AMD Athlon 2600+ & Asustek A7V8X-MX system crash

[Ranjan]

I have a Asus A7V8X-MX with AMD Athlon 2600+ and 512MB RAM.The system
shuts down after a couple of hours(some times 1hr,6hrs).I have tried
all the DIP switchs settings for setting the external CPU
frequency.The system has 2 fans for cooling.

What might be the problem? Have any one come across this kinda
problem.

 

[Wazza]

I have a Asus A7V8X-MX with AMD Athlon 2600+ and 512MB RAM.The system
shuts down after a couple of hours(some times 1hr,6hrs).I have tried
all the DIP switchs settings for setting the external CPU
frequency.The system has 2 fans for cooling.

What might be the problem? Have any one come across this kinda
problem.

It does sound like a CPU overheating problem.

 

[DreamMaker]

It does sound like a CPU overheating problem.

Have you try to install asus probe, just to see if it's a over heating
problem?

or have you remove latly the fan to do some maintnance and replace it
without aplying some paste???

 

[Ranjan]

Have you try to install asus probe, just to see if it's a over heating
problem?

or have you remove latly the fan to do some maintnance and replace it
without aplying some paste???

well .. I gave back the machine to the shop i bought from.The added
more paste suspecting the same reasons u said,but still had the same
effect.

Finally they said that they have reduced the CPU temp to 85 in BIOS
and its running fine for more than 16hrs.But i find that the machine
is slow.

I doubt if they had altered some thing else that slove the problem but
reduced the ram speed

 

[DreamMaker]

well .. I gave back the machine to the shop i bought from.The added
more paste suspecting the same reasons u said,but still had the same
effect.

Finally they said that they have reduced the CPU temp to 85 in BIOS
and its running fine for more than 16hrs.But i find that the machine
is slow.

I doubt if they had altered some thing else that slove the problem but
reduced the ram speed

Well if its operating at least at the default setting that about
great. plus if they've change your ram setting, that's myte be the
problem. i have read that fsb of cpu should always be the same as your
mem speed... that increase stability.

:->

 

[We Live For The One We Die For The One]

They prob have a Shit heatsink and fan installed.

Plonk an Aeroflow, Vantec on it.

They have NO IDEA.

The reason is its runnign slow is they prob have it running at 100 fsb
or somthing so its half its top real speed.

Go to them and Smack em up the head and tell them to fix it or you
will SUE their Stupid Arses or somthing like that.

All it needs is a decent Fan and heatsink, sonthing like a Silent
boost cooler or the vantec one, reduce the cpu voltage to like 1.6 or
1.7 volts and it should run coolish.

Hope this helps.

 

[DreamMaker]

They prob have a Shit heatsink and fan installed.

Plonk an Aeroflow, Vantec on it.

They have NO IDEA.

The reason is its runnign slow is they prob have it running at 100 fsb
or somthing so its half its top real speed.

xp 2600 runs at 166mhz=(333mghz fsb) at normal setting, total power
1914mghz.
the boxed version come with a big radiator( bigger than the xp
1700-2400 radiator) that as a special fan on it (notice the outside of
the propeller fan) and that fan is a little bit smaller than the rad.

if you dont have this then your in for high temp and low overcloking.

plus, i've done some overcloking, and i notice that after increasing
the voltage and put it back where it were, i notice that my cpu now
works around 1,7-/+ (bios setting at 1,6.
it was before at 1,65/ 1,68) strang...