hmmm, if i am overheating its because fan is dead, because i have a huge
cooling system in it. I bought a 3 fan/heat sink from computernerd.com. My
buddies at their computer store were in shock when they saw it. I used to
run temperature software, and it ran cooler then the original fan/not
overclocked. The SB live has the latest drivers. I also have an extra fan
installed in the front of the pc case. Its getting gutted tonight to see
what is going on.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel P. Sniderman [mailto:
fuzzbone@...]
Sent: January 24, 2001 3:33 PM
To:
eqbards@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
If you have SB Live - the prob could also be there - but I'm guessing heat
is your problem. If you over clock - I'd strongly recommend make making
sure you have a heat sensor and monitoring software. Fan cooling and
airflow is very important.
On the positive side - you can get a replacement Celeron relatively cheap.
BTW - as far as comments on Win 98/ME being faster than 2000 - 2000 has a
lot more "protection" which comes at a cost processor cycle wise. Assuming
you don't specifically need some of 2000's features not avail in 95/98/ME
(networking for example) - you have to choose between stability or speed.
I haven't worked with ME very long - but if Micro$oft can make it's dates -
"Whistler" will replace it - their new Consumer OS based on the NT kernel -
so it very well may be short-lived.
Slyde
-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:
dean_kimes@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:03 PM
To: '
eqbards@egroups.com'
Subject: RE: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
Hate to say it Minkin but the processor is likely toast. Once overheating
begins it is a rapidly accelerating process and you generally never regain
the original state. I had one of my machines do this that was overclocked
and it would never run cool again. I haven't overclocked since after mine
and my friends both went down in the same week.
Kit
-----Original Message-----
From: Cyr, Thierry [mailto:
thierry.cyr@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 11:23 AM
To: '
eqbards@egroups.com'
Subject: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?
I know this is OT, but its driving me nuts. gotta get back ingame asap
before i get withdrawal symptoms.
I have a celeron 300 overclocked at 466 running on an abit bh6 or bx6 mother
board for about 2 years now runnin on win98. Run a voodoo 3000 vid card and
an sb live, oh and a 1* 128meg sim of 100mhz ram.
Here's my problem, I pretty much only play EQ, check email and surf. Lately
i've had a few solid lockups playing eq, some crashes to desktop as well.
Yesterday i got 2 in 10-15 minutes and the day before i died while kiting
due to this (grrr)
Anyways, I tried deinstalling EQ, reinstalling EQ, RoK and SoV. While
reinstalling SoV, total lockup again. This indicated to me that probably my
pc is overheating or something. Another thing i've noticed while playing is
that my graphics seem to be choppier than normal (more vid lag, and its not
swarmcaller) (which indicates to me processing problems).
So... Tonight I'm going to probably rip the pc open, check if my fan is
still working, if it is i'll proceed to downclock the cpu back to 300 like
its supposed to be. If my pc is still acting up from there i'll reinstall
win98 (arg i hate doing this, takes forever with all my apps).
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the prob may be, I have a
feeling my cpu might be nearing retirement but i'm really hoping this isnt
the case because i dont have the cash to buy a new chip/board cause that
would run me about 350$ canadian for a 700mhz/board
Minkin
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