New Asus board and AMD chip Resets

[Craig Lister]

I recently bought a Asus A7V8X motherboard and AMD 2200XP processor. I
installed it, and it worked for 20 minutes, then reset. I checked the
voltages using Asus Probe 2. They were going up and down quite a bit, so I
went and bought a new 400W power supply.

The resetting didn't happen as much. Not it resets maybe twice a day, but
the voltages are all stable, except, the +12V line. It's a bit wobbly. It
hangs around 12.448 and 12.384. I've noticed that when I use the CDRom
though, the system resets.

Can anyone advice me?

 

[Harry]

Whats your PC spec?

 

[Michael Knapp]

I recently bought a Asus A7V8X motherboard and AMD 2200XP processor. I
installed it, and it worked for 20 minutes, then reset. I checked the
voltages using Asus Probe 2. They were going up and down quite a bit, so I
went and bought a new 400W power supply.

The resetting didn't happen as much. Not it resets maybe twice a day, but
the voltages are all stable, except, the +12V line. It's a bit wobbly. It
hangs around 12.448 and 12.384. I've noticed that when I use the CDRom
though, the system resets.

That doesn't matter

Can anyone advice me?

Heat problem ?
Check the cpu-cooler.

Michael

 

[Craig Lister]

Asus A7V8X motherboard, default settings, AThlon XP2400 processor, standard
heatsink nd fan, 400W PSU, Ricoh CD writer, 30Gig IBM HD and Asus GeForce
video card.

 

[Craig Lister]

The heart was high, before I got a new PSU, as my old ones fan seems to have
stopped, and the heat was building up in the case. The heat is now down, and
all OK. Infact, I'm running it with the case open, just to be sure.

 

[Paul]

The heart was high, before I got a new PSU, as my old ones fan seems to have
stopped, and the heat was building up in the case. The heat is now down, and
all OK. Infact, I'm running it with the case open, just to be sure.

You should have at least one case fan at the back of the computer, as
well as the fan in the PSU. PSU fans run so slow, that the case will
get too hot on its own. So, more case fans help.

If it will stay up long enough to do some testing, I recommend:

1) Memtest86 from memtest86.com. Test the memory, it should be error free
for as long as the machine will stay running.
2) 3DMark2001 from madonion.com. Running this program in benchmark mode
or demo mode, will stress the AGP slot and video card. If you find
an immediate crash/reset, then you may have AGP/video problems.
Changing driver versions is all I can recommend for this, other
than to RMA some hardware.

HTH,
Paul