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Question:  How about one of those utilities that enable you to overclock or 
make adjustments to chip speed/multiplier, etc?

Maybe that can help if I slow things down a little?


"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 30 May 2005 11:17:33 -0400, "Uncle Vinnie"
> <vinrin57@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>Thanks again!  Yes, I've seen this link in the past... great site...
>>
>>How about this approach- what else tracks like Eventvwr?  Is there 
>>something
>>that tracks the BIOS problems?  Or how about Bios adjustments I could 
>>make,
>>usually I leave that alone... maybe some settings?  I also read something
>>about L2 cache issues....
>>
>>I'm getting desperate!
>>
>
> No there is nothing like Eventviewer that tracks BIOS
> problems, but then outside of bugs they (hopfully(?) aren't
> aware of and thus can't track) the rest of bios isn't a
> matter of  errors per se, as it is user adjustable and
> dictates things- it doesn't error but rather, errors would
> result.  In effect, the hardware the host, the bios the
> intermediary, and the OS the client- different roles.
>
> You might try clearing the CMOS and updating the bios.
> Rarely downgrading the bios can help.  You might try
> reducing the FSB speed or increasing the vcore voltage (if
> possible).  You could try several things but you mention not
> whether you've ran tests like Prime 95 or Memtest86- it
> would be good to get an idea of WHAT specifically is causing
> these errors.  As for the startup issue, being that it seems
> intermittent (else the system wouldn't run at all, right?)
> it would seem either power or physical contact issues.
>
> Since the Tualatin is yet another variable, IF you had
> another (Coppermine) CPU available you might first
> underclock the Tualatin and if there are still errors,
> compare to a Coppermine running at same FSB & memory speed.
>
> At a certain point it may not be worth the time to
> troubleshoot the same parts- either substituting different
> parts again, like a different CPU, or just cutting your
> losses and selling it off.  There might also be some
> Tualatin supportive motherboards in the market for fairly
> cheap at surplus 'sites, you might recoup some of the cost
> by selling the adapter.