Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Jerry McBride]

On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 07:36:00 -0500 Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Turn off box, remove cover, unplug video card, run pencil eraser across card
edge connectors, plug card back in, close cover and reboot box. test for video
anomalies...

Go get beer...






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