Nothing unusual about that in itself... Its just stalled before completion of POST. Usually you get some message or other saying refreshing blah blah dma pool etc (can't remember what it normally says tbh!) and I have known boards freeze at that point due to incorrect bios settings and dodgy hardware.
AMD X2 @ 2.6Ghz, X1800XL @ 540/600
hi all the ram has finally arrived, and the paperweight on my desk is now back to being my computer.many thanks to everyone for the help.when i brought the mobo + motherboard on e-bay it said the 512 of ram was only a month old.is it normal for it to fail or could i have shortened its life with my grfx card using some of the ram. or could this motherboard eat ram
ram should last a long time, and no the video wont shorten its life.
it must have had a flaw that didnt show itself until your PC died. put it down to experience and glad your up and running again
another update not the ram, as soon as i enabled the cool & quiet in the bios
it failed disabled it put old ram in now running with 1 gig have also dicovered its an amd engiering sample chip so maybe that is why it wont run with cool & quiet enabled,what does this do and will it harm to disable it
All cool and quiet does is basically slow down your processor and the fan when there is no load on it therefore making it cool and quiet (<
Last edited by EllTheGamer; 02-11-2006 at 06:14 PM. Reason: arrow next to simley the wrong bloody way round!
cool and quiet overheats my chip :|
hi all, computer running well. so will keep the cool & quiet disabled. next project is upgrading the old computer for my son & daughter to use. so will probably be back when that goes wrong! lol.
The only thing to say regarding cool n quiet is don't overclock when using it as this tends to make it boss eyed
Also if its an engineering sample chip then it may not have a normal divider (e.g. its unlocked!!!) and thus cool n quiet is unable to correctly alter the multiplier (divider) down etc.
Last edited by ultim8um; 07-11-2006 at 12:05 AM.
AMD X2 @ 2.6Ghz, X1800XL @ 540/600
I alrady told him not to have it on further up the page but good point about the unlocked multiplier but considering the problems already encountered i probably wouldn't play around with it.Originally Posted by ultim8um
The only thing to say regarding cool n quiet is don't overclock when using it as this tends to make it boss eyed
Also if its an engineering sample chip then it may not have a normal divider (e.g. its unlocked!!!) and thus cool n quiet is unable to correctly alter the multiplier (divider) down etc.
(minor hijacking) ps. Ultim8um what x2 core do you have? and what rated speed?
Ooh sorry am working away at the moso not checking the forums as often as I normally would...! I have an X4200 which is sposed to run at 2.2 Ghz stock and is perfectly happy at 2.6Ghz (I haven't tried to push it further as I am away alot and its running at the same speed as the Opty 146 I took out)
AMD X2 @ 2.6Ghz, X1800XL @ 540/600
Yer i suppose thats fair enough and your not likely to see a worthwile performance boost for the risks that could arise.Ooh sorry am working away at the mo
After successful build and Windows install I suddenly had no BIOS post but with power on and all lights blazing... first time on this forum fixed it for me... it was a tiny spot of thermal compound on the CPU contacts.... cotton bud and meths and up we booted no problem.
I used white thermal grease fortunately which I imagine isn't conductive like the silver stuff.
According to the label it contains Silicone, Mental (sic) Oxide, silicone oil.
Hope this helps
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