Just put together a new system, partitioned & formatted etc. fine, installed Windows ME fine, but then I start getting these lockups. Everything just locks up, and the reset button causes the system not to POST, so I have to power down and then turn it on again. After the first one they happen regularly, whether in the BIOS, a DOS prompt or in Windows, so it's not a windows problem.
CPU was AFAIK installed correctly, thermal paste etc... the temp is sitting between 30C and 33C when in Windows, but if I try to run 3dmark or something it will crash.
There are also text clarity problems which I will put in a different post since they're probably unrelated.
umm... voltages look OK, the system is just generally screwy and unstable and I don't know why! (CPU voltage is sitting at 1.72, is that ok for P4 1.7?).
Anyway here is the full specs
Intel D850GB motherboard (original BIOS, it doesn't stay stable long enuf to flash it)
Pentium IV 1.7
Leadtek Geforce 3
256MB Kingston PC800 RAM (2 x 128)
Seagate Barracuda 40GB HDD
Pioneer 16x DVD
Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW
Aopen HQ45A case w/ 300W PSU
Sony CPD-G520 monitor
There is an SBLive! which I haven't actually been able to install yet.
It *seems* that the longer I leave it off, the longer it runs stable for... this indicates a heat problem, but the CPU heat doesnt increase! The video card gets very hot, could this cause lockups? I tried the video card in another system and had no problems whatsoever with extended use.
Please help!
CPU was AFAIK installed correctly, thermal paste etc... the temp is sitting between 30C and 33C when in Windows, but if I try to run 3dmark or something it will crash.
There are also text clarity problems which I will put in a different post since they're probably unrelated.
umm... voltages look OK, the system is just generally screwy and unstable and I don't know why! (CPU voltage is sitting at 1.72, is that ok for P4 1.7?).
Anyway here is the full specs
Intel D850GB motherboard (original BIOS, it doesn't stay stable long enuf to flash it)
Pentium IV 1.7
Leadtek Geforce 3
256MB Kingston PC800 RAM (2 x 128)
Seagate Barracuda 40GB HDD
Pioneer 16x DVD
Yamaha 16x10x40 CD-RW
Aopen HQ45A case w/ 300W PSU
Sony CPD-G520 monitor
There is an SBLive! which I haven't actually been able to install yet.
It *seems* that the longer I leave it off, the longer it runs stable for... this indicates a heat problem, but the CPU heat doesnt increase! The video card gets very hot, could this cause lockups? I tried the video card in another system and had no problems whatsoever with extended use.
Please help!
