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Bob
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 Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:21 am Post subject: Help - sick system |
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Hi - my system refuses to run unless I disable level 1 & 2 cache in the BIOS
I have an ECS P4VMM2 and P4 1.7 Ghz
The system fails straight after POST unless I disable the cache and then it
seems it behave itself, albeit extremely slowly. I think its a CPU related
issue but would be glad of a second opinion before I shell out some hard
earned shekels.
Thanks in advance |
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mcr
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Help - sick system |
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Bob wrote:
| Quote: | Hi - my system refuses to run unless I disable level 1 & 2 cache in the BIOS
I have an ECS P4VMM2 and P4 1.7 Ghz
The system fails straight after POST unless I disable the cache and then it
seems it behave itself, albeit extremely slowly. I think its a CPU related
issue but would be glad of a second opinion before I shell out some hard
earned shekels.
Thanks in advance
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Did you set the memory timings yourself or is it on AUTO? |
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mcr
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| Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: Help - sick system |
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hogey wrote:
| Quote: | No - its on auto
In message <bs72h0$lat$2@hercules.btinternet.com>, mcr
mcr@tombstonesspamfilter.org.uk> wrote
Bob wrote:
Hi - my system refuses to run unless I disable level 1 & 2 cache in
the BIOS
I have an ECS P4VMM2 and P4 1.7 Ghz
The system fails straight after POST unless I disable the cache and
then it
seems it behave itself, albeit extremely slowly. I think its a CPU
related
issue but would be glad of a second opinion before I shell out some hard
earned shekels.
Thanks in advance
Did you set the memory timings yourself or is it on AUTO?
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Is it overclocked? if not, it sounds like the cache RAM is bad :(
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hogey
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:22 am Post subject: Re: Help - sick system |
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No - its on auto
In message <bs72h0$lat$2@hercules.btinternet.com>, mcr
<mcr@tombstonesspamfilter.org.uk> wrote
| Quote: | Bob wrote:
Hi - my system refuses to run unless I disable level 1 & 2 cache in the BIOS
I have an ECS P4VMM2 and P4 1.7 Ghz
The system fails straight after POST unless I disable the cache and
then it
seems it behave itself, albeit extremely slowly. I think its a CPU related
issue but would be glad of a second opinion before I shell out some hard
earned shekels.
Thanks in advance
Did you set the memory timings yourself or is it on AUTO? |
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JT
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:17 am Post subject: Re: Help - sick system |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:25:16 +0000 (UTC), mcr
<mcr@tombstonesspamfilter.org.uk> wrote:
| Quote: | hogey wrote:
No - its on auto
In message <bs72h0$lat$2@hercules.btinternet.com>, mcr
mcr@tombstonesspamfilter.org.uk> wrote
Bob wrote:
Hi - my system refuses to run unless I disable level 1 & 2 cache in
the BIOS
I have an ECS P4VMM2 and P4 1.7 Ghz
The system fails straight after POST unless I disable the cache and
then it
seems it behave itself, albeit extremely slowly. I think its a CPU
related
issue but would be glad of a second opinion before I shell out some hard
earned shekels.
Thanks in advance
Did you set the memory timings yourself or is it on AUTO?
Is it overclocked? if not, it sounds like the cache RAM is bad 
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Which is on the CPU for a P4, which means the CPU might be bad. He needs to
run memtes86 or similar. Tests memory with cache on and off. I have seen
bad main memory make cache look bad before. If the cache is bad, the CPU is
bad.
JT |
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