FIC AZ11E Lock-Up Problems!!!!

Jahood

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Mar 8, 2001
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Help! My AZ11E locks up. Whenever I use Winamp or access my HD from my LAN, sometimes when I boot up, and once even when I tried to flash the bios (scared the s--t out of me!). I've reflashed, downloaded and installed every driver recommended by FIC, and tried alot of different bios configurations. When I called tech support they told me to purchase a power supply and memory recommended by AMD and FIC. What's with that? The manual cautions that user needs at least a 250 Watt power supply. I have tried 2 different 300 watt power supplies and 3 different RAM sticks with no difference. Can't believe it takes upto 400 watts to run a system with 1 HD, 1 CD-R, 1-Lan, 1 Modem, 1 Video card. Anybody else have this problems while up grading? Another question, if you have a simular system, what is your core voltage running at? What should it be?
 

Bestill

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Mar 9, 2001
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I just put together a new system with the FIC AZ11E motherboard and an AMD Duron 750. The MB received good reviews on quite a few different sites, including Anandtech. In three weeks it has crashed twice on me. Once while running an IBM USB camera for video capture, and once while playing Microsoft Golf Lite, included on Win98 Plus. I'm not sure if its because of the motherboard or because of the video card I'm using. But I'd be interested to hear if there are known problems with the MB. I'm using 128MB of Crucial (Micron) PC133 Cas2 RAM and a 250W Antec Power Supply which are both recommended for AMD systems. Also, my core voltage is at the default: 1.6 volts. I haven't unlocked my chip for overclocking yet. I'd like to make sure the system is stable before I try anything like that.