Yegolev.
Same philosophy - I'm running 8KHA+ also. I'm waiting for Geforce3's to become affordable. The Gf2-MX easily handles everything I throw at it. 3dmark2001 = 3,000
I've read the limit on Win9x/ME is 512 Meg. If you go above this, you'll have problems. This is an article on the subject: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/14967.html
I'm running dual-boot Win98SE and Red Hat 7.2 on a KT266A. Both run fine. I'll upgrade my OS when WinXP SE comes out.
I use Sisoft Sandra. This is the download site:
http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/san_dem/html/dload.htm
It's approximatly 2Meg. and includes a swack of benchmark and diagnostic utilities.
That's a busy machine. I have used those 3COM cards and they are usually detected by the operating system. If not, you likely have a conflict - possibly with the D-Link card. You could try moving the 3COM to the other ISA slots.
Good advice above. Bus speed is the first thing to check. Reseat the memory. Try alternate slots. Swap sticks. You may have bad memory though.
If you're interested... you can run a memory diagnostic by downloading this utilility ==> http://www.teresaudio.com/memtest86/
It creates a bootable...
The GA-7VTXE BIOS doesn't allow you to adjust the multiplier. So, even if you unlock the Duron, there's no option to run at a higher multiplier. This link might be useful: http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=review&dId=148&dPage=6
It appears (from reading the article) there is a way to...
He doesn't mention overclocking so I suspect heat isn't the enemy here. A quick and easy test would be to run the PC with the case open and see if it stabilizes or at least runs longer before a lockup. (My system temp is 23C open, 33C closed.)
If it still locks up... I suggest(ed) checking...
Sounds like there were two changes - Motherboard swap and an OS upgrade. The motherboard swap is the most likely candidate here. The symptoms you describe could be overheating but this could also be memory problems. Are you sure your memory is compatible with the new motherboard? To be safe, set...
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