Big Problem

[X3|-NSX]

Ok I bought a abit kg7 motherboard and a athlonx xp 1900+. When I have it running at anything other than 1.2 ghgz (the lowest speed) it randomly freezes. The higher I set my speed the faster the freeze comes though. This was a heating problem for sure when I first got it because I could put a huge fan next to my comp and it would run at 1.6. But now, the fan doesn't even help. I have gotten a new cpu fan that is top of the line and used thermal paste and still freezes. I have no clue what is going on. I have a via hardware monitor program that tells me the temperature of my cpu and it stays around 45 degrees celcius and the overheat is 60 degrees. So what do you guys thing... bad processor? for some reason I am thinking its my mother board. Its bios isnt up to date as they have come out with updates since I bought. But the current bios supports athlon up to 1900. So what should I do?

[Philip1952]

Try a different stick of memory. If you have two sticks installed. Try removing one. If the problem happens with one stick try the other.
Do you have the latest 4 in 1's installed?
What OS you on?
If you are getting BSOD's what is the message on it?

[X3|-NSX]

I have one stick of DDR ram 512. I dont think the problem is ram. I am pretty sure I installed the 4 in 1's that came on my mother board cd. Maybe I dont have the latest. I am on windows 2000. BSODS errors? I still think it is a heating problem but I dont get a heating an overheat error anymore. Usually it freezes when I get into a game. Game takes a lot of hardware so it boosts the temperature up a bit and its not a vid card problem cuz I have tried multiple vid cards. Still dont know.

[X3|-NSX]

Also..(sorry for double post) anytime I put the FSB past 100 while leaving the multipliers at x12, it freezes. My motherboard supports 66/100/133 so it says. My correct speed would be x12 and 133. I can run at x12 and 100 just fine....???

[SPEEDO]

Which bios version is on that board?

Look here (http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/products.jsp) for the latest...;)

SPEEDO

[Philip1952]

Lock ups in a game are most of the time driver issues or memory related.
BSOD errors mean. Blue screen of death. What are the details on the lockups when they throw a blue screen at you.
Like Speedo said it could be a bios issue. If you can't set the proper FSB speed.

[Psycho Logical]

Maybe your CPU came from a batch that just barely passed in testing. You'll never convince AMD or the vendor that a processor is "bad" just because you can't overclock it.

[X3|-NSX]

Well I am not overclocking it. It just makes me mad that I payed for a 1.6 and it isnt running at 1.6 you know what I mean. I dont get any BSOD errors, I just run a program called via hardware monitor and it use to tell me my cpu temp was at overheat level. Now, it just freezes without the warning so I dunno whats up.

[SPEEDO]

This is what the original bios supported...:)

CPU
Support AMD Athlon/Duron 700MHz ~ 1.33GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate)

You probably need to do an upgrade or at least contact Abit to find out...;)

SPEEDO

[args]

huum i am no computer yet buff but i had a similar prob, it lay with the ram, i download a prog called GoldMemory when it is run it i could see all the naff address's

:p

[Johnny Fist]

Hell, if the board only supports up to a 1.33Ghz then that should tell you what your problem is. I'm a firm believer in having a little room to breathe. By that I mean get a board that'll support up to 1.6Ghz but use a processor thats only maybe 1.4Ghz. Thats just a personal thing that I do. I'm curious if anyone out there thinks thats a good idea. I do it just because I feel like I'm playing it safe that way.

[buffguns]

I like safety too, JF. All of the overclocking may be over my head, but if you get what you want to start with, I figure it should be good. If it ain't broke....:D