Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Tim Wunder]

On Monday 23 December 2002 10:42 pm, someone claiming to be Marvin Dickens 
wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 13:05, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > > Anyone running an AMD-based board with a Via KT133 chipset?
> > > > I've been experiencing a significant amount of system instabilty (X
> > > > crashing,
>
> Go purchase a big, copper (Read: Not aluminum.... Copper is
> approximately 40% more efficient than aluminum) heat sink that has at
> least a 4500 rpm fan attached to it and your problems will disappear.
> Temperatures over 118 Fahrenheit inject chipset Gremlins into  AMD
> powered systems.
>
<snip>

Now *that* sounds like a plan! After updating my BIOS, and installing new RAM, 
I still have problems. I've also got the feeling that my video card may be 
going bonkers on me. When I switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1), I'm now 
getting white spots on a portion of my screen. I also get ghosts when 
dragging icons around the desktop.

Regards, 

Tim

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