AMD Athlon XP 2000+ and Windows XP

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Hi, Evan.

WinXP Pro runs just fine on my Athlon XP 2000+, and has for a couple of
years now. My mobo is an EPoX 8K3A+. I don't recall how the L1 cache is
set because I haven't fiddled with that in at least a year.

What is the make and model of your computer or your mobo?

RC
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"Evan Patton" <evan_patton@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running Windows XP on an AMD Athlon XP 2000+. But
> whenever Windows boots it doesn't do anything. In order to
> run Windows I have to disable the L1 cache using my BIOS.
> Windows runs without the cache but it barely functions at
> an operational speed. What could be causing the problem?
>
> Evan

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Sounds like your L1 cache went bad. It happens! Time for a new processor.

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"Evan Patton" <evan_patton@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm running Windows XP on an AMD Athlon XP 2000+. But
> whenever Windows boots it doesn't do anything. In order to
> run Windows I have to disable the L1 cache using my BIOS.
> Windows runs without the cache but it barely functions at
> an operational speed. What could be causing the problem?
>
> Evan

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I had this same problem. Brand new motherboard: ASUS A7V600-X and an AMD
Athlon XP 2000+. It would get a BSOD when trying to boot. Until I
disable L1 Cache in the bios. Then it would take like several hours to
boot up. I mean I don't think a computer could run any slower!! So I
took the last guy's advice and purchased a brand new processor. (Same
on AMD Athlon XP 2000+) Still the same problem!! I hope the store will
take it back and kindly return my $64.00!! It must be a problem with
the RAM(?)


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If it works with the L1 cache disabled, it is probably code in the BIOS
causing the problem. Try updating the BIOS.

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Nathan McNulty


myusername wrote:
> I had this same problem. Brand new motherboard: ASUS A7V600-X and an AMD
> Athlon XP 2000+. It would get a BSOD when trying to boot. Until I
> disable L1 Cache in the bios. Then it would take like several hours to
> boot up. I mean I don't think a computer could run any slower!! So I
> took the last guy's advice and purchased a brand new processor. (Same
> on AMD Athlon XP 2000+) Still the same problem!! I hope the store will
> take it back and kindly return my $64.00!! It must be a problem with
> the RAM(?)
>
>

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Did you upgrade your bios?

Make sure you have the latest bios for your motherboard, as that is where
the appropriate microcode for your CPU will come from.

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> I had this same problem. Brand new motherboard: ASUS A7V600-X and an AMD
> Athlon XP 2000+. It would get a BSOD when trying to boot. Until I
> disable L1 Cache in the bios. Then it would take like several hours to
> boot up. I mean I don't think a computer could run any slower!! So I
> took the last guy's advice and purchased a brand new processor. (Same
> on AMD Athlon XP 2000+) Still the same problem!! I hope the store will
> take it back and kindly return my $64.00!! It must be a problem with
> the RAM(?)
>
>
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