2 cents: i have a 1.4GHz athlon system that was dead in the water. i checked everything and bought all AMD approved stuff -- fans, RAM, case, heatsink.
except the powersupply. foo told me that there were AMD approved power supplies. i bought one off the web and 5 days later i had a working athlon system. note -- the supply i was using was a 350W supply. so it wasn't a lack of power that was tripping things up. i'm not sure what "AMD approved" means for a power supply, but when they don't approve a PS, they really don't approve a PS! big weakness in AMD stuff, making it totally unsuitable for the person who wants to build a system for the first time. but you have to love the price. pete begin Stephen M. Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bill Broadley wrote: > > >My guess is the powersupply isn't up to the task. > > > I looked into this a little further reading some of the message board > threads that Rod Roark pointed out and I also called the company I > purchased the boards from. > > It turns out the company was really busy that day at the computer show > and forgot to put the thermal compount between the chip and heatsink on > a few systems. So I will be checking that this weekend. > > As you pointed out as well, the PSU may not be up to the task as some of > the Athlon boards are picky about having proper voltage. > > Thanks, > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
