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<b>Message ID:</b> 23483 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Jan 24 20:33:22 GMT 2001 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Cyr, Thierry <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions? <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-645675660">lovely, guess good ol auntie Visa gonna pay for this one...  Oh well, Any<br/>
suggestions for cheap/performance upgrade?  So far looking at celeron700<br/>
with an aopen board or tyan board<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:dean_kimes@...">dean_kimes@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: January 24, 2001 3:03 PM<br/>
To: &#39;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eqbards@egroups.com">eqbards@egroups.com</a>&#39;<br/>
Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Hate to say it Minkin but the processor is likely toast.  Once overheating<br/>
begins it is a rapidly accelerating process and you generally never regain<br/>
the original state.  I had one of my machines do this that was overclocked<br/>
and it would never run cool again.  I haven&#39;t overclocked since after mine<br/>
and my friends both went down in the same week.  <br/>
<br/>
	Kit<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:thierry.cyr@...">thierry.cyr@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:23 AM<br/>
To: &#39;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:eqbards@egroups.com">eqbards@egroups.com</a>&#39;<br/>
Subject: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
I know this is OT, but its driving me nuts. gotta get back ingame asap<br/>
before i get withdrawal symptoms.<br/>
<br/>
I have a celeron 300 overclocked at 466 running on an abit bh6 or bx6 mother<br/>
board for about 2 years now runnin on win98. Run a voodoo 3000 vid card and<br/>
an sb live, oh and a 1* 128meg sim of 100mhz ram.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Here&#39;s my problem, I pretty much only play EQ, check email and surf.  Lately<br/>
i&#39;ve had a few solid lockups playing eq, some crashes to desktop as well.<br/>
Yesterday i got 2 in 10-15 minutes and the day before i died while kiting<br/>
due to this (grrr)<br/>
<br/>
Anyways, I tried deinstalling EQ, reinstalling EQ, RoK and SoV.  While<br/>
reinstalling SoV, total lockup again.  This indicated to me that probably my<br/>
pc is overheating or something.  Another thing i&#39;ve noticed while playing is<br/>
that my graphics seem to be choppier than normal (more vid lag, and its not<br/>
swarmcaller) (which indicates to me processing problems).<br/>
<br/>
So... Tonight I&#39;m going to probably rip the pc open, check if my fan is<br/>
still working, if it is i&#39;ll proceed to downclock the cpu back to 300 like<br/>
its supposed to be.  If my pc is still acting up from there i&#39;ll reinstall<br/>
win98 (arg i hate doing this, takes forever with all my apps).<br/>
<br/>
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the prob may be, I have a<br/>
feeling my cpu might be nearing retirement but i&#39;m really hoping this isnt<br/>
the case because i dont have the cash to buy a new chip/board cause that<br/>
would run me about 350$ canadian for a 700mhz/board<br/>
<br/>
Minkin<br/>
<br/>
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