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Wayne Marsh
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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 3:42 am Post subject: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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I've recently swapped in a Duron 650 to replace a burned-out Duron 750 in an
old-ish computer. Since this, I've been experiencing a lot of unreliability;
random crashes, XP blue screens of death in seemingly random modules -
sometimes the computer won't even boot past the BIOS screen. I'm at a loss,
any ideas?
K7SEM mobo
256MB RAM
250W PSU
GF4 MX 420
(Also, I tried swapping a Duron 1100 in - with that, the computer won't even
so much as power up. Can I assume the processor is dud?) |
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Ken Gast
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:52 am Post subject: Re: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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Check your mobo docs and see what the limits for processors are on it some
processers arent supported
Wayne pleaded--
"Wayne Marsh" <wayneATwaz5.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I've recently swapped in a Duron 650 to replace a burned-out Duron 750 in
an
old-ish computer. Since this, I've been experiencing a lot of
unreliability;
random crashes, XP blue screens of death in seemingly random modules -
sometimes the computer won't even boot past the BIOS screen. I'm at a
loss,
any ideas?
K7SEM mobo
256MB RAM
250W PSU
GF4 MX 420
(Also, I tried swapping a Duron 1100 in - with that, the computer won't
even
so much as power up. Can I assume the processor is dud?)
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Wayne Marsh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 6:55 am Post subject: Re: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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"Ken Gast" <ken___14@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Check your mobo docs and see what the limits for processors are on it some
processers arent supported
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It says nothing about which are supported - I know it can support higher
than a 650, since it was working fine for 2 years with a 750. |
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Matt
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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Wayne Marsh wrote:
| Quote: | I'm at a loss,
any ideas?
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Probably you just got three bad CPUs in a row. Happens all the time. If
you try a fourth one that is really expensive maybe that will work. I'm
kidding!
Probably the same problem with PSU or mobo or other component damaged
all three or is just preventing any of them from working. Or maybe you
have failed to set some jumpers or BIOS parameters?
Try to get methodical about it. |
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Gene Puhl
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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"Wayne Marsh" <wayneATwaz5.net> said:
news:76-cnQortrJHI6eiXTWQlg@giganews.com:
| Quote: | I've recently swapped in a Duron 650 to replace a burned-out Duron 750
in an old-ish computer. Since this, I've been experiencing a lot of
unreliability; random crashes, XP blue screens of death in seemingly
random modules - sometimes the computer won't even boot past the BIOS
screen. I'm at a loss, any ideas?
K7SEM mobo
256MB RAM
250W PSU
GF4 MX 420
(Also, I tried swapping a Duron 1100 in - with that, the computer won't
even so much as power up. Can I assume the processor is dud?)
Sounds like the mobo doesn't support 1100, see if a BIOS upgrade is |
available.
As to the 650, sounds like a heat problem. CPU's either work or they don't.
I'd persist in getting the 1100 working.
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JK
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Duron 650 Unreliability |
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Why not just get an Athlon XP1900+ Thoroughbred, a decent 300 watt
power supply, a new motherboard that takes ddr ram, and a 256 mg
stick of ddr ram? You could probably get all that stuff for around $160
or so?
Wayne Marsh wrote:
| Quote: | I've recently swapped in a Duron 650 to replace a burned-out Duron 750 in an
old-ish computer. Since this, I've been experiencing a lot of unreliability;
random crashes, XP blue screens of death in seemingly random modules -
sometimes the computer won't even boot past the BIOS screen. I'm at a loss,
any ideas?
K7SEM mobo
256MB RAM
250W PSU
GF4 MX 420
(Also, I tried swapping a Duron 1100 in - with that, the computer won't even
so much as power up. Can I assume the processor is dud?) |
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