This is a heat problem. I don't know any heatsink designed for K7, but you
should be able to use those designed for P3. I used a huge 3 fan heatsink for
P3, haven't tried on AMD cpu yet, but the size looks ok.

Can you return the CPU for a replacement? I think it is a faulty CPU.

Jun Qian

Dennis Thiel wrote:

> Hello Everyone.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone know where I can get a good heat
> sink/fan for the Athlon? I've been having some random lockups and blue
> screens. I'm thinking it might be heat related. Or possibly video related or
> a little of both.
>
> System particulars:
>
> Fresh install of Win98 SE.
> 128 MB PC100 SDRAM.
> ASUS V3400 TNT 16MB AGP video card w/tv inputs and outputs.
> SCSI Zip and Yamaha CD-RW drives.
> IDE CD-ROM.
> Western Digital 4.3 gig.
> Enlight Tower w/2 cooling fans.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Dennis Thiel
>
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