On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 14:33 -0400, kas wrote: > On Sat, 2005-06-11 at 02:05 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 23:06 -0500, Dave A. Marquis wrote: > > > Sounds like a dieing cmos battery to me..... > > > > It's a CR2032 which seems fairly cheap - I'll try that first. > > I hope that's it. > > > BIOS has determined that your system won't run properly at the full > rated front side bus of the processor and has throttled it down to 100 > mhz rather than the desired 166 mhz. Possible reasons for this > happening: > > 1. CPU is running hot, probably because the heat sink/fan is covered in > cruft. Clean throughly. Removal for cleaning is *not* recommended > unless you are experienced as you can kill an Athlon in less that 10 > secs if the HSF isn't reinstalled properly. Look to the net for > instructions if you feel removal necessary. Cleaned (removed fan and cleaned out dust etc. in heat sink and on fan) > 1a. CPU is running hot because the heat transfer compound or phase > change gook between the CPU and HSF has gotten old and is acting more > like an insulator. Athlons don't have a heat spreader so a good thermal > interface from the chip to the HSF is mandatory. I use Arctic Silver (a > small tube is practically a lifetime supply) but there are even better > things these days. Don't remove the HSF if you don't have fresh compound > on hand. AC3 is what I used when I originally built it - I think 2.5 years ago (maybe 3.5 years ago - winter before RH9) Anyway - thanks for the tips!
