Show Posts
1
Hardware / unstable cpu speed
« on: October 23, 2004, 06:17:35 AM »
athlon xp 2000+
ecs k7s5a
512 unknown sdram
maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9
Hi,
Before i ask a question can i point out my system has been running (relatively) fine for a couple of years with the same components other than the harddrive, at the same bios settings.
Ok,
After a windows fatal crash i discoverd my harddrive was knacked, so I bought a new one. It took me days of trying to reinstall (with windows crashing mid installation) to get up and running again.
Now windows crashes very quickly after booting. To cut a long story short, after much harddrive scanning, cable swapping and device removing that it appears to be the frequency the cpu is set at.
I had been running both cpu and ram at 133mhz without problem, but now the only stable settings appear to be cpu/ram 100/133 or 100/100 respectivly.
I figured it's probably a heat or power thing.
I'd appeciate some advice or possible solutions.
Thanks
ecs k7s5a
512 unknown sdram
maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9
Hi,
Before i ask a question can i point out my system has been running (relatively) fine for a couple of years with the same components other than the harddrive, at the same bios settings.
Ok,
After a windows fatal crash i discoverd my harddrive was knacked, so I bought a new one. It took me days of trying to reinstall (with windows crashing mid installation) to get up and running again.
Now windows crashes very quickly after booting. To cut a long story short, after much harddrive scanning, cable swapping and device removing that it appears to be the frequency the cpu is set at.
I had been running both cpu and ram at 133mhz without problem, but now the only stable settings appear to be cpu/ram 100/133 or 100/100 respectivly.
I figured it's probably a heat or power thing.
I'd appeciate some advice or possible solutions.
Thanks