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April 23rd, 2001, 01:54 PM
#1
Issues With PC, Can Your Help?
PC Specs:
AZ11 FIC Mboard
AMD T-Bird 1ghz
256 Generic Ram
Geforce2 MX
SB Live! x-Gamer 5.1
Netgear 10/100 Ethernet Card
Creative DSI 56k V.90 Modem
Generic 50x Max CD-Rom Drive
Acer CD-RW 4x2x32x
Generic A-Drive
250 Watt Power Supply
Problem : Random Freezing During Windows, CONSTANT Freezing During Games. When i run DXDIAG and run a Direct Draw or Direct 3d Test it sometimes works fine, and other times i get a blue screen VXD error or a freeze/system crash. Also sometimes when i boot to windows it freezes right off. And I get many Illegal Operations, and "Explorer has caused an error in Kernel386.dll/DDraw.Dll/NVdisp.drv"
Things i have tried-
- 1st i reformatted and re-installed WinMe, got the same problems. (Even Tried Other Harddrives)
- 2nd i tried new video card and ram, same issues. (Re-formatted and Installed Using Them) Also i did try all latest drivers for all hardware, latest bios as well.
- 3rd i tried taking out all hardware but video card and cdrom and a drive.
- 4th i tried adding many fans
- 5th i tried Win98SE and Win2kPro
- 6th i have tried moving card order from
- 7th I Tried the Newest VIA 4in1
AGP - Geforce 2 MX
PCI 1 - SB Live X-gamer
PCI 2 - Modem
PCI 3 - Ethernet Card
PCI 4 - None
PCI 5 - None
to
AGP - Same
PCI 1 - none
PCI 2 - Modem
PCI 3 - SV live
PCI 4 - Ethernet Card
PCI 5 - None
I have yet to try-
A new Mboard
A New Proccessor
A New Power Supply
New Hardware Order
IRQ Reassignments again
New T-Bird Fan
What should i do now guys? I'm going to borrow another PC and use it for gaming until i get this issue resolved. I seriously think it is my Mboard tho, because i tested all other hard ware on friend's PC's and they ran great, ram and video card especially.
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April 23rd, 2001, 02:13 PM
#2
try a bigger power supply
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April 23rd, 2001, 02:13 PM
#3
It is possible that the issue is with the mobo itself. Where I work at we stopped using the az11 because of instability issues in both winme and win98se. Try something like an asus or a microstar motherboard, both seem incredibly reliable and all have ata 100 ide onboard too!
I wonder what happens when I push this button. . . . . .
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April 23rd, 2001, 02:19 PM
#4
What motherboard is stable for a AMD 900MHZ-1GHZ?
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April 23rd, 2001, 04:21 PM
#5
Originally posted by jadepeony:
What motherboard is stable for a AMD 900MHZ-1GHZ?
ABIT KT7 (any version) and ASUS A7V are my faves.
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April 23rd, 2001, 04:38 PM
#6
I would try a 300w or better power supply.
And have you tried DirectX 8? You mention that you tried updated drivers, however I didn't see directx in your list.
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April 23rd, 2001, 07:43 PM
#7
What are the specs on your friend's computer you used to test your hardware? Did it have a t-bird chip? Sounds like a memory problem to me.
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April 23rd, 2001, 07:50 PM
#8
Disable AGP4X in the BIOS. Set AGP Driving Force to EA (if available in BIOS). Advisably get a bigger PSU and if possible Major brand Memory.
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April 23rd, 2001, 08:01 PM
#9
The only thing that's telling me not to buy a amd processor is the overheating problem, can someone list the preventions for overheating please
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April 23rd, 2001, 08:24 PM
#10
Buy only AMD recommended Heatsink & Fans and also check out the AMD Athlon cooling recommendations on the AMD site.
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April 23rd, 2001, 09:07 PM
#11
What is a heatsink, is it like a fan?
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April 23rd, 2001, 09:25 PM
#12
A fan will usually be on the heatsink. A heatsink is a big metal thing that sits on the procesor. The purpose is to obsorb the heat into a piece of metal that has a large surface area so more surface can be cooled at one time.
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April 24th, 2001, 07:02 AM
#13
Why is it that only amd processors get a lot of problem and not intel?
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April 24th, 2001, 07:51 AM
#14
Intel has just as many problems if not more I think. I've had a chance to try both for gaming and internet and other uses and amd is simply faster and more powerful.
I wonder what happens when I push this button. . . . . .
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April 24th, 2001, 08:58 AM
#15
Jadepeony
It is not the CPU's that have the problems but the Motherboard chipsets.
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