[CLUE-Tech] Detecting possible hardware failures

[Mike Staver]

I recomend the good ole FIC SD11 if you can find one - when I used to
have a slot style Athlon, it was pretty stable.  The thing about those
slot athlons though, the heatsink doesn't actually touch the cpu,
right?  If I remember correctly, there is a plastic layer in between the
surface of the heatsink and the chip itself - scared the hell out of
me.  So, I went ahead and upgraded to a thunderbird, and now to an XP. 
I've been much happier with the socket style, as they can be cooled
easier, and aside from that, they seem to be more stable, and definitely
quicker with the cache right there on die.

"Jed S. Baer" wrote:
> 
> > Dave Hahn wrote:
> >
> >      This morning I was greeted by an increasingly unresponsive machine. It's
> >      an ABit KA7, Athlon 750, running RH7.1.
> >
> > <snip>
> > I've seen this quite a bit with Athlon machines that 1) do not have
> > enough cooling / broken cooling  or 2) do not have an Athlon rated
> > power supply.  The Athlon chips are wonderful, but you have to make
> > sure you check with http://www.amd.com to insure that you are using
> > AMD certified stuff, otherwise, you get weird bits all over the place.
> 
> Heat was the first thing I thought of. So, I cleaned the heatsink and
> fans (they weren't very dirty, though). When I bought the box, I made
> certain I had a good PS - PC Power & Cooling of more than sufficient
> wattage. Hmmm, I didn't actually check that the CPU fan is spinning.
> Gotta do that.
> 
> The worst part is that my backup machine for e-mail is running Windoze
> ;-). Actually, finding a replace Slot-A mobo, if that's what's needed,
> will be a major pain.
> 
> jed
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