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    Machine Check Exception and other problems

    Thanks Jack. The PS is new and decent quality, though I haven't checked the voltages. I upgraded the BIOS, but, curiously, it didn't seem to alter the Hypertransport bus speed. Maybe that was because the previous setting was retained, I'm not sure. Still, I downgraded it myself from 1000 to...
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    Machine Check Exception and other problems

    Ah, I think I found the problem. I had missed a BIOS upgrade that was released right at the end of December (that's what I get for relying on update utilities instead of hitting the support sites directly). Looks like that was the version (1009) that supports the 3400+. While I was reviewing...
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    Machine Check Exception and other problems

    By the way, BIOS is up to 1008.003 (next to most recent). I noticed this morning that there was a more recent one released on 2/1/05, but I can't think that it would help this problem... All drivers are completely up to date.
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    Machine Check Exception and other problems

    I have built a new system right around New Years. Mobo is Asus A8V Deluxe, CPU is AMD64 3400+. 512 megs (1 stick) of Ultra PC3200 RAM. The first time I went to power it up the system would not boot and I got the voice POST message that the "system failed due to CPU overclocking". This was...