K7VZA and XP2000=

"Rusty" <rustyshacleford.RemoveThis@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:JZGcb.4373$PT3.577277@news20.bellglobal.com...
 > I'd also like to add that on occasion, at boot up, the machine doesn't
even
 > post, I have to re-boot. After 2 or 3 times, it boots normally.
Bothersome,
 > eh?
 >
 > RS
 >
 > Rusty wrote:
  > > I'm running an ECS K7VZA ver3 mobo w/ 37 bios (latest one), XP2000+
  > > chip, Hercules 4500 Kyro2 64 meg card, 1 stick 512 M of Kingston ram,
  > > Maxtor 40g 7,200 rpm drive, Enermax 350 watt PS, latest drivers on
  > > everything and...I'm freezing up. I upgraded the PS and chip last
  > > weekend from an AMD 1g and a 300 watt PS, and it's been re-boot
  > > central over here since then. It can happen during any program; mail,
  > > IE6, Wolfenstein, whatever. Before the upgrade, I was stable and
  > > crashed maybe every 7 or 8 weeks if that, but now, it's every 20
  > > minutes or less. Can anyone shed some light on why this might be
  > > happening, and what I could do about it?
  > >
  > > thanks
  > >
  > > RS
  > >
  > > PS, I also posted this in the alt.homebuilt NG, hope no-one minds TOO
  > > much...
 >
I hate to say this Rusty but I had exactly your problem and it took me
almost a year on and off to solve it. I was running a very similar system to
yours and it always locked up. I tried replacing virtually every component,
driver and BIOS without success. In the end, I gave up and bought a K7S5A
board and rebuilt the machine with all the same components. Guess what? The
same thing happened! I began to suspect the PSU, a supposedly high quality
350w Antec. I replaced the power supply with a Q TEC 550w and the problems
were immediately solved. I have since rebuilt the K7VZA machine and it is
running faultlessly. So my advice is to try a big PSU and I mean big! Good
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