I need to get a few computers going to run netflix, which demands a surprising amount of power. The computer in question is an abit ax8 motherboard, antec 430w true power (also tried a newer antec 500w). video card is an ati 2600xt. One pata hard drive (started with 2), and stick of memory (corsair xms ddr400 1GB). I bought this stuff new years back and have never had a problem with it. It has had an athlon 64 3000 (1.8 stock speed) and I have had it @2.8 stable on air. I have had it loaded before on the antec 430 watt with no problems (half dozen hard drives, 2 opticals, memory slots and pci slots full etc).
So it won't run netflix @2.3. I buy an athlon 64 fx 53 (2.4 stock and MB l2 instead of 52). It is 89 watt instead of 67 (the 3000 was 67 watt).
It goes nuts with sirens and warnings. At first on and off (tried running pcmark and every time a test would start the sirens would go off and stop when the test stopped. Then it started having sirens just booting. One of the codes on the motherboard display was 26 which has something to do with pwm. The siren is hi low which I gather is voltage or heat. The processor is only 22 watts more (about 2 amps). Things start loosing power (cpu fan, usb etc). I put in a bigger power supply with 10 more amps on the 12v rail. It gets a little less but still is going nuts.
Voltages and temps look fine in software at least. I could not find spec for the pwm temp but it only got up to the 40's. I'm at a loss at this point (can not even run it to investigate). I try different memory and different memory slots.
So I figure if it might be temps, them lets find out. I aim a 5000 btu window air conditioner in the side of the case and start it up. Now its fine. I thought maybe power management but that board is rated to take the fx processors. The cpu ran into the 50'sw under load (never reached 60). I know thats a bit hot but its rated for 70 (can not find my artic silver so I used some aero cool stuff just for now). I can not see that causing power losses and crashes.
Does anyone have a clue?
So it won't run netflix @2.3. I buy an athlon 64 fx 53 (2.4 stock and MB l2 instead of 52). It is 89 watt instead of 67 (the 3000 was 67 watt).
It goes nuts with sirens and warnings. At first on and off (tried running pcmark and every time a test would start the sirens would go off and stop when the test stopped. Then it started having sirens just booting. One of the codes on the motherboard display was 26 which has something to do with pwm. The siren is hi low which I gather is voltage or heat. The processor is only 22 watts more (about 2 amps). Things start loosing power (cpu fan, usb etc). I put in a bigger power supply with 10 more amps on the 12v rail. It gets a little less but still is going nuts.
Voltages and temps look fine in software at least. I could not find spec for the pwm temp but it only got up to the 40's. I'm at a loss at this point (can not even run it to investigate). I try different memory and different memory slots.
So I figure if it might be temps, them lets find out. I aim a 5000 btu window air conditioner in the side of the case and start it up. Now its fine. I thought maybe power management but that board is rated to take the fx processors. The cpu ran into the 50'sw under load (never reached 60). I know thats a bit hot but its rated for 70 (can not find my artic silver so I used some aero cool stuff just for now). I can not see that causing power losses and crashes.
Does anyone have a clue?