Amd 6400+ Black Edition

[Rabbi3]

I recently just built a PC around late November early December and have had no real problems with the computer for the first couple of months. The first couple of months went fine then this error started appearing 'A Clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the
allocated time interval' i then got in touch with overclockers support team as this error was unbearable and they said to send the motherboard back which they found the mobo faulty and replaced it with an Asus M2N32-SLi Mobo which seemed to work fine from then until now where the error keeps coming up its getting to stage where i feel like throwing it out the window!
The system setup is as follows:
Asus M2N32-SLi Motherboard
AMD 6400+ Black Edition 3.2ghz
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra 768 mb
4GB Ram
I recently ran pc probe II and it says the cpu temperature as a problem i also checked it in the bios and it seems to be starting uo at 70 degrees + thanks rabbie.

 

[hp7909]

Check:

• Latest mobo BIOS?
• Windows up-to-date?
• If Windows XP installed the AMD X2 drivers?
• Is error a BSOD or just standard pop-up?

 

[Rabbi3]

no bios is on the standard from when i got the mobo
yes im using windows vista ultimate should have mentioned this
its a bsod m8 thats coming up

 

[gareth170]

i get this bsod 'A Clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval' if i overclock to high, in fact i got it also with my first 9850 at stock so i had to rma it then when i get my replacemeant everything was/is fine.
it's nothing to do with the motherboard really. i don't know why overclockers said your motherboard was faulty. it's more to do with the cpu.

u could try updateing the bios.

also 70c is too high for your cpu.. if the temp is really 70c then maybe the cpu is damaged

 

[Rabbi3]

so do you think it is the processor and if it is should i ring up and get it on rma?

 

[gareth170]

so do you think it is the processor and if it is should i ring up and get it on rma?

yes.. 9 out of 10 it is the processor with that bsod.

but u could first try update the bios but tbh i don't think that will make a different..

is it at stock??

 

[Rabbi3]

yes the processors at stock

 

[hp7909]

no bios is on the standard from when i got the mobo

According to Asus's CPU Support List (here), your mobo started supporting the 6400+ from BIOS revision 1201. If running that or later, then maybe problem elsewhere. Nevertheless update to latest (2101) just to rule out that its not a BIOS issue.

EDIT: BIOS updates here.

 

[BigBruiserAl]

I have read a fair bit updating the bios it recomended that yeah run 1201 bios on the AMD 6000 & 6400 my 6000 is running load temps of 48c @3.4Ghz on air so 70c at stock is mad mate

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

70 degrees... :| Bit toasty there, the cooler definately mounted correctly? If a bios update doesn't resolve it and the temps can't be brought down then it's time for the CPU to go.

 

[Rabbi3]

returned the processor and was found faulty waiting on my replacement thanks a lot for all the help

 

[Bleek]

Just for reference and as others have said, that temperature is far too high. My heavily clocked Athlon runs late 30's idle and barely hits 50'c at full load.

 

[braveheart]

I used X2 6400+ in Gigabyte M590SLI-S5 after I updated latest BIOS that seem prefect running - no problems at all and temp still very low as 21oC <> 35oC (sometime when AV or antispyware scanning it go up to about 41oC)... it still prefect - you may need check ASUS for latest BIOS and then try again - which heatsink do you use? I used Thermaltake Venus 12 with strong blade that still excellent cooling (slighty weight but it has great cooper - I used very thinner paste and then spread all the core then put heatsink on)

Im about to upgrade to AM3 when it come out in Q2 2009 or later.