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Article #5Re: CPU unstable after memory upgrade
From: eagle
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:00
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Hi, I would have to ask who installed the memory chip and was it done with antistatic protection. If not maybe your memory chip or a part insode is statically damamged. regards Kym Stevo <stevo_s@powerup.com.au> wrote in article <358B0FD6.B4BA337B@powerup.com.au>... > Hi all, > > I've just installed an extra 32Mb SDRAM to my Cyrix 686 based machine to > give a total of 64Mb. The CPU is a 686MX P200 running at 2x75MHz. It was > running fine at this setting before the memory upgrade but now is very > unstable (system lock-ups) at that speed. Using the P166 setting of 66x2 > everything is solid as a rock. > 8 months ago, when first setting up this CPU, motherboard and first > stick of 32 Mb SDRAM I had similar problems. I ran it at the P166 > setting for a couple of weeks, re-set to P200 setting and it worked > fine. Do these things take time to run in? I had thought it might have > something to do with the video card (S3 Virge2D/3D 4Mb) as the lock ups > frequently occur when doing something graphicaly intesive (games or all > the time with the OpenGL screensavers) but also during a windows session > (moving the mouse?). I'm only asking out of curiosity as I'm really > happy with the system now. Even runs those groovy OpenGL screen savers! > Any ideas? > Cheers > Stevo >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,1361583d53e4fe21 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,1361583d53e4fe21 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 10a574,1361583d53e4fe21 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a574,public From: "eagle" <eagle@senet.com.au> Subject: Re: CPU unstable after memory upgrade Date: 1998/06/22 Message-ID: <01bd9d88$5b5bd520$740c8bca@gateway> X-Deja-AN: 364871640 References: <358B0FD6.B4BA337B@powerup.com.au> Organization: Edge-Internet-Services Newsgroups: it.comp.hardware.cpu,aus.computers.ibm-pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc