XP crashes at 1800+ or higher on 2200+ proc

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First off, standard specs..
XP Pro SP2, up to date
Abit KV7, most recent BIOS
AMD XP 2200+ 266fsb
Corsair 512mb DDR400

I just upgraded from a 2000+ processor (my friend bought a 2200 for his board, but it only supports up to 2000+, so we traded straight up)...

Now windows bluescreens if I set the processor at 1800+ or higher, it loads fine at 1700+ though.

After I installed the 2200, it had problems locking at POST, sometimes right after processor detection, sometimes after a memory check (which would stop at really low values)... Put a new CMOS battery in and reset the CMOS and it defaults to 500MHz and booted fine.. I loaded the fail-safe defaults and it went to 1500+, booted fine.. 1600+..1700+... but when I get up to 1800+, windows bluescreens and reboots. 1700+ still boots fine though.

Any ideas?
 
Sounds like a possible heat problem. If you didn't clean off your heatsink and CPU (as in removing the thermal paste/pad and cleaning off all traces from the die) and reapplying a thin layer of paste on the CPU die, then you might want to do that.
 
Big B said:
Sounds like a possible heat problem. If you didn't clean off your heatsink and CPU (as in removing the thermal paste/pad and cleaning off all traces from the die) and reapplying a thin layer of paste on the CPU die, then you might want to do that.
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I did this. It's not a heat problem.. I've got a good heatsink and the processor is in the low 40s under load at 1700+..

I really dont think its possible to overheat enough to reset/freeze just during the loading windows with that small of a difference.
 
That's one thing done then. What power supply do you have? While theoretically, you should be okay, if that's acting up, you can get all sorts of odd problems. A good brand with 18A or so on the 12V rail should be fine for your system, which any decent 350-400W unit can provide.
 
Big B said:
That's one thing done then. What power supply do you have? While theoretically, you should be okay, if that's acting up, you can get all sorts of odd problems. A good brand with 18A or so on the 12V rail should be fine for your system, which any decent 350-400W unit can provide.
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I have an Antec TrueBlue, its 450 with 28A on the 12v.
 
Okay, another one that's likely not the problem. Try running [google]Memtest[/google] for 4-5 hours and see if you get any errors. While it shouldn't be a problem, your RAM might need some adjustments in BIOS to make it happy with the timings.
 
Ugh. Apparently this problem is worse than I thought.

As it is now, I'm down to bare essentials hardware wise, and I'm have horrific stability issues.

At higher clock speeds, I get IRQL bluescreen crashes even sitting idle.



I've swapped every single item on the board, including processor, and half the time it wont even get past detecting the cpu/mem/ide devices, it hardlocks with incomplete sentences along the screen. The MB itself is the only thing left to change.

The 2000+ that originally worked fine won't even POST, but boots the other system fine.. the 2200+ only works on this right now at 512mhz and I have to clear the CMOS virtually every other boot.

WTF. :swear:

Everything worked fine until I swapped processors, then it all fell apart.
 
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