Mugsy
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This is totally bizarre. I've been working on this problem for weeks now. Hopefully someone can help.
I have an authentic AMD XP 3200+ processor and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro vid card (using DVI output on an LCD). Sometimes after about an hour or so of use, the computer will crash. Originally, I was experiencing three different types of crashes, but I traced one of them back to CPU overheating. Adding a case fan and larger fan on the (all copper) heatsink "appears" to have solved that one. However...
Sometimes the video will just futz up (black screen with garbage on one side) for no reason. The problem got so bad after a while, I removed the 9800 and re-inserted my old nVidia 440 MX (a $28 card). Still at 3200+, the crashes went away, but the quality on my LCD was so bad, I couldn't stand it anymore and put the ATI back in. The crashing resumed.
I then discovered that by setting my 3200+ to "2500+" in the BIOS, the crashing stopped. Weird. Why would changing the CPU speed make the video more stable??? And what can I do about this?
Please help. I didn't spend the extra money on a 3200+ just to run it at 2500+. puke:
I have an authentic AMD XP 3200+ processor and ATI Radeon 9800 Pro vid card (using DVI output on an LCD). Sometimes after about an hour or so of use, the computer will crash. Originally, I was experiencing three different types of crashes, but I traced one of them back to CPU overheating. Adding a case fan and larger fan on the (all copper) heatsink "appears" to have solved that one. However...
Sometimes the video will just futz up (black screen with garbage on one side) for no reason. The problem got so bad after a while, I removed the 9800 and re-inserted my old nVidia 440 MX (a $28 card). Still at 3200+, the crashes went away, but the quality on my LCD was so bad, I couldn't stand it anymore and put the ATI back in. The crashing resumed.
I then discovered that by setting my 3200+ to "2500+" in the BIOS, the crashing stopped. Weird. Why would changing the CPU speed make the video more stable??? And what can I do about this?
Please help. I didn't spend the extra money on a 3200+ just to run it at 2500+. puke: