Not enough power, I think

[GPo]

I had an earlier post that I believed that my new Cel II 566 FC was a faulty chip.
I kept getting blue screen errors in Windows, on start up and on most all apps. I ran system monitor to show the CPU usage with the 566 was mostly 100% then lock ups & errors. When I put my Cel 300a back in it was flawless. Hardly 50% CPU usage when multitasking. So what it the difference between the 2 chips ?
I guess the bad CPU theory is out. I have my 300a back in now. One thing my tech has a concern about was that with all the hardware on my system, I have only a 250 w power supply.I don't have a 300 or higher to try out. I'm going to get a 300 or 450 w in a few days. I think I need more juice. Could this be giving me those nasty "fatal exception OE error" messages ? It does make sense though when I think about it. What does the 566 do that the 300a dosn't?
Needs a bit more juice.?
Have any thoughts ?
GPo

My system
Abit BH6 1.0 SS bios
Cel II 566 FC @ default 66 bus
Golden Orb fan & Arctic silver.
224 DIMM ( 96 @ 100 & 128 @ 133 )
80 mm side case fan ( in )
Tripple fan HDD cooler ( in )
Card cooler in ISA slot ( out )
old 486 fan on video card chip
19 " tower case with 250 w p/s
Rage Fury 32 mb TV out
ATI TV wonder
Logitech video Web cam
Sound Blaster Live value OEM
Creative digital FPS 2000 sound
Creative DVD 5x cdrom
Aopen, acer 12x 10x 32 cdwr
Acer 56 k v 90 modem
Maxtor 20 gb ATA 66 7200 HDD
2nd Maxtor 2.5 gb 5400 HDD
17" KDS monitor
Lexmark printer, Acer scanner.
Smart keyboard & optical mouse

[warmachine]

In a way your right but it's not the psu it your M/B that does not support it sorry to be the berror of bad news, check it here FAQ. (http://www.abit-usa.com/english/faq/motherboards/bh6.htm) Don't know if there is a fix but i'll look and let you know if I find one just a thought try uping voltage might help. Good luck

[warmachine]

Here is your fixthis bios update should do it go here close small window selet your board bh6 close white window your bios is behind it it is the one about half way down the page right under where it says bh6 in red file BH6SS.exe download extract to a new folder ( self exstracting just run it )put bh6ss in new folder before running, go to that folder read readme or tex file which ever is there it should tell how to do it. good luck, let me and others know if it worked by posting ;D

[GPo]

Thanks for your reply warmachine.
I already have the SS bios. I thought that
was the fix. The description of the bios says it will handle the celumines.
another suggestion was to try
"clean power" from another location in the house, If that dosn't work, a 300 w power supply & we'll see.
GPo

[warmachine]

try this unplug extra fans both cd's and 2'nd HD see if it wil run stable. If that does not work I would test CPU in a friends system. If you have a generic PSU I would check the voltages on it. I think that board monitors them in bios check with everything pluged in and 300a and then with 566 se if you get a drop. well be watching

[dimmreaper]

warmachine (Jan 04, 2001 08:26 a.m.):
try this unplug extra fans both cd's and 2'nd HD see if it wil run stable. If that does not work I would test CPU in a friends system. If you have a generic PSU I would check the voltages on it. I think that board monitors them in bios check with everything pluged in and 300a and then with 566 se if you get a drop. well be watching
This will not ussually make a differance because the CPU uses the 3.3V and 5V rails. HDs and fans and CD-ROMs primarily use the seperate 12V rail.

Is the PSU AMD approved? This will make the biggest difference in stability (Even on Intel systems). The AMD approved PSUs allot more current to the low voltage rails.

[GPo]

Will check & get back to you Jeff.
Thanks
GPo

[The_Shaw]

This all sound familiar...

I recently upgrading from a 300A celeron to a 600 cCO celeron II (now at 926) on my ASUS P2B.

I also have a 250 watt power supply. The blue screens plagued me as well. After seeing the blue screen several times, I realized the error was with the vxd file for my soundcard.

After running Driver Detective v2.0, I downloaded/installed an updated file.

Now I'm at the 926 I mentioned earlier. I'll try to go faster when I have better cooling. This is just the retail box fan.

[GPo]

That was it exactly, thanks to you all.
I'm zipping along at 707 now. Will try 850 later.
GPo

[BiLLaBonG]

Hey There, I have an idea, might sound a little crazy, but as everyone knows the new celeron II's need actually LESS power (voltage) than the older celeron I's. Try to down the voltage to 1.65, thats the default for Cely II's. You might be burnin up the processor! Hope it helps:)