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nicknewbie27   07-06-2009 at 07:35:58 PM

my crappy computers specs
dimension 4300
384 meg of pc133
nvidia gforce2 mx/mx 400
creative SB live! audio card
celron 220 processor

the problem is the after replacing my 1.6 p4 with a celron 220 the idle no longer works propely it just hangs and does NOTHING not even the caps lock responds after roboot it acts as if nothing happened

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captaincharisma   07-06-2009 at 07:40:43 PM

what do you mean by "idle doesn't work properly? does the computer boot at all. if not did you upgrade the BIOS before changing the CPU?

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nicknewbie27   07-06-2009 at 07:45:31 PM

yes i upgraded the bios and yes it does boot and if i leave it alone for 10-15 mins no programs running it freezes

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captaincharisma   07-06-2009 at 07:50:42 PM

does the PC recognize the CPU properly and not saying that is is an unknown processor or something like that

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nicknewbie27   07-06-2009 at 07:54:51 PM

everything works perfect except when it goes in to idle its a dell and its under clocked by default so i suspect that it is not getting enough power

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captaincharisma   07-06-2009 at 08:41:47 PM

do you mean it goes into standby mode or just freeze after a few minutes or so?

might be a setting in bios too i would try setting bios defaults and if that does not work try turning off some CPU features in the BIOS (if the dell BIOS will let you)

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nicknewbie27   07-06-2009 at 08:42:48 PM

it just freezes after a while and dell bios wont let you

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megamanx00   07-06-2009 at 09:15:10 PM

Try turning off Speed step or any other power saving features.

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4745454b   07-06-2009 at 09:31:30 PM

Agreed. If the dell bios doesn't let you do that, try going into the control panel, then power options. Set it up so that nothing is ever shut down. No turn on monitor, no spin down harddrives, make sure everything is always on. Might help.

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leo2kp   07-06-2009 at 09:42:15 PM

Keep it from going in to sleep-mode via power settings, IMO.

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nicknewbie27   07-06-2009 at 10:01:56 PM

ive done all that but to no avail im getting another mobo

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