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September 10th 03, 04:19 AM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
Hello.
My computer is having this chronic problem which I believe is hardware related. I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset) The problem happens at random, but is more commonly 'provoked' when there are sizeable numbers of bitmaps being held or loaded into memory, by this I mean things such as icons in software, loading a webpage with lots of pictures, etc. The application then quickly leaks 100s of mbs of ram until it runs out of resources (things go black & white or fail to display) & crashes. I think this is an issue related to AGP. Software & video cards are not the issue. Is it possible that this could be being caused by the CPU? I've read about some AGP bug affecting Thunderbirds when processing 3D, but this affects 2D only. Any help appreciated (I am tired of faulty hardware). 
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September 10th 03, 04:27 AM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
What OS do you use?
I used to have this all the time with Windoze ME (and sometimes, yet, not as often with 98). "pass" wrote in message ... | Hello. | | My computer is having this chronic problem which I believe is hardware | related. I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 | socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset) | The problem happens at random, but is more commonly 'provoked' when | there are sizeable numbers of bitmaps being held or loaded into memory, | by this I mean things such as icons in software, loading a webpage with | lots of pictures, etc. The application then quickly leaks 100s of mbs of | ram until it runs out of resources (things go black & white or fail to | display) & crashes. I think this is an issue related to AGP. Software & | video cards are not the issue. | Is it possible that this could be being caused by the CPU? I've read | about some AGP bug affecting Thunderbirds when processing 3D, but this | affects 2D only. | | Any help appreciated (I am tired of faulty hardware). |
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September 10th 03, 09:09 AM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
My computer is having this chronic problem which I believe is hardware
related. I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset) The problem happens at random, but is more commonly 'provoked' when there are sizeable numbers of bitmaps being held or loaded into memory, by this I mean things such as icons in software, loading a webpage with lots of pictures, etc. The application then quickly leaks 100s of mbs of ram until it runs out of resources (things go black & white or fail to display) & crashes. I think this is an issue related to AGP. Software & video cards are not the issue. Is it possible that this could be being caused by the CPU? I've read about some AGP bug affecting Thunderbirds when processing 3D, but this affects 2D only. Any help appreciated (I am tired of faulty hardware). how do you know that this isnt a software issue?.. now.. for the data to be continally pushed to the ram in a loop then I would say "if" there is a problem then it's with the motherboard.. Personally I think it's a software issue (no matter what microsoft tells you)
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September 10th 03, 10:26 AM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
pass wrote:
Hello. My computer is having this chronic problem which I believe is hardware related. I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset) The problem happens at random, but is more commonly 'provoked' when there are sizeable numbers of bitmaps being held or loaded into memory, by this I mean things such as icons in software, loading a webpage with lots of pictures, etc. The application then quickly leaks 100s of mbs of ram until it runs out of resources (things go black & white or fail to display) & crashes. I think this is an issue related to AGP. Software & video cards are not the issue. Is it possible that this could be being caused by the CPU? I've read about some AGP bug affecting Thunderbirds when processing 3D, but this affects 2D only. It sounds like it is software to me... I mean the hardware doesn't know if you have bitmaps in memory does it? Do they start out as bitmaps or GIFs? Or JPEGS? I would suggest that this is a software problem related to the image decoder - maybe a corrupt dll How do you know it's not faulty software? If you were a software engineer you would know that you simply cannot be entirely sure that there are no faults in software. And if you are not a software engineer you would be hard pushed to attempt to diagnose it. Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
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September 10th 03, 03:19 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
"E_\\_¼__½__¾__F" wrote:
What OS do you use? I used to have this all the time with Windoze ME (and sometimes, yet, not as often with 98). This happens for me in both Windows ME & Win95. What motherboard & CPU were you using?
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September 10th 03, 03:36 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
pass wrote:
This happens for me in both Windows ME & Win95. What motherboard & CPU were you using? "I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset)" Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
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#7
September 10th 03, 03:43 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
Ben Pope wrote:
pass wrote: This happens for me in both Windows ME & Win95. What motherboard & CPU were you using? "I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset)" Yes, so I want to know if he was using one or the other. Why did you post that? Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
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September 10th 03, 03:46 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
pass wrote: This happens for me in both Windows ME & Win95. What motherboard & CPU were you using? "I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset)" Ben Hey Ben what's that useless quote for? heh Your telling the original poster what the original poster said.. 
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#9
September 10th 03, 04:17 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
pass wrote:
Ben Pope wrote: pass wrote: This happens for me in both Windows ME & Win95. What motherboard & CPU were you using? "I've narrowed it down to either the CPU (Athlon Thunderbird 850 socket A) or the motherboard ( Asus A7V133-VM, VIA KM133 chipset)" Yes, so I want to know if he was using one or the other. Why did you post that? My bad, didn't realise it was you asking the question! Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
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September 10th 03, 04:18 PM
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Could this be a CPU bug?
rstlne wrote:
Hey Ben what's that useless quote for? heh Your telling the original poster what the original poster said.. He might not have been listening when he said that! :-P Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
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