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In article <nospam-1104040257460001@192.168.1.177>, nospam@needed.com
(Paul) wrote:
> In article <c56986$91b$1@newsreader1.utanet.at>, phips
> <phips@computronic.at> wrote:
>
> > i have a asus p4pe-x and with a p4 2.8 northwood the pc crashs after
> > several minutes...with a celeron all runs without problems...any ideas???
> >
> > thx
> >
> > phips
>
> Post the SSPEC, the five character code that defines the characteristics
> of the processor. My bet is your P4 has FSB800 (i.e. it is a P4-C)
> and something on your board is not rated for operation that fast.
> If you want to look up the processor yourself, see:
>
>
http://processorfinder.intel.com
>
> If it is an FSB800 processor, try using _only_ one stick of ram
> and place it in slot 3. One stick of ram should be stable at
> DDR400, assuming the one stick of ram is rated for PC3200
> or higher. If you want to use more ram, put the second stick
> in slot 1 and drop the CPU FSB clock manually in the BIOS so
> it will run stable.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
Damn, forgot that is a 845PE board. The manual says to use slot 1,
so I guess you are stuck using slot 1 for the single DIMM. This
is not the best slot electrically, but unfortunately you don't
have a choice, due to the way the control signals are wired.
Stick with what the manual says to do.
Paul
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