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iroc409 · 12-03-2003, 05:49 PM

hrm, i was just looking through the bios some more, and just noticed something.

i'm pretty sure this memory is cas2, but i've got it set 'by spd' in the bios, and it seems to be picking it up as cas2.5. perhaps that might cause some of the problems, i think i'll try setting it manually to cas2 and see what happens.

the memory also looks to be 2.6v, and the bios is set to default at 2.55... it's not much of a difference, but maybe that's causing some issues as well.

the agp bus really hasn't been overclocked at all. for some reason the fsb on this system doesn't want to go up _at all_. i can only really get it to run at 133 or 166, that's pretty much it. i've normally been running the fsb at 133, but maybe i should be running it at 166 to match the memory. the cpu seems to run fine at either 2600 default settings, either 133 or 166, so that shouldn't be a problem.

the memory is 2x512mb kingston hyperx ddr 333 (pc2700).

i did just realize something tho, maybe this could be a part of the problem. my video card may have overheated this summer. i wasn't overclocking the card at all, but a couple months back my a/c broke, and i had an abient temp around 80 deg F. it shut down halflife a couple times before i realized it (but didn't crash). after that, i put a large fan on the system with the side off, and things were about normal. i had been having troubles before then, but mostly with the random pauses, from what i remember.

since then i doubt the vid card would overheat, i've since put an extra 80mm fan over the vid card, and it seems to be taking care of that fairly well.

i suppose something could have broke then. although unless i'm playing games, the system seems pretty stable now.

i'll try pushing up the mem voltage, but i guess it's kind of disconcerting running the memory at +1 volts like that. lol, i guess i'm just paranoid, but that seems like quite a bit, especially when i'm not really pushing the ram any.

12-03-2003, 05:49 PM	#14
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	hrm, i was just looking through the bios some more, and just noticed something. i'm pretty sure this memory is cas2, but i've got it set 'by spd' in the bios, and it seems to be picking it up as cas2.5. perhaps that might cause some of the problems, i think i'll try setting it manually to cas2 and see what happens. the memory also looks to be 2.6v, and the bios is set to default at 2.55... it's not much of a difference, but maybe that's causing some issues as well. the agp bus really hasn't been overclocked at all. for some reason the fsb on this system doesn't want to go up _at all_. i can only really get it to run at 133 or 166, that's pretty much it. i've normally been running the fsb at 133, but maybe i should be running it at 166 to match the memory. the cpu seems to run fine at either 2600 default settings, either 133 or 166, so that shouldn't be a problem. the memory is 2x512mb kingston hyperx ddr 333 (pc2700). i did just realize something tho, maybe this could be a part of the problem. my video card may have overheated this summer. i wasn't overclocking the card at all, but a couple months back my a/c broke, and i had an abient temp around 80 deg F. it shut down halflife a couple times before i realized it (but didn't crash). after that, i put a large fan on the system with the side off, and things were about normal. i had been having troubles before then, but mostly with the random pauses, from what i remember. since then i doubt the vid card would overheat, i've since put an extra 80mm fan over the vid card, and it seems to be taking care of that fairly well. i suppose something could have broke then. although unless i'm playing games, the system seems pretty stable now. i'll try pushing up the mem voltage, but i guess it's kind of disconcerting running the memory at +1 volts like that. lol, i guess i'm just paranoid, but that seems like quite a bit, especially when i'm not really pushing the ram any. __________________ :shrug: