[oclug] amd athlon 1400Mhz

[Nick Sklav]

Hey maybe they just sold you an overc locked amd chip and now its defaulting to work on its factory default and your attempting to overclock it by thinking its a 1.4 ghz when really its most probably a 1.ghz overclocked by the store you bought it at. Just a paranoid thought that nobody mentionned.



On 11 Dec 2001 14:26:59 -0600
Bill Omer <bill at distmirr.com> wrote:

> > The 300Watt power supply (cyberzone) I bought yesterday was recomended to
> > me as AMD certified,  but when I checked it is not on the recomended list
> > at AMD.
> > 
>  
> I wouldn't be too worried about the PSU not being listed on the AMD
> site, however I would keep this in mind about the shop you bought it
> from.  That just might tell you a little something about their
> reputation.
> 
> Try the bios upgrade, see how that works.  If it still does the same
> thing, try taking it off auto detect and start plugging in the numbers
> your self, see what kind of results that gives you.  If that doesn't
> work...  then look at the RAM.  Some memory sticks just don't work
> correctly with AMD chips and the mother boards that support those chips
> (this is pretty rare, most ram (other than rambus) _should_ work fine).
> Might want to also check the PSU, see if that gives you any better
> results.  If either of these are not an option...  then you might just
> need to break down, pick up the manual, go to the back of the book, grab
> a telephone.... and call technical support.  They might know some little
> trick that no one on this list is thinking of or knows about.  Plus, it
> might just be a bad mobo or chip (however I doubt that) and you have to
> go through tech support before you can get an RMA.
> 
> Hope this helps
> Bill
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