Another random restart question

[heylookitsjerry]

My friend just upgraded to an Athlon 64 (754) and gets his system to reboot everytime he tries to start windows. He is running a 3000+ on DDR266. Because the Athlon 64 runs at 200mhz, wouldn't the RAM cause a problem only running at 133mhz?

If this is not the problem, what could cause the restarts? Thanks for your time everyone.

His specs (I think):

Athlon 64 3000+
1G of No Name Ram DDR266
9800XT 256MB
500W PSU
Hitachi SATA 120G

 

[Fern]

You can run the slower ram with the cpu, but I think he'll need a divider. Without a divider, the ram may be trying to keep up with the cpu @200FSB and it's not likely to be able to do that. Sounds like it might be the problem.

Fern

 

[Melchior]

If your motherboard does not have advanced BIOS settings that can run the memory at a lower speed, and that memory cannot overclock to 200mhz, then thats the reason.

Most motherboards do though, so lower your memory speeds.

 

[heylookitsjerry]

Cool thanks for the quick reply Fern and Melchior

Any other suggestions? Thanks all.

 

[nick1985]

what kind of power supply is it?

 

[heylookitsjerry]

I believe its an Enermax. Even if not, I know it isnt a cheapo.