Having just built my e6300/2gbGeil/x1900xt, I put my old sytem upstairs for the kids to use. Here is the spec:
XP-M (barton) 2500@3200 (2.2ghz)
MSI K7N-2 Delta 2 platinum
1.5gb generic PC3200 (3x512 sticks)
9800 pro (stock speeds)
200gb Samsung IDE hd
LG DVD/RW drive
Untill recently this sytem was very stable, but over the last few weeks it has got progressivley worse. It started with random crashes/lockups/reboots in games, which then became more and more frequent. Then it would just lockup or reboot when just using windows, surfing etc.
I took the XP-M back to stock, but it didn't make any difference. I then suspected the ram, so tried one stick at a time. Sure enough, 2 of the sticks refused to boot atall, and one of them boots but is incredibly unstable. What's worse, the system won't even boot into windows now, I just get a 'I/O read error' message after the post.
Is it likely that all 3 sticks are dead, or is it likely to be the mobo?
XP-M (barton) 2500@3200 (2.2ghz)
MSI K7N-2 Delta 2 platinum
1.5gb generic PC3200 (3x512 sticks)
9800 pro (stock speeds)
200gb Samsung IDE hd
LG DVD/RW drive
Untill recently this sytem was very stable, but over the last few weeks it has got progressivley worse. It started with random crashes/lockups/reboots in games, which then became more and more frequent. Then it would just lockup or reboot when just using windows, surfing etc.
I took the XP-M back to stock, but it didn't make any difference. I then suspected the ram, so tried one stick at a time. Sure enough, 2 of the sticks refused to boot atall, and one of them boots but is incredibly unstable. What's worse, the system won't even boot into windows now, I just get a 'I/O read error' message after the post.
Is it likely that all 3 sticks are dead, or is it likely to be the mobo?
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