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Problem with new mobo

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sponrad

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Today I got my new Shuttle AN35N-Ultra board which is a HUGE improvement over my old ECS K7S5A. I installed it no problems. Everything appeared to be running perfect. I started playing Tacops, about 10 mins in the screen would freeze and my music would freeze for several seconds at a time. Then it would play normal for little while before it froze again etc.

Now Tacops isnt a very demanding game its based on the Unreal engine. I thought it might be my cpu overheating, and it was a little hot 55C. But I don't think it would cause the game to behave like that. I have two ram sticks, one is 3200 other is 2100, and thought there might be some conflicts so i removed but the problem is still there. Im kinda dumbfounded on this one, any help would be greatly appreciated.

specs:
Shuttle AN35N-Ultra
Athlon Xp 2100+ - not overclocked
512 mb Elixer ddr 3200 + 256 mb Crucial ddr 2100
Thermaltake fan on the cpu
Radeon 8500 64 mb
Maxtor 40 gb 5200 rpm
Maxtor 80 gb 7200 rpm
onboard sound and lan
Plexwriter 12x10x32 old but works hehe
 
Both of those mobo's have different chipsets.

Did you re-install XP? If not, I am surprised it ran at all...

Try less-aggressive memory settings, that might help you as well. Good luck, hate it when that stuff happens.

-Skystalker
 
Yes, did a full reformat of my primary drive, fresh install of XP Pro. How would I setep less aggresive memory settings? Not too familiar with that. Thanks
 
Part of the problem is mixing PC3200 DDR memory with your old PC2100 DDR memory. Many systems (and many motherboards, as well) will hiccup when you mix the two! And some budget PC3200 memory doesn't like running at a speed slower than its rated speed.

I'd recommend replacing your PC2100 stick with a PC3200 one in your system. Or, if you're still using a 266MHz FSB (133MHz actual), consider getting PC2100 versions of both of your sticks of memory.
 
Sounds like you might have a problem with your gfx card. If your computer locks up and then starts working after a while, the problem is probably not in the motherboard/cpu or memory since it usually results in a total system crash. At least my nvidia when overclocked with the fan switch set to slow, sometimes freezes the image with the sounds going in a loop and soon continues on as if nothing happened.
 
You may want to look at software and what stuff you have running. Various programs that have an access pattern of every 30 seconds or a few minutes can cause this sort of goofyness..... so i'd run yourself through some virus checking and spyware checking.....
 
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