P4PE-X with pentium 4 2.8GHz northwood

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i have a asus p4pe-x and with a p4 2.8 northwood the pc crashs after
several minutes...with a celeron all runs without problems...any ideas???

thx

phips
 
phips said:
i have a asus p4pe-x and with a p4 2.8 northwood the pc crashs after
several minutes...with a celeron all runs without problems...any ideas???

thx

phips
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Post the SSPEC, the five character code that defines the characteristics
of the processor. My bet is your P4 has FSB800 (i.e. it is a P4-C)
and something on your board is not rated for operation that fast.
If you want to look up the processor yourself, see:

http://processorfinder.intel.com

If it is an FSB800 processor, try using _only_ one stick of ram
and place it in slot 3. One stick of ram should be stable at
DDR400, assuming the one stick of ram is rated for PC3200
or higher. If you want to use more ram, put the second stick
in slot 1 and drop the CPU FSB clock manually in the BIOS so
it will run stable.

HTH,
Paul
 
Post the SSPEC, the five character code that defines the characteristics
of the processor. My bet is your P4 has FSB800 (i.e. it is a P4-C)
and something on your board is not rated for operation that fast.
If you want to look up the processor yourself, see:

http://processorfinder.intel.com

If it is an FSB800 processor, try using _only_ one stick of ram
and place it in slot 3. One stick of ram should be stable at
DDR400, assuming the one stick of ram is rated for PC3200
or higher. If you want to use more ram, put the second stick
in slot 1 and drop the CPU FSB clock manually in the BIOS so
it will run stable.

HTH,
Paul
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Damn, forgot that is a 845PE board. The manual says to use slot 1,
so I guess you are stuck using slot 1 for the single DIMM. This
is not the best slot electrically, but unfortunately you don't
have a choice, due to the way the control signals are wired.
Stick with what the manual says to do.

Paul
 
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