Re: Older PC keeps giving odd errors at POST

[Andrew Sayers <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:37:08 +0100, Johnny B Good
<jcs.computersbutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>The message <8vpo849m12s5pl58ci005ppdcin8oij5t3@xxxxxxx>
>from nospam@xxxxxxxxxx contains these words:
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>> Hi
>
>> I've an older homebuilt machine here that has started behaving oddly
>> on boot up
>
>> I will get a message saying that CPU frequency has changed and to
>> enter the BIOS to confirm settings. I do this and confirm and save and
>> then get the error again.
>
>> I suspect this is a BIOS or mobo issue as memory frequency is often
>> misreported as 100mhz when it should be 133mhz. Sometimes though the
>> machine boots fine.
>
>> On occasion the thing will simply shut off, and the only way to get it
>> to reboot is to unplug it from the mains and try again after a few
>> hours.
>
>> Fans are all working fine, and I've replaced the mobo BIOS battery. 
>
>> Is this a write off and time to buy  a new mobo/processor and memory?
>
>> Any advice welcome, 
>
> What MoBo? I've seen this sort of behavior with the odd 810MLR board
>(PC Chips).

Ah yes I should hve said originally, Its an Epox 8RDA+ with 1Gb RAM in
2x512Mb sticks with an AMD Athlon 2600 processor. The processor will
also misreported on occasion as an Athlon 1200, though I think this is
linked to when the FSB is misread as 100Mhz instead of 166Mhz


Andrew Sayers
Lincolnshire UK