On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 03:23:12PM -0700, Mike Bresnahan wrote:
> It has a clean install of Windows 98 on it currently.  It locks up
> unpredictably, but within 5 minutes or so of using the GUI.  If I just let
> it sit, maybe copy files to it across the network, then its fine.

AGP on Super7 is hit-or-miss-or-miss-or-miss...

> I've had a history of stability problems with this box.  I built it from
> parts 2-3 years ago and it has been a constant source of headaches.  With a
> Diamond Viper v770 card in it, it rebooted spontanesously every so often -
> several times a day.  The reboots grew more frequent as the ambient
> temperature rose.  I read on the net that my motherboard, Asus P5-A, had
> some serious problems with the Diamond Viper v770.  Someone theorized that
> the V770 drew too much power.  I dropped a Voodoo5, which has its own power
> supply, in it and it became a lot more stable - no more spontaneous reboots,
> but still a very flakey Win98 box.  Most recently, I put a ATI Rage 128 Pro
> and at the same time clean installed Win98 on it.  Now it's in the worse
> shape ever. LOL

ATI on Windows sucks terribly. At least on Super 7.

florin

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