AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and reboots under load...

[Vulpes Velox]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:43:18 -0800
Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:19:25 -0600 (CST), draconius
> > <draconius at pyrospheric.net> wrote:
> > > what are your temperatures inside the case? what kind of cooling
> > > / airflow do you have in the case? I have had heat problems
> > > before due to bad airflow in the case where all the hot air
> > > concentraded around the processor(s)
> > >
> > > -drac
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > > I tested with FreeBSD 4.10 and 5.3. The same problem ocurs,
> > > > when the the machine not reboot, varios coredumps in as/gcc
> > > > hapens during make buildworld.
> > > >
> > > > Hardware:
> > > >
> > > > Asus A7V600-X
> > > > AMD Sempron 2400+
> > > > 512MB DDR 400
> > > >
> > > > any ideas ??
> > > >
> 
> I think I am running AV7600 (no X), and when I was thinking about
> upgrading the ram, I saw a note saying to check Asus' website to
> make sure they have tested the ram first.  With lower speed ram, you
> can probably run anything, but for the highest speed stuff, you
> should check to make sure they work well with it.

This is only true if is a ram problem or the like, if it is a mother
board problem this does not make much of a difference from my
experience.