Hello to everybody.
This is my first attempt at an AMD machine, and I've run into a bit of trouble.
I'm having a problem running my GA-7DX motherboard at 133 MHz fsb speed. Normal apps work ok, but games/apps that put the machine under load usually cause the system to crash (sometimes might take an hour or so - Diablo II would crash about 5 minutes into the game).
If I bump the fsb speed down to 100 MHz, I have yet to see a crash/lockup after 2 days now, including some intensive gaming (Unreal Tournament/Diablo II, etc.).
I don't think this is really a heat issue. I have adequate cooling -Swiftech MC-462A, 3 80 mm intake fans (2 blowing on peripheral cards), one 80 mm outtake fan (plus power supply exhaust). The case is from 3dcool.com. The max temp I would see on the CPU (provided I could keep the room at 70 degrees F) was about 46-47 degrees Celsius when running 133 MHz FSB (1.33 GHz proc).
I have tried a myriad of different things-drivers, different cards, pulling sound/nic altogether-and was about ready to give up with this motherboard when I saw the following post on amdmb.com (I have posted there as well):
Another fella by the name of chili is having the exact same problem.
I was beginning to wonder if maybe the 300 watt power supply in my system is too weak? Does anyone know acceptable tolerance levels for motherboard voltages? When the system would crash at 133 fsb (under load), my 5v level would drop to around 4.98 and my i/o voltage would drop to 3.28 or so.
Would greatly appreciate any insight/advice.
Jim
System specs:
1.33 GHz AXIA Athlon
7DX mobo (Revision 4.0) - F3 bios
AMD 4.80 AGP miniport driver. VIA 4-in-1 4.31.
256 MB PC2100 (SiSoft Sandra reports it as Micron, I know it has Samsung chips on it).
Swiftech MC 462-A .01 HSF
Toshiba 16x40 DVD/CD-Rom
20 GB Western Digital ATA100 7200 RPM HD
3dcool.com tornado case (older version, 3 80 mm intake fans and one 80 mm outtake - 300 watt power supply).
Visiontek GeForce 3 - 12.40 detonators
3Com 3c905x 10/100 NIC - latest drivers
SB Live! X-Gamer (not the 5.1 version) - latest drivers (May 2000)
This is my first attempt at an AMD machine, and I've run into a bit of trouble.
I'm having a problem running my GA-7DX motherboard at 133 MHz fsb speed. Normal apps work ok, but games/apps that put the machine under load usually cause the system to crash (sometimes might take an hour or so - Diablo II would crash about 5 minutes into the game).
If I bump the fsb speed down to 100 MHz, I have yet to see a crash/lockup after 2 days now, including some intensive gaming (Unreal Tournament/Diablo II, etc.).
I don't think this is really a heat issue. I have adequate cooling -Swiftech MC-462A, 3 80 mm intake fans (2 blowing on peripheral cards), one 80 mm outtake fan (plus power supply exhaust). The case is from 3dcool.com. The max temp I would see on the CPU (provided I could keep the room at 70 degrees F) was about 46-47 degrees Celsius when running 133 MHz FSB (1.33 GHz proc).
I have tried a myriad of different things-drivers, different cards, pulling sound/nic altogether-and was about ready to give up with this motherboard when I saw the following post on amdmb.com (I have posted there as well):
Another fella by the name of chili is having the exact same problem.
I was beginning to wonder if maybe the 300 watt power supply in my system is too weak? Does anyone know acceptable tolerance levels for motherboard voltages? When the system would crash at 133 fsb (under load), my 5v level would drop to around 4.98 and my i/o voltage would drop to 3.28 or so.
Would greatly appreciate any insight/advice.
Jim
System specs:
1.33 GHz AXIA Athlon
7DX mobo (Revision 4.0) - F3 bios
AMD 4.80 AGP miniport driver. VIA 4-in-1 4.31.
256 MB PC2100 (SiSoft Sandra reports it as Micron, I know it has Samsung chips on it).
Swiftech MC 462-A .01 HSF
Toshiba 16x40 DVD/CD-Rom
20 GB Western Digital ATA100 7200 RPM HD
3dcool.com tornado case (older version, 3 80 mm intake fans and one 80 mm outtake - 300 watt power supply).
Visiontek GeForce 3 - 12.40 detonators
3Com 3c905x 10/100 NIC - latest drivers
SB Live! X-Gamer (not the 5.1 version) - latest drivers (May 2000)
