- Joined
- Aug 2, 2004
- Location
- Northeast USA
Hey all, I've been reading these forums for awhile, seems like you guys really know your stuff, maybe you can help me out. I built this system in July: A64 3000+, EPoX 8KDA3J, 1GB Kingmax PC3500, 160GB Maxtor IDE (from old comp), Radeon 9800Pro, and a 350watt Antec PSU. After RMA'ing the dead HDD, I thought everything was fine. I ran it at 2.2GHz (vcore 1.6), RAM @ 220MHz, 2.5-3-3-10, vDIMM @ 2.7, HTT @ 880MHz. This was 100% stable, no errors after 30 Hours+ in prime95. Within the last week, it has started randomly freezing. The monitor just freezes, no mouse movement is recognized, so I have to reboot. After the reboot everything is fine. I lowered my overclock to 2.13Ghz (266x8, RAM @ 213MHz) and lowered the voltages to stock 1.55 and RAM to 2.6, thinking my PSU wasn't adequate. Didn't help at all, it still does it. It randomly freezes in a game or on the desktop about once a day. Beyond the PSU being fried, the only other thing I can think of is that maybe one of the RAM sticks is bad. I'm testing with memtest 86+ right now. Does anyone know for sure whats going on here or have suggestions? Anythign is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mr. K6