please help me - , -

[angelicwarz]

I have encountered a problem....first a little info I have K7S5A and 2000+ xp with 512 sdram133 320w power supply running winxp...now my problem is that when I go to bios and set cpu and mem frequency to 133/133 my pc restarts randomly when I am on it......but when I switch frequency to 100/100 then it is stable....problem is that my cpu is only running at 1250 and not 2000+ any help here would be greatly appreciated as I am becoming very frustarated..

 

[FUGGER]

A common poblem, chances are you need to upgrade your PSU and or better heat sink on the CPU.

You are limited to what your mind can perceive.

 

[angelicwarz]

cant be a heatsink problem cpu stays very cool so you think it is PSU hmmm...well what do you recc. for this setup i have two case fans and one on the heatsink..and also is that the only thing that could be causing this?

 

[Crashman]

The ECS boards can be extremely fussy about memory and power quality. The main reason for this is that like many cheap boards they use inadequate power filtration (done with capacitors). The best thing I can recommend is to get a stable power supply first (one that doesn't fluctuate much). An even better solution to power fluctuation is a UPS (backup power supply), but that assumes your original power supply is supplying the correct voltages at full load (you need to check this with software that monitors voltages). Easiest is to get a NAME BRAND power supply of 350W or more.

Once you've settled that, if you still have instability it's likely a memory problem.

<font color=blue>You're posting in a forum with class. It may be third class, but it's still class!</font color=blue>

 

[Era]

<A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/02q4/021021/index.html" target="_new">Something You might like to read about PSU's</A>

 

[Era]

PS. I have a HEC PSU rated 250W and it's powering 1200 Tbird(it takes power almost equal to 2200XP), 7200RPM HD, GF4200 graphics card plus the rest.
And it runs stable.
You didn't tell anything about Your PSU except that it's 320W, and the wattage reading means next to nothing.