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| scorch56 - Jan 21, 2004 |
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racketboy | Jan 21, 2004 | |
| mmm PII 450? I have one with a heatsink and coolermaster fan laying around. | |||
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mal | Jan 22, 2004 | ||
Not if it won't fit. | ||||
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Alexvrb | Jan 28, 2004 | |
| Here's... a 733Mhz 133 FSB PIII for 51+ship. There's a Celeron 1Ghz for like $36 including shipping here.... The downside is that it only uses a 100Mhz FSB. It says FCPGA, and they seem smart enough to seperate that from FCPGA2 since their 1.1+ Ghz Celerons are listed as FCPGA2. So I think that is a good deal, just make sure you don't bake this CPU too LOL! | |||
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Protosstic | Jan 28, 2004 | |
| Haha, i just got a computer in my hands that has a faulty motherboard however It has a 667 Pentium 3 Processor in it. Not sure the socket or anything, however if ur interested let me know. Thanks | |||
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scorch56 | Feb 12, 2004 | |
| Aaawww cr*p! Apparently.. it's NOT the CPU (and I already tossed away my 1.1 GHz CPU last week.. wouldn't you know it?). I've changed out everything (CPU;PSU;HD;etc.) even re-installed the OS. The only thing I haven't is the RAM and mobo. The damn thing just re-boots spontaneously. It follows no set pattern or frequency. It can stay up and running for 5 seconds or 5 hours. Not a power or heat issue either. Anybody got any ideas? I know.. this belongs in another forum now. | |||
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racketboy | Feb 12, 2004 | |
| I there is more than one RAM chip, try it with just one in at a time. | |||
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Pearl Jammzz | Feb 12, 2004 | |
| could be ram....kidna weird though. seems liek more of a power issue. Seen faulty ram do weird things to computers though. | |||
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dibz | Feb 12, 2004 | |
Just so you know, I used to have the same setup but with the 800MHz processor you're looking for, with the SAME EXACT problem. No matter what I changed, the only way for me to get rid of it was when I replaced the Mobo, CPU, Ram, and Power Supply, and voila, it worked! I believe it was the Ram and Mobo both actually, but I had to change the others to switch to my Athlon XP+  | |||
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Alexvrb | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| You can always test the RAM in another rig or something, but if its the board, all you can do is replace that janx. Sucks hardcore that you threw away your CPU, man! This is why I'm a pack rat. Of course, that doesn't excuse the dirty laundry or the soda cans, but whatever. | |||
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it290 | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| It's quite possible that the RAM is incompatible with the motherboard or that the timing on it is wrong. Try the one stick thing that racket suggested, also try setting the most conservative timing settings in the BIOS. You should also run memtest86 and see if it turns anything up. Faulty/incompatible RAM is definitely the most common cause of spontaneous reboots. | |||
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scorch56 | Feb 13, 2004 | ||
Well.. it's the same RAM that's been running in it for years (3 128Mb sticks; various generic brands; PC-100) without a problem. I just acquired 2 sticks of Crucial PC-133 (good stuff) so I'm gonna' try that next.. this weekend. Thanks guys. If that isn't it.. I guess it's the mobo. Shame.. the BX-133 RAID was the very last BX chipset mobo EVER made.. but it's about 3 years old now and served me well. Besides.. maybe it's time for a bigger, newer CPU. I was always waiting for another Intel chipset.. I hate VIA/Apollo. | ||||
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it290 | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| You could always go with an Nforce based motherboard, they're quite nice. I haven't really had any problems with SiS either. But yeah, VIA has never been that great. Although, if I were in your shoes, I'd be looking at a 64-bit system right about now... | |||
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Alexvrb | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| In recent years VIA and SiS have improved vastly, especially with regards to drivers. Funny thing about the Athlon 64 boards (current ones) is that the best performers are the ones built around a VIA chip. So you can't say they aren't a worthy competitor. If you haven't had experience with a recent VIA chipset, you have no reason to be biased. Anyway, the BX was a really good series. The i810 was crap compared to it. You COULD just get another one if you have a processor you want to use, otherwise you could get a SiS 735 or KT133A and a 1.8Ghz Duron. They're cheap as dirt and you could use your existing SDRAM, performance is decent too (my brother has a Tyan KT133A and a 1.6Ghz Duron, runs surprisingly well). | |||
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it290 | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| Yeah that's true, the newer VIAs aren't that bad. Their boards that came out in the AGP 1x/2x era were terrible, though. | |||