These boards are VERY Particular about the ram you use. But... what I have
found useful with these, is to cut back on the video accelleration to see if
it helps Right click My Computer, select properties, then select the
performance tab. Next select graphics. From here, you can change the
acceleration to NONE. If this works, then kick it up a notch at a time,
until the system becomes unstable, then back it off. If this does not work,
then new memory may be the only option! Also check that the Video is indeed
the 540 chipset. Some were shipped with drivers that would overclock the
video chips to the point of instability, and using the drivers for the 530
would help!

Good Luck,

Steve w..........


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frazier, Paul E ET2 (FFVC)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:53 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Ram trouble


> Hello
>
> I have recently assembled a k6 system and I find that I have an at least
> partly bad dimm.
>
> specifically, I have:
> amptron 599lmr mother board
> 32 mg pc 100 generic dimm (I know I was asking for trouble)
> 40x cd
> Iomega cdrw
> k6-2 350
> s3 s540 32mg video card (w/ updated bios)
> 19.2 kb generic modem (backup for the integrated modem)
> win95b
>
> The system locks up at random times. It may go an hour, it may not.
> My actions software wise don't seem to matter much....
>
> So I think that this is a memory problem.
>
> My question is ...
>
> Is there a good (hopefully cheap) piece of software that I can use to id
and
> circumvent the bad ram area's with?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Paul Frazier
>
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