[techtalk] Re: PC Locking up
- From: Paul Ferguson <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TechTalk <techtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:53:07 +0100
Hi Gary,
On 26-Sep-04, Gary Colville wrote:
> Try running a memory tester like memtest86. If it returns errors
> either the memory or mobo are incapable of running at 400MHz, if not
> then its probably a bad processor.
I'll run the tests when the machine is back in one piece - my son
has decided to mod the case so the guts of the machine are lying on our
dining room table :-)
Is there any way to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is the
processor ? If it come to trying to return it, I think I'm going to have
problems as the company I bought it from have not been very good
when it comes to resolving problem items :-(
> I recently saw exacly this behaviour from a 3200+ system and it turned
> out to be a faulty Asus motherboard. It worked fine at lower FSBs, but
> randomly barfed up its dinner at 400MHz.
Ok, so fingers crossed it's the board so I can easily bung in a lower
rated CPU and that should be fine. What 400MHz boards are on your
list as being reliable ? I was thinking something along the lines of an
MSI KT6 Delta-FISR DDR400 KT600 but as always am open to
suggestions :-)
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Cheers,
*Paul*
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