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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Per Jessen wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
>
> > Last week I put together a new system:
> >
> > Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5  (BIOS F3 which includes the AMD patch).
> > AMD Phenom 2.2GHz  (quad-core)
> > 4 x 1Gb Kingston KVR800D2N5/1G  (on Gigabytes approved list).
> > ATI Radeon X1650 graphics.
> > 2 x Hitachi SATA disks.
> > The usual stuff - DVD, CDRW, floppy.
> [snip]
> > Well, this system is highly unstable under high load.  If I start 4 x
> > mprime torture tests, it will automatically reboot in 30-40minutes.
>
> To you who've been offering advice on this matter, here's the interim
> status:
>
> As suggested, I upgraded the powersupply from the meagre 350W to 850W. 
> Almost certainly overkill, but I didn't really want to play around with
> this for a long time, so I decided go for safe.
> Very nice powersupply too - Toughpower from Thermaltake.  Well,
> unfortunately it didn't do much good - the system remains unstable at
> high load.  In the meantime I have also raised the issue with Gigabyte,
> who have in fact been quite responsive.  They sent me a beta-BIOS
> version to try out, which really got my hopes up.  Didn't change
> anything though - system remains unstable at high load.
>
> I feel pretty certain that this is a Gigabyte issue, hopefully they'll
> come up with an answer.  After all, the problem is 100% reproducable. 

The next place I would look is thermal instability.

What sort of temperatures are your CPU and North-bridge
running at?


Try better heat sinks, or fluid-cooling.
Improving air circulation in the case never hurts either.
(and a couple large diameter fans  running at low speed
are much quieter than small diameter fans running at
high speed)


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