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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. |
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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. wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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 wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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. wrote in message oups.com... 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. |
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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. |
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wrote in message oups.com... 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 |
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Could also be your RAM timings. Raise the values a little - look up ram
timings and try a real unoptimised setting. wrote in message oups.com... 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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Free RAM tester here if it helps.
http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp -- Kenny wrote in message oups.com... 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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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. |
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