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Dom

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16th Feb 05 at 17:40

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Originally posted by barteh

quote:
Originally posted by Dom
sounds to me like its dodgy memory, or the processor is over heating....

if the memory was b0rked the PC wouldnt start at all.

i said dodgy, not fucked

if its dodgy stick(s) it will cause lock ups and freezes...if the ram or cpu was totally screwed then it wouldnt boot. Hence why i also said if the cpu is over heating as that will cause freezes.
It could also be a dodgy PSU spiking causing it to lock up.

however, go into the bios and disable onboard stuff - like sound, graphics, lans, serial/printer ports, everything that you dont need. Also unplug everything bar your mouse keyboard, and take out the sound card and other cards....then do a full dos format of the disk and reinstall

tbh, i would say take the mobo back and get something like an Abit Gigabyte, as WTF is an elite motherboard

eitherway im putting my money on the memory, overheating cpu or dodgy mobo

Edit! Some Links -
Review (has a few memory pointers)
Mobo website
Forum - has info about board etc etc

[Edited on 16-02-2005 by Dom]

PaulW

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16th Feb 05 at 17:49

I would also have to agree with RAM issues here...

if you just bunged in some 256mb RAM which you found lying about, its probs not quick enough to support the A64, say if its PC2100 or some other shite like that...

Alot of people say 'just 'get 1gb of cheap PC2100 RAM, it will be fine', etc... but they dont realise it HAS to be upto the FSB which is set, and the A64's are bloody fast & have high expectations...

Dont skimp on the RAM, and get memtest86 & see what it says

http://www.memtest86.com/

Dom... Elite boards are pure crap, there is no doubt about it! there like a cheap ECS brand... says it all really!

Dom

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16th Feb 05 at 17:51

quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
I would also have to agree with RAM issues here...

if you just bunged in some 256mb RAM which you found lying about, its probs not quick enough to support the A64, say if its PC2100 or some other shite like that...

Alot of people say 'just 'get 1gb of cheap PC2100 RAM, it will be fine', etc... but they dont realise it HAS to be upto the FSB which is set, and the A64's are bloody fast & have high expectations...

Dont skimp on the RAM, and get memtest86 & see what it says

http://www.memtest86.com/

Dom... Elite boards are pure crap, there is no doubt about it! there like a cheap ECS brand... says it all really!

its is an ECS board mate

although from googling it seems a few people have had similar problems, but not solutions

PaulW

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16th Feb 05 at 17:55

quote:
Originally posted by Dom

quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
I would also have to agree with RAM issues here...

if you just bunged in some 256mb RAM which you found lying about, its probs not quick enough to support the A64, say if its PC2100 or some other shite like that...

Alot of people say 'just 'get 1gb of cheap PC2100 RAM, it will be fine', etc... but they dont realise it HAS to be upto the FSB which is set, and the A64's are bloody fast & have high expectations...

Dont skimp on the RAM, and get memtest86 & see what it says

http://www.memtest86.com/

Dom... Elite boards are pure crap, there is no doubt about it! there like a cheap ECS brand... says it all really!

its is an ECS board mate
although from googling it seems a few people have had similar problems, but not solutions

I know its ECS, but very cheap version

I used to have a K7VTA3 which died after about 8 months... there really poor boards!

Usual reasons from what I heard is poor quality voltage regulators & caps on the board, aswell as bad BIOS revisions...

Pablo

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16th Feb 05 at 21:08

Stuill not working

Dom

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16th Feb 05 at 21:13

get him to take the mobo back and get something more suitable

Pablo

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16th Feb 05 at 21:13

Trying Windows 2000 now!

Cybermonkey

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16th Feb 05 at 21:51

All Athlons run extremely hot compared to P4's, make sure it has adequate cooling, nice fat heatsink and fast fan. As said before, make sure memory is correct type, and 256 should not cause the massive failures you describe. I ran XP on a celeron 400 with 128mb ram, so your should run ok with 256. Is the ram DDR?
If all else fails, i am inclined to say there is a major fault with the motherboard or chipset. Can you flash the BIOS at all? Downloaded latest drivers for the chipset? northbridge/southbridge running cool?

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 09:43

Yeah properly cooled, got 512mb PC3200 now running that and the 256mb fingers crossed

IF not takin it back for refund!

_Allan_

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17th Feb 05 at 09:48

Try without the 256 ram in to eliminate it.

--Dave--

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17th Feb 05 at 09:54

^^^

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 09:59

Will try that also thanks people! WIll keep you informed

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 10:36

Seems to be ok now, must been lack memory really odd. Just installed XP, mobo drivers and SP2 without a single error

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 13:21

Strange working mint now! Wanted more than 256mb thats it

_Allan_

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17th Feb 05 at 13:23

hmmm that's strange though, I know XP and the 64 will be memory intensive but surely the minimum would have been 256mb. Oh well glad to hear it's working smoothly.

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 13:39

Thanks for everyones help

--Dave--

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17th Feb 05 at 14:14

glad you got it working, out of interest did you have both the 256mb and 512 in there or just the 512?

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 14:15

Both - 512mb in slot one and 256 in slot 3

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17th Feb 05 at 14:22

weird, i would have put money on the 256 being dodgy or not good enough.

Least you got it working

now go and download some p0rn

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 14:25

Its not mine, Im looking up DVD/TV and ICE for the car, got new amps wanna headunit but Im skint

--Dave--

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17th Feb 05 at 14:32

i know it's not yours, doesn't stop you downloading filtheh images though

Pablo

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17th Feb 05 at 14:33

I have plenty

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