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    Antec Sonata and Asus PC4800-E overheating

    omething very strange started happening last week. i've had my system for about 4 months with no cooling problems. All of a sudden i'm getting overheating problems (screen going all wonky and pixelated, freeze-up and even a shutdown). i think it's an overheat problem as Asus Probe History...
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    Antec Sonata and Asus PC4800-E

    Something very strange started happening last week. i've had my system for about 4 months with no cooling problems. All of a sudden i'm getting overheating problems (screen going all wonky and pixelated, freeze-up and even a shutdown). i think it's an overheat problem as Asus Probe History...
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    ASUS P4C800E and SAPPHIRE 9600XT Headaches

    You guys are great. I'm surprised and delighted at the speed of replies... so i increase the latency to 3 clock cycles (from default 2.5) and it seems pretty happy now. if things get bad again i'll try the other steps you all suggest. Thanks, guys!
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    ASUS P4C800E and SAPPHIRE 9600XT Headaches

    Just booted up again... at power up the processor claims to be at 320Mhz. i'm not entirely sure how to adjust the frequency. CHOICES are "Configure DRAM timing by SPD", "Performance Accerlation Mode", "DRAM Idle timer", "DRAM Refresh Rate". If i Disable the first choice, i can make various...
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    ASUS P4C800E and SAPPHIRE 9600XT Headaches

    Thanks for the suggestion. Can you help me understand why the TRUEPOWER is better than the POWERSTREAM?? Now that you mention the memory... a diagonstic I ran did mention the memory might be too fast for the processor. Hmmm....
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    ASUS P4C800E and SAPPHIRE 9600XT Headaches

    Just built a new system (see specs below). Right from the start it was unstable. Unexpected and intermittent crashes. Somtimes in a graphic-intense game, sometimes while just browsings or working on a document. I updated drivers and BIOS. Still no better. On advice of my vendor, i wiped...