Athlon 64 3000+ Need Diagnostic Help

garystewart

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My first build ever and I am not an overclocker or gamer, so please enlighten me on all points.

I am getting 0x0000004e and 0x0000009c (blue screen) errors which seem to indicate a hardware problem. Did a 10 hour stability torture test (CPU Stability), but no discernable hardware crashes under the test!?

The Rig:
K8T Neo FSR Ver. 1 (Bios 1.8)
Athlon64 3000+ Retail Box (ADA3000AEP4AX)
1Gb Mushkin Basic Running at spec on auto in bios.
Samsung 160Gb SATA (Using Via Raid Tool - One Master)
WD 1600JB ATA100
Nvidia Geforce2 MX200
Tagan 380W PSU (22W capable across 12+) Tested and running in spec.
XP Pro SP1

Running at basic auto settings, high, not optimal performance, with cool and quiet.

I installed MSI WMInfo (below) and got a shock this morning.

Problem 1: The Processor is Running at 1000Mhz???
Problem 2: This Processor Number (above) indicates it is Power management (C&Q) capable, but WMInfo says NO. I thought anything ending above O (X) is good to go for C&Q !!!????? I have been running C&Q in the Bios, with minimum power mangagement setting in XP Pro. Am I wrong? Did I get stuck with an older model that can't use C&Q? My temps, if the readings are correct, average 43c so I don' think heat is a problem.

Why is this thing running at 1000Mhz? Did I get stuck with an older model without C&Q? Is this thing damaged or just need bios adjustments? Is this the source of the crashes?

WM Info

Name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Description: x86 Family 15 Model 12 Stepping 0
Manufacturer : AuthenticAMD
Version : Model 12, Stepping 0
DataWidth : 32 Bits
Socket Designation : Socket-754
Type : Central Processor
CPU Id : 0000005500000FC0
CPU Family : Unknown
CPU Stepping : 0
Load Percentage : 0 %
Max ClockSpeed : 2000 MHz
Current ClockSpeed : 1000 MHz
External Clock : 200 MHz
Upgrade Method : undefined
L2 Cache Size : 512 Kb
Display Availability : Running/Full Power
PowerManagement Supported : false
Status : OK

Thanks for any help you can give me.






<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by garystewart on 09/19/04 10:59 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

garystewart

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Hi Folks,
Disable Bios Caching and Shadowing but no change. Still BSODS.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by garystewart on 09/19/04 10:59 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

garystewart

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Took the easy way out and decided to use bios defaults. No BSODs as of today. Not happy crippling functions but not a gaming rig anyway.
 

endyen

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Sorry if I'm a little late. You may find that the memory timings are to low for your setup. If you relax them manually now, you may be able to tighten them up after some burn-in.