Ok, hopefully someone here has a mystic answer to my problem. I have a classic Athlon 750Mhz processor on an Abit KA7 motherboard. I get random lockups that have yet to be explained. It doesn't matter what hardware I have in the machine, or which operating system I'm using.
Currently besides the processor a 128MB stick of PC100 ram is in the machine and a Diamond Viper V770 AGP video card. My hard drive is a 20 gig Maxtor ATA drive. Of course there are some fans plugged in too. My powersupply is a 300W Antec which is rated by AMD to a gigahertz.
Obviously I have more hardware, but the freezing occurs at even this basic level. And the problem happens in both Linux and Win2k. The lockups are random as far as I can tell. Sometimes after 15 minutes, sometimes after a couple days. So, here's what I've tried.
1) Every bios setting imaginable from the KA7 FAQ (so don't tell me to go there).
2) So I thought ram problem, but after swapping out my 128m stick for another, it still locked up after about an hour.
3) Unplug everything but the essentials from the PS in hopes that insufficient power was the problem.
4) I've tried the ram in every dimm slot, and reseated the CPU numerous times.
5) New bios version TY has been flashed to it.
Finally, before you suggest a heat problem, my CPU runs at a chilly 75 degrees F constantly. Last I checked this is well within operating specs.
At this point I'm at my wits end with this machine and I am desperately seeking help. I really don't want to have to buy myself a coppermine, but it may come to that.
Brian
Currently besides the processor a 128MB stick of PC100 ram is in the machine and a Diamond Viper V770 AGP video card. My hard drive is a 20 gig Maxtor ATA drive. Of course there are some fans plugged in too. My powersupply is a 300W Antec which is rated by AMD to a gigahertz.
Obviously I have more hardware, but the freezing occurs at even this basic level. And the problem happens in both Linux and Win2k. The lockups are random as far as I can tell. Sometimes after 15 minutes, sometimes after a couple days. So, here's what I've tried.
1) Every bios setting imaginable from the KA7 FAQ (so don't tell me to go there).
2) So I thought ram problem, but after swapping out my 128m stick for another, it still locked up after about an hour.
3) Unplug everything but the essentials from the PS in hopes that insufficient power was the problem.
4) I've tried the ram in every dimm slot, and reseated the CPU numerous times.
5) New bios version TY has been flashed to it.
Finally, before you suggest a heat problem, my CPU runs at a chilly 75 degrees F constantly. Last I checked this is well within operating specs.
At this point I'm at my wits end with this machine and I am desperately seeking help. I really don't want to have to buy myself a coppermine, but it may come to that.
Brian
