slow and finally
turn off...


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Old July 25th 04, 10:08 PM
Radox
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Listen GTS

My procesor's temprature is 45-49 C max 52 C and the resistance on a
Athlon XP is 85 C this menas thea is not a heat problem as in 1800 it
reaches the same temperatures.The lock-up ocurs at even 48 degrees C
so I don't know.
Secondly I tested my RAM and it works fine(so the program sais).
Olso I am using the coolet that came with the processor in the AMD
Box
Loading the defaults the Bios keeps me on 100/100 FSB not 133/133 as
it shoud.

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Old July 25th 04, 11:23 PM
GTS
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Yes I meant load the defaults and then set the CPU & memory to the correct
speed - it still means eveything else will be set to safe parameters - does
it still crash?
BTW most mobo's set the CPU to 100 or 133 by jumper on the mobo - is yours a
jumperless motherboard? Could you be 'overclocking' the frequency and making
the PCI/AGP bus run out of spec?

"Radox" wrote in message
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Listen GTS

My procesor's temprature is 45-49 C max 52 C and the resistance on a
Athlon XP is 85 C this menas thea is not a heat problem as in 1800 it
reaches the same temperatures.The lock-up ocurs at even 48 degrees C
so I don't know.
Secondly I tested my RAM and it works fine(so the program sais).
Olso I am using the coolet that came with the processor in the AMD
Box
Loading the defaults the Bios keeps me on 100/100 FSB not 133/133 as
it shoud.

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Old July 26th 04, 01:00 AM
David Maynard
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GTS wrote:

Yes I meant load the defaults and then set the CPU & memory to the correct
speed - it still means eveything else will be set to safe parameters - does
it still crash?
BTW most mobo's set the CPU to 100 or 133 by jumper on the mobo - is yours a
jumperless motherboard? Could you be 'overclocking' the frequency and making
the PCI/AGP bus run out of spec?


The K7S5A defaults to 100 MHz FSB in BIOS regardless of what processor is
there and you always have to manually set it to the proper FSB, unless
running a Duron.




"Radox" wrote in message
...

Listen GTS

My procesor's temprature is 45-49 C max 52 C and the resistance on a
Athlon XP is 85 C this menas thea is not a heat problem as in 1800 it
reaches the same temperatures.The lock-up ocurs at even 48 degrees C
so I don't know.
Secondly I tested my RAM and it works fine(so the program sais).
Olso I am using the coolet that came with the processor in the AMD
Box
Loading the defaults the Bios keeps me on 100/100 FSB not 133/133 as
it shoud.

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Old July 26th 04, 05:21 AM
CrucialOne
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Are you by any chance running Winfax Pro? I had a similar problem as
you and Winfax was the culprit. Got rid of the program and I got rid
of the problem.

CrucialOne

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:00:06 -0500, David Maynard
wrote:

GTS wrote:

Yes I meant load the defaults and then set the CPU & memory to the correct
speed - it still means eveything else will be set to safe parameters - does
it still crash?
BTW most mobo's set the CPU to 100 or 133 by jumper on the mobo - is yours a
jumperless motherboard? Could you be 'overclocking' the frequency and making
the PCI/AGP bus run out of spec?


The K7S5A defaults to 100 MHz FSB in BIOS regardless of what processor is
there and you always have to manually set it to the proper FSB, unless
running a Duron.




"Radox" wrote in message
...

Listen GTS

My procesor's temprature is 45-49 C max 52 C and the resistance on a
Athlon XP is 85 C this menas thea is not a heat problem as in 1800 it
reaches the same temperatures.The lock-up ocurs at even 48 degrees C
so I don't know.
Secondly I tested my RAM and it works fine(so the program sais).
Olso I am using the coolet that came with the processor in the AMD
Box
Loading the defaults the Bios keeps me on 100/100 FSB not 133/133 as
it shoud.

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Old July 26th 04, 05:40 AM
Monster
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the K7S5A is a crappy motherboard and is prone to freezing problem. I had 2
so I know. search the web, there is a K7S5A motherboard support forum there
somewhere. They'll tell you how to replace your chipset heatsink and all
that stuff but in the end it is because you have a cheap motherboard.

"Stephen Austin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:43:10 GMT, Monster
wrote:

your motherboard is crap


Yet another troll



 




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