help! Abit Kt7 Raid and duron 600 acting up!

shaolin9

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I've read most of the posts about the problems with these 2 so I am pretty sure my situation is unique (at least to this board). I just build this new computer ground up..everything is new. So far I've only installed the board, duron 600 pencil unlocked (pretest to 1 gig), ATI Radeon, and the 256 PC133 ram. All of this is in a brand new Antec sx830 case. With the PP-303x AMD approved PS. Ok, my question is that at first, computer was fine...basically I didnt install any peripherals on purpose just to see if anything was wrong with the core components. I slowly upt the speed from 600 to 1000 which it posted without any problems (increase final voltage to 1.800) I let it run overnite and when I woke up it was still fine ( I left it in the bios screen where the temperature is..and it was chugging along at 45 celsius all nite. (FOP32-1 is the HS i got with gen silicone paste) Anyhow, in the morning before i left for work i powered it down. Got home later turned it on..but the screen had purple text instead of the normal blue and white it used to have. And when I go into the bios, I cant see any of the temperatures. I can go to the PC Health area, but its blank like an empty page. When I try to set it back to the safe defaults...this is where it starts to act like the other people...it sometimes takes like 3 or 4 boots before it powers up. but it always has the purple tint...no temp readings now. Has anyone had a similar experience on this? I am about outta ideas...I cleaned CPU redid lines...boots fine currently..to 1000 just dont know why the tint is screwed up and the PC Health bios is gone. Makes me weary of the future when I install the rest of the components I will transfer from my old comp.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!
 

shaolin9

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Its a 300W PS...was rated the best in stability by Anandtech...read over his PS reviews for more info.

 

Compellor

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It's probably the Radeon video card (this would explain the wierd "purple tint"). I wouldn't be too concerned with the health status not appearing in the bios. Just use VIA's Hardware Monitor (in Windows) that came with the mobo.
 

crackerdaddy

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I'm having one weird issue with my setup as well, which is:

Duron 600 (week 30, unlocked with defogger kit)
currenly running at 900, 1.825 V. Loads ME at 950 & 1G but instantly fails Prime 95 in both at 1.85. Runs Prime 95 overnight with no probs at 900.
Abit KT7 non raid (with UL BIOS)
Older Viking PC 100 RAM that Sandra IDs as Mosel PC 125. Currently running at 133 CAS 3 w/ Turbo and 4 way interleave enabled (I am VERY impressed w/ Sandra mem benches on this setup!)
Alpha PAL 6035 w/ Arctic Silver
300w P/S
Adaptec 2940 UW w/ 9 GB Fujitsu 10k RPM and 4.5 GB 7200 RPM HDDs, 12x Plextor CDROM
TNT2 Ultra (Diamond) until my Creative Geforce 2 GTS gets here next week...
SB Live, Linksys 10/100 NIC on cable modem, Windows ME etc.,

On to the problem. Sometimes the system will not shut down or restart. I will try to do a shutdown (or restart) from ME, all my fans will still spin, but the video goes away and the system just sits there and does nothing. If I turn it off from the power strip and then try and power it back up, sometimes it will stay in the same never land. Seems if I let it sit for a few seconds then power it back up it is OK most of the time. Anybody else seen this?