Yesterday my main rig began acting up. When I moved the mouse, the cursor on the screen would leave multi-colored pixels scattered randomly on the desktop. Sometimes the pc would hang and other times the video would go black for about 2 seconds.
This began happening after I tried to swap my Athlon 1.2 for a XP 2100+. I later found out that the 2100+ was a t-bred and wasn't supported by the A7M266 MB. The screen flickering and cursor issue occured after I swapped cpus back to the original Athlon 1.2.
Upon a reboot and after POST, a message on the screen advised me that there was a conflict and for me to check the hardware monitor. I did this and found my +3.3v was showing between +2.7v and +2.8v. It was also colored red; showing the problem.
I thought this wasn't a big deal and didn't investigate further because today I built a new rig using the 2100+ and a A7N8X Deluxe E. Everything was going well until about halfway through the Windows XP intall I noticed that the mouse cursor was beginning to leave the trailing pixels on the screen as well as text on the screen would have random jumbled characters. A few minutes later, the screen froze.
I rebooted and during post a message warned me to check the hardware monitor. Sure enough, same low voltage with the +3.3v.
This is a power supply issue, correct? If so, why would it leave the mouse cursor trailing pixels?
This began happening after I tried to swap my Athlon 1.2 for a XP 2100+. I later found out that the 2100+ was a t-bred and wasn't supported by the A7M266 MB. The screen flickering and cursor issue occured after I swapped cpus back to the original Athlon 1.2.
Upon a reboot and after POST, a message on the screen advised me that there was a conflict and for me to check the hardware monitor. I did this and found my +3.3v was showing between +2.7v and +2.8v. It was also colored red; showing the problem.
I thought this wasn't a big deal and didn't investigate further because today I built a new rig using the 2100+ and a A7N8X Deluxe E. Everything was going well until about halfway through the Windows XP intall I noticed that the mouse cursor was beginning to leave the trailing pixels on the screen as well as text on the screen would have random jumbled characters. A few minutes later, the screen froze.
I rebooted and during post a message warned me to check the hardware monitor. Sure enough, same low voltage with the +3.3v.
This is a power supply issue, correct? If so, why would it leave the mouse cursor trailing pixels?
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