Hey guys,
I have an athlon-xp 1500+ that gives me more trouble than any compy ever did to me!
It was overheating. I cleaned the dust from the radiator. Now the CPU temp stays around 50 C. That seems ok to me.
Yet, it keeps freezing! I've tried to install Win2k/XP on it, and there is no way to finish the installation because it freezes on the way.
I tried to install Linux, and it does the same. I took the hdd to another compy, i installed gentoo on it (the hdd went without a problem to the other compy), and brought the hdd back. There is no way it will ever compile the kernel on the athlon. Yet, it runs without problems just let by itself, without much task to do.
I tried to attach it a hdd with an windows 95, old, and ancient. With this one it has no problem at all. It runs without a fail.
Any idea?
I thought the memory could be the issue, but I've checked it with memtest86 and did not find any error. It has 128MB and this should be enough for either Win/Linux.
The motherboard is a Matsonic MS8303EP(266).
Any help would be highly appreciated! It really drives me crazy! And I need this compy...
Thanks!
I have an athlon-xp 1500+ that gives me more trouble than any compy ever did to me!
It was overheating. I cleaned the dust from the radiator. Now the CPU temp stays around 50 C. That seems ok to me.
Yet, it keeps freezing! I've tried to install Win2k/XP on it, and there is no way to finish the installation because it freezes on the way.
I tried to install Linux, and it does the same. I took the hdd to another compy, i installed gentoo on it (the hdd went without a problem to the other compy), and brought the hdd back. There is no way it will ever compile the kernel on the athlon. Yet, it runs without problems just let by itself, without much task to do.
I tried to attach it a hdd with an windows 95, old, and ancient. With this one it has no problem at all. It runs without a fail.
Any idea?
I thought the memory could be the issue, but I've checked it with memtest86 and did not find any error. It has 128MB and this should be enough for either Win/Linux.
The motherboard is a Matsonic MS8303EP(266).
Any help would be highly appreciated! It really drives me crazy! And I need this compy...
Thanks!