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I've been fighting with this issue for months. I have an AMD Athlon XP 3000+, Barton Core. I'm not sure if it is a 166 FSB or 200 FSB though. It will not run at 166x13 or 200x11. If I try either of those settings, it reboots as soon as Windows XP Pro loads. It runs stable at 166x12.5.

the CPU is properly installed with Artec 5 Silver.

It is not running hot. Idle 46C, load 54C

The system is clean, no dust build up.

The memory is good according to Memtest86+.

All the latest drivers and BIOS is loaded.

Any ideas?

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:18 am Post subject:

Did it ever work at the normal setting of 13x166, or has it been this way since you got it?

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

mellowgreengiant wrote:
Did it ever work at the normal setting of 13x166, or has it been this way since you got it?

Yes, it used to work just fine at 166x13. Was stanle enough to run for weeks at a time.

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject:

Seems like the next step is to step backwards in time and remember any hardware and/or bios changes that you might have done before you noticed this. What does it run at if you set the FSB to 166 and multiplier to auto?

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

Regardless of what the FSB is set to, it stays on a multiplier of 13 on auto

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:57 pm Post subject:

dbl check the mobo bios
if it can't determine what the cpu is, it will give you the closest it thinx it might be

what's the mobo ?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:50 am Post subject:

LabRat63 wrote:
Regardless of what the FSB is set to, it stays on a multiplier of 13 on auto

Then set the FSB to 166. Problem solved?

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:28 am Post subject:

CheeseMonger The Great wrote:
LabRat63 wrote:
Regardless of what the FSB is set to, it stays on a multiplier of 13 on auto

Then set the FSB to 166. Problem solved?

Problem not solved. I stated in my first post that "It will not run at 166x13 or 200x11. If I try either of those settings, it reboots as soon as Windows XP Pro loads. It runs stable at 166x12.5."

Dave Rave wrote:
what's the mobo ?

A motherboard, also known as main board, logic board or system board, and sometimes abbreviated as mobo, is the central or primary circuit board making up a complex electronic system, such as a computer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobo

Leg Humper Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 5409

Have you tried resetting the BIOS to default? Try booting with minimal hardware attached (unplug external devices). If you have multiple sticks of memory, tryusing one at a time and booting.

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:42 am Post subject:

quijbe wrote:
Have you tried resetting the BIOS to default? Try booting with minimal hardware attached (unplug external devices). If you have multiple sticks of memory, tryusing one at a time and booting.

Done all that. And I have the latest BIOS.

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:31 am Post subject:

have you done cpu-z
show us a jpeg from that ....

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:55 am Post subject:

I had this problem recently myself. The fix was simple, it was the bank placement of the memory.

I had the 2 sticks of DDR in banks one and two.

Changed to banks One and Three, and now I could set the FSB and multipliers to the correct sums, to get the 3000+ and not reboot.

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:10 am Post subject:

Let me know if this works for you, Im kind of curious Wink

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:45 am Post subject:

Ecniv wrote:
I had this problem recently myself. The fix was simple, it was the bank placement of the memory.

I had the 2 sticks of DDR in banks one and two.

Changed to banks One and Three, and now I could set the FSB and multipliers to the correct sums, to get the 3000+ and not reboot.

Tried it and it still messes up on 166x13. tried banks 2 and 3 too. Thanks anyway.

Guide Dog Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 8256 Location: MN

have you tried running memtestx86 when your set to 13?