[ale] k7s5a/athlon 1700x+ xp

[John Wells]

Geoffrey,

Return the board immediately and go with something else (I find the
Gigabyte GA-7VXP to be *really nice*).

Reasoning:

1. If you're overheating at 50 C, then your thermistor is screwed in a
major way. From this point on, you'll always have to second guess it.

2. The memory problems you're having.  I've read that some boards have
difficulty recognizing multiple DDR mods, and while some offer three or
more slots they'll only truly work with one or two.  My Gigabyte, for
instance, is known to have issues when all three DDR slots are used.

I've never run into as many issues as you're having, and I've been
building my own systems for five years now.

Drop the board before it's too late.

John

Geoffrey said:
> Well, it happened again.  I feel I've got problems with this thing
> overheating.
>
> I put the case back together last night.  Came in this morning all was
> well.  As I started doing 'stuff' I noted the cpu temp climbed to 50C,
> which is nowhere near the max for these chips, but as others have noted,
>  it depends on where the sensor is.
>
> Anyway, it just locked up.  Power cycle to get it back.  I'm back to an
> open case with my 2' fan blowing on it.  Current cpu temp is 44C, still
> only 1C below the reference point found in the lm_sensors example conf
> file.  I guess the 45C is a good mark for a top end.
>
>
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
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> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>
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