- Jan 20, 2002
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I just got a 2400+ mobile barton yesterday and my troubles keep getting worse. I popped it in and fired it up at the normal speed. Ran about 30min of prime95 and all seems good. So I get antsy and jack up the speed to 2.4. Fails prime95 within minutes. I suspect my voltage and ram are to blame. For some reason, my MSI KT3 Ultra2(KT333) will only let me go as high as 1.675V for this CPU instead of 1.825V which it lets me for older Athlons. So I back off to 2.3. Run prime95 for another 30 min and seems ok. I then play and hours worth of games. Go back into the bios and try to tweak my memory. Didn't gain anything there so I stayed at 2.3(170x13.5@1.675V). I deciced to run some more prime95....fail in 10 min. So I back off to 2.0ghz, fail. 1.8ghz, fail. Damn. Now Im underclocking at 1.4, fail again. I know its not heat since Im using an Alpha 8045 and the cpu temp never breaks 40C under load.
I guess I still have ~28 to return this thing. I turned the comp off and I'll try again after letting it rest for a few hours. Got any ideas what went wrong?
I guess I still have ~28 to return this thing. I turned the comp off and I'll try again after letting it rest for a few hours. Got any ideas what went wrong?