[plug] Building new box.

[wayne]

Hello, Aaron et al!

I too am having the same problems on my new AMD Thunderbird system.  For me
it is this....  on a cold boot I get a IPF (invalid page fault) or GPF
(general protection fault) etc - EVERY TIME.  If I leave the hung machine to
sit there (warming up??) for 3 to 5 minutes it will reboot (cold or warm)
without any trouble at all.  This seems to imply the problem is not device
dependent - but HEAT dependent.  ( Don't laugh!  I had a PC once that conked
out after 10 min because the power supply overheated the awkwardly-located
video card.)  I note here that the CPU fan does not settle on a smooth
setting it burps and farts all over the place.  Perhaps it needs to warm up
first?

I was very slack in hurriedly setting my (first-ever, brand-new) system up
with 5 O/Ss.  (Boy with a toy?)  However I had to save data before
scratching the lot.  I haven't found the time to fully rectify it yet.

The issues (in priority order) I have to face eventually will be.....
1.  Very cheap and nasty video card.  (I suspect this is the main source of
trouble.)
2.  The virus scanning did not install cleanly - for reasons that I will not
go into.  (After brief checking and fixes the system mainly IPF's on the
virus program driver.  I removed this today and the CPU is clearly much more
stable - but I haven't been able to cold boot test yet - I do mean "cold".)
A lesser AMD system for my children has never had these problems.  The only
differences between systems are:   the video card, the CPUs and the
(physical) memory sticks.
3.  Device driver incorrect.  I suspect this from the nasty video card, or
m/b drivers.  Experience tells me this is the place to head.
4.  RAM (as outside chance.)

While my system still reboots happily I don't worry.

Although long I hope this gives you some tips.

Kind regards,
wayne.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron W" <icemaster at freeze.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Building new box.


> Hey Guys
>
> While we're still on the topic of computer hardware I would like to ask
you for some help. About a week ago I purchased an AMD Duron 950 with a
Coolermaster heatsink and fan, an Aopen AK33 Mainboard and an ATX Case from
Trinix Computers to upgrade my P200 Machine. The other hardware I used in it
were a Palit Daytona Geforce2MX400, 256MB PC133 SDRAM, 20GB Seagate HDD, 44X
Aopen Cdrom, Sony Floppy, and a Netgear FA311 Network Card. All the other
hardware worked fine in a previous machine, The problem is It cant go for 5
seconds without crashing in Both win98  and WinMe(Registry errors,
protection faults, invalid page faults and some more). I have flashed the
Bios and Loaded all the correct drivers for all the hardware that need it.
> The CPU Clock is set to auto and it is running just below body temp. Could
this be somthing wrong with the Mainboard or CPU ???
> any help would really be apprecitated
>  (I need to play quake 3 !!!)
>
> Thanks
>
> Aaron Wooten
>
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