Okay, this is the setup Ive got:
Asus Kv133 motherboard
athlon classic 750 processor
128 mb of ram (Ive upgraded now to 256)
soundblaster live Xgamer
matrox g400 graphics card
maxtor 20 gig harddrive
USR 56k hardware modem
iomega zip drive
atx case w/250 watt power supply.
I have a dual boot system with win2k/rh6.2
Okay, this is where it starts to get fun. I bought this sytem in July from a company called computek. They let me pick my parts and put it all together for me and gave me a 2 year parts and labor warranty. I got the thing home and it black screened on me in 2 hours, wouldnt get past post. I was over at a friends house, we were gonna install linux on it together. I brought it home and tryed to turn it on again, and low and behold it started up. Checking the bios settings it turns out the thing will crash if the motherboard temp goes over about 95 degrees. The monitor for the cpu isnt hooked up so I dont know what that temp is. So I said what the heck, opened the case up, stuck a desktop fan on it and installed everything. Everything went in fine and its happy, as long as that desk fan is blowing right at the cpu.
So the next day I called tech support of computek. I talked to the same guy who sold me my PC. He said he would look into some cooling options for me and call me back in a few days. I never got that call. Now, Im a CIS major, in my senior year. I need my computer for homework and stuff. I figured, its working, what the heck. I should have just taken it back right then, but I didnt want to be without a computer for another few weeks. This was around aug. 8th. 2 or 3 months later I had a day off from school/work and the dumb thing crashed on me, nice memory dump in linux, about 3 times. I rebooted into windows to see if I could figure out whatwas going on, and it crashed there too. I had turned my fan down to low, guess it had to be on high. I turned the deskfan onto high, and it was stable again. Said screw this, packed it up and took it back that day.
2 weeks later I get my pc back. They told me they put a new fan on the cpu and actually put paste between the cpu and heatsink this time. (guess they forgot the first time)
and they had windows running stable for a day. I took it home, decided to test it out, put decent 3 in and played for awhile. Sure enough, about 3 hours later, bios is saying motherboard is hot, and win2k is giving me blue screens and shutdowns. I open it back up and stick the fan on it again. ah well. its a little better. Once the desk fan was back on the cpu, it was fine again. No more crashes.
This weekend I bought a new 19 inch monitor. The deskfan makes the monitor trip out, so it cant be there anymore.
I know everyone else gets to have a pc that they can actually put the lid of the case on. I want one too.
I just got off the phone with my tech support people. I ended up speaking with the same guy who sold me my computer. He told me that athlons run hot and there is nothing I can do. I told him to check and make sure the cpu hasnt been damaged from the heat, because it should be able to take more heat than what it currently does. He said that he has only built 2 athlon systems, one being mine, and the other one over heated too. The other guy brought his system in a few days after he got and replaced it with a pIII system and has had no more problems. The guy told me that I'd have to pay for a new motherboard and processor, go to a pIII and that is the only thing that will stop my problems.
Ive got 5 fans in this thing right now. The power supply fan, the fan on the cpu, the chassi fan they installed, a fan in the front 5.25 drive and fan going out one of the back pci slots. I still crash in linux and windows whenever I do anything processor intensive if I dont have the fan on. Making mp3s, compiling, games and such.
I need some advice. I know the asus board is decent and other people have good working athlon machines. I need to be able to close the case and put the case into my desk where it belongs.
Thank you.
Asus Kv133 motherboard
athlon classic 750 processor
128 mb of ram (Ive upgraded now to 256)
soundblaster live Xgamer
matrox g400 graphics card
maxtor 20 gig harddrive
USR 56k hardware modem
iomega zip drive
atx case w/250 watt power supply.
I have a dual boot system with win2k/rh6.2
Okay, this is where it starts to get fun. I bought this sytem in July from a company called computek. They let me pick my parts and put it all together for me and gave me a 2 year parts and labor warranty. I got the thing home and it black screened on me in 2 hours, wouldnt get past post. I was over at a friends house, we were gonna install linux on it together. I brought it home and tryed to turn it on again, and low and behold it started up. Checking the bios settings it turns out the thing will crash if the motherboard temp goes over about 95 degrees. The monitor for the cpu isnt hooked up so I dont know what that temp is. So I said what the heck, opened the case up, stuck a desktop fan on it and installed everything. Everything went in fine and its happy, as long as that desk fan is blowing right at the cpu.
So the next day I called tech support of computek. I talked to the same guy who sold me my PC. He said he would look into some cooling options for me and call me back in a few days. I never got that call. Now, Im a CIS major, in my senior year. I need my computer for homework and stuff. I figured, its working, what the heck. I should have just taken it back right then, but I didnt want to be without a computer for another few weeks. This was around aug. 8th. 2 or 3 months later I had a day off from school/work and the dumb thing crashed on me, nice memory dump in linux, about 3 times. I rebooted into windows to see if I could figure out whatwas going on, and it crashed there too. I had turned my fan down to low, guess it had to be on high. I turned the deskfan onto high, and it was stable again. Said screw this, packed it up and took it back that day.
2 weeks later I get my pc back. They told me they put a new fan on the cpu and actually put paste between the cpu and heatsink this time. (guess they forgot the first time)
and they had windows running stable for a day. I took it home, decided to test it out, put decent 3 in and played for awhile. Sure enough, about 3 hours later, bios is saying motherboard is hot, and win2k is giving me blue screens and shutdowns. I open it back up and stick the fan on it again. ah well. its a little better. Once the desk fan was back on the cpu, it was fine again. No more crashes.
This weekend I bought a new 19 inch monitor. The deskfan makes the monitor trip out, so it cant be there anymore.
I know everyone else gets to have a pc that they can actually put the lid of the case on. I want one too.
I just got off the phone with my tech support people. I ended up speaking with the same guy who sold me my computer. He told me that athlons run hot and there is nothing I can do. I told him to check and make sure the cpu hasnt been damaged from the heat, because it should be able to take more heat than what it currently does. He said that he has only built 2 athlon systems, one being mine, and the other one over heated too. The other guy brought his system in a few days after he got and replaced it with a pIII system and has had no more problems. The guy told me that I'd have to pay for a new motherboard and processor, go to a pIII and that is the only thing that will stop my problems.
Ive got 5 fans in this thing right now. The power supply fan, the fan on the cpu, the chassi fan they installed, a fan in the front 5.25 drive and fan going out one of the back pci slots. I still crash in linux and windows whenever I do anything processor intensive if I dont have the fan on. Making mp3s, compiling, games and such.
I need some advice. I know the asus board is decent and other people have good working athlon machines. I need to be able to close the case and put the case into my desk where it belongs.
Thank you.
