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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (38839)	1/10/2004 7:09:23 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 110626

Sounds like you have some real problems. Good idea to write down everything you know and any changes you made and then reversed. Keep a log in fact. I had a load of problems with my system too but it was not the chip, or even the motherboard. The system kept crapping (locking up) out and gradually got worse. Eventually the power supply fan started making a huge noise and the system would only work for a few minutes. I changed the power supply (I could not just replace the fan) and that got rid of a lot of problems. Then I replaced the mother board as I found a cheap supply of spares, and upgraded the processor as well. Lots of problems. The system worked but slowly. Then I took out the sound card and used the on board (MB) audio. All problems went away and my system is now solid as a rock. Incidently, when I originally bought the system it crapped out after a few months. I was told it was the sound card and they had it replaced. I know now, almost for sure, the sound card has been the source of many of my system problems. Best of luck in solving your system problems. Don't worry too much if you make mistakes. My system was utterly screwed when I decided to reflash the BIOS and screwed it up. Talk about a dead computer, it was dead dead dead. I swapped over the BIOS chip from the old MB and all was well. -g-

To: S. maltophilia who wrote (38839)	1/12/2004 12:32:30 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

There appears to be some glitch in the motherboard. I think you're right. I went poking around in the bios of the computer in question that has the same chip and the same symptoms. The motherboard is an ECS. CPU type Athlon CPU speed 100/100 mhz Multiplier factor 7.5x CPU Frequency 133mhz Dram Frequency 133mhz Only the cpu speed is configurable. I changed it to 133/133. Now startup reports the cpu as 1000mhz. BTW the cpu reported temperature went up 7c as a result, from 32c to 39c. I recall that below 50 is fine for these high heat output Thunderbirds. 55c is pushing the limit of safety. I wonder if the settings were changed automatically by the motherboard due to the higher temperatures over the summer? I can think of no other explanation, other than operator delusion. That is, maybe it always reported 750mhz, and was just mixed up with another computer. Esteban