weird system

[Guest]

Hi!

I having some problems with my AMD Athlon 1100MHz.
It keeps crasching from time to time, and I just
cant figure out what might be wrong. The CPU temp
is about 60C-65C and I talked to alot of people and
some say it is to hot and some say it is OK, so it's
really confusing me. What do you guys say about it?

I have connected the computer to a small LAN and shared
a folder on it. When the 'screen/mouse/keyboard' froze
I could still access the share, move, start, copy and
delete files. Seams like it freezes but I can still
access it over the LAN but not from the computer itself.

This is really confusing me and I really hope you
have any idea what might be wrong.

This is the other stuff I have in the computer:
300W Athlon Recomended Power Supply
Asus A7V MB
256MB PC-133 compatible RAM
IBM Deskstar 46GB HDD
Creative GeForce 2 Ultra grafix card
Sound Blaster Player 5.1 sound card
3Com 10/100 NIC
Pioneer 16/40 DVD player
NEC Floppy drive

I would really appreciate if you could help me out with this,
I dont want to use the computer until I know what is wrong.

/twisted
twisted@nameplanet.com

 

[Guest]

It sounds like this is not a problem with the CPU or motherboard, it's probably something to do with your input devices. There maybe something conflicting with the IRQ's or DMA's the mouse and/or keyboard are using. Alternatively, it could be that a driver is not installed properly.

I really need more details though - what win are you using? Are your mouse/keyboard PS2, USB, AT, Serial etc...

 

[Guest]

Hi!

I am using Windows 2000 with SP1
For the GeForce ULTRA card I have the detanator 3 drivers.
Mouse and keybaord are both on PS/2.
If you need even more details, please let me know
and I will do my best to get them.

 

[Crashman]

It might be running just a tad hot. I have seen similar things happen to mine when I try to push it too high and then run certain programs, and I have a PIII system. The mouse and keyboard lock sometimes around 65C, but all the programs that didn't crash continue to run in the background. When I clock it back down a bit it runs cooler and quits crashing. I would get a better cooler-if your overclocked right now, try clocking it down a little. Otherwise, you can just get a better cooler.

 

[Guest]

I am not overclocking it, and I dont know about the heat.
Noone seams to know if 60C-65C is to hot or not, and I cant
find any info about what heat an Athlon 1100MHz CPU should
run at on AMD's page

 

[Crashman]

Well, it seems to me that most of these Athlon guys are running 45-60C, so 65 might be a little warm. Do you have good case ventilation?

 

[Guest]

Dont know, I guess I could add an extra chassie fan,
the box is an AOpen Miditower. I once tried to add 2
extra big fans, but the CPU heat didnt go down 🙁