Hi all,
Recently switched from an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton to a mobile Athlon XP 2500+ from NewEgg. I have an MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR mainboard with the latest 7.70 BIOS, two Corsair XMS PC2700 256MB modules, two WD Caviar SE hard disks (80 & 200GB) and a Radeon 9700 non-pro drawing power from the system (I do have DVD-ROM and a DVD burner, but those and other peripherals don't take so much juice). All of this is running on an Enermax 430w PSU, one that just predates having the second 12v connector for CPU power. While my mainboard has this connector, it has always run fine without using it. I'm running the RAM at 2.6 volts, and the AGP slot at 1.6 volts. The CPU is cooled by a Thermalright SLK-800 copper HSF with an 80mm Sunon fan. I have quite a few Panaflo fans in my Aopen HX-08 case for airflow.
Right now, I'm getting problems with a lot of spontaneous reboots and I'm having trouble pinning it down. I've had the CPU up to 12.5 x 166 (2.083GHz) and the system boots fine. I've run at default voltage, and in .25v increments up to 1.65 volts, but it has not solved the problem. I will say that the MSI board identifies the CPU as a Mobile Athlon XP only when running at default settings; if I modify them it changes to "Unknown CPU", though it seems to boot fine. The reboots are random enough that it doesn't seem like a heat issue to me (and Motherboard Monitor has never gotten anywhere near as high a reading as with my former Barton CPU). If I run the CPU at default speeds (between 800MHz and 1002MHz depending on 133/166 FSB according to the BIOS), the system only seems to boot halfway, then hangs during the Windows XP screen. I've tried running the RAM as high as 2.7v and the AGP slot as high as 1.7v (top options for both) and this has not helped. I'm hoping someone can give me suggestions, as I'm starting to run short of options and I don't want to corrupt my OS in the process.
Recently switched from an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton to a mobile Athlon XP 2500+ from NewEgg. I have an MSI K7N2 Delta-ILSR mainboard with the latest 7.70 BIOS, two Corsair XMS PC2700 256MB modules, two WD Caviar SE hard disks (80 & 200GB) and a Radeon 9700 non-pro drawing power from the system (I do have DVD-ROM and a DVD burner, but those and other peripherals don't take so much juice). All of this is running on an Enermax 430w PSU, one that just predates having the second 12v connector for CPU power. While my mainboard has this connector, it has always run fine without using it. I'm running the RAM at 2.6 volts, and the AGP slot at 1.6 volts. The CPU is cooled by a Thermalright SLK-800 copper HSF with an 80mm Sunon fan. I have quite a few Panaflo fans in my Aopen HX-08 case for airflow.
Right now, I'm getting problems with a lot of spontaneous reboots and I'm having trouble pinning it down. I've had the CPU up to 12.5 x 166 (2.083GHz) and the system boots fine. I've run at default voltage, and in .25v increments up to 1.65 volts, but it has not solved the problem. I will say that the MSI board identifies the CPU as a Mobile Athlon XP only when running at default settings; if I modify them it changes to "Unknown CPU", though it seems to boot fine. The reboots are random enough that it doesn't seem like a heat issue to me (and Motherboard Monitor has never gotten anywhere near as high a reading as with my former Barton CPU). If I run the CPU at default speeds (between 800MHz and 1002MHz depending on 133/166 FSB according to the BIOS), the system only seems to boot halfway, then hangs during the Windows XP screen. I've tried running the RAM as high as 2.7v and the AGP slot as high as 1.7v (top options for both) and this has not helped. I'm hoping someone can give me suggestions, as I'm starting to run short of options and I don't want to corrupt my OS in the process.