MOBO - Biostar M7NCG-Pro (at 200/400mhz FSB)
CPU - XP-1700+ TBread "A" (Not OC"d - 200 x 7.5 = 1.5ghz)
RAM - OCZ Performance PC3200 DDR
SURGE PROTECTOR - Tripp Lite TLP810NET (3690 Joule Rating)
I set this PC up over a period of a week, installing a lot of software and testing it, with absolutely no instability of any kind. I even mildly OC'd it, and ran a Prime 95 test, at priority 10,for several hoursb with no errors.
I delivered it to my friend on Saturday, and on Sunday he ran it for a while, and left it on. Later that day there was a thunderstorm near there house, and when he went back to use the PC, it would not come out of the standard power saving black screen. Instead of calling me, he left it running like that for the next couple of days, through 2 more thunder storms.
Also, the apartment that he lives in has one circuit for the living room and two bedrooms, and all outlets are the old 2-prong style.
He finally called Tuesday night to ask me what might be wrong, and it was still locked at the black power saver screen. I asked him to hit the rest button, but it came to a black screen that said "TO PREVENT YOUR COMPUTER FROM BEING DAMAGED, WINDOWS HAS NOT STARTED". I then had him do a cold re-start and it would not even post. I told him to shut it down, and unplug the surge protector.
Several days later, I got the chance to go over and take a look, and the first thing I did was CLEAR CMOS, and VIOA it started right up and went into Windows. I tried going on line, to see if the modem was OK and it connected and logged in with no problem at all. I then started testing by doing several warm restarts, and sure enough, as it warmed up it started not posting and/or posting and not loading windows. I had to lower the FSB to 166 to get it to start consistently. I tried leaving the ram at 200 but it will not run there without extra voltage either. If I add voltage to the IGP (1.6 up to 1.8) it will load windows most of the time but, once in a while it will not. As it gets warmer it gets worse.
Any comments or suggestions?
CPU - XP-1700+ TBread "A" (Not OC"d - 200 x 7.5 = 1.5ghz)
RAM - OCZ Performance PC3200 DDR
SURGE PROTECTOR - Tripp Lite TLP810NET (3690 Joule Rating)
I set this PC up over a period of a week, installing a lot of software and testing it, with absolutely no instability of any kind. I even mildly OC'd it, and ran a Prime 95 test, at priority 10,for several hoursb with no errors.
I delivered it to my friend on Saturday, and on Sunday he ran it for a while, and left it on. Later that day there was a thunderstorm near there house, and when he went back to use the PC, it would not come out of the standard power saving black screen. Instead of calling me, he left it running like that for the next couple of days, through 2 more thunder storms.
Also, the apartment that he lives in has one circuit for the living room and two bedrooms, and all outlets are the old 2-prong style.
He finally called Tuesday night to ask me what might be wrong, and it was still locked at the black power saver screen. I asked him to hit the rest button, but it came to a black screen that said "TO PREVENT YOUR COMPUTER FROM BEING DAMAGED, WINDOWS HAS NOT STARTED". I then had him do a cold re-start and it would not even post. I told him to shut it down, and unplug the surge protector.
Several days later, I got the chance to go over and take a look, and the first thing I did was CLEAR CMOS, and VIOA it started right up and went into Windows. I tried going on line, to see if the modem was OK and it connected and logged in with no problem at all. I then started testing by doing several warm restarts, and sure enough, as it warmed up it started not posting and/or posting and not loading windows. I had to lower the FSB to 166 to get it to start consistently. I tried leaving the ram at 200 but it will not run there without extra voltage either. If I add voltage to the IGP (1.6 up to 1.8) it will load windows most of the time but, once in a while it will not. As it gets warmer it gets worse.
Any comments or suggestions?
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