I just bought a new motherboard and Athlon XP 3200+ (specs below) to replace an aging Athlon/ASUS pair. The new stuff seems to run fine even though it runs about 130 Farenheit. But whenever I launch a 3D game, the system locks up within 1 or 2 seconds. I've tried both Half-Life and Asheron's Call 2, and the DXDiag test and GLXGears in Linux. All of them crash the system.
My MB and CPU:
- ASUS A7V600 (ATX, PC3200, AGP 8x)
- AMD Athlon XP Barton 3200+ Socket A, Model 8, 400 MHz FSB
I've been running an nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600+ for awhile now.
Here's the weird bit... if I go into the BIOS and move the CPU Speed down from 2200 MHz to 1466 MHz, it runs fine at 114 Farenheit. No crashing at all.
Also, my heatsink, while running, only feels mildly warm to touch.
Any ideas, guys? Could it be a voltage or AGP problem? Thanks in advance.
My MB and CPU:
- ASUS A7V600 (ATX, PC3200, AGP 8x)
- AMD Athlon XP Barton 3200+ Socket A, Model 8, 400 MHz FSB
I've been running an nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600+ for awhile now.
Here's the weird bit... if I go into the BIOS and move the CPU Speed down from 2200 MHz to 1466 MHz, it runs fine at 114 Farenheit. No crashing at all.
Also, my heatsink, while running, only feels mildly warm to touch.
Any ideas, guys? Could it be a voltage or AGP problem? Thanks in advance.