K6-II-550 Owners who have had problems.....

[DoctorFoxx]

I bought a k62-550 to fill a hole in an extra Mobo I had ( Asus p5a with SOUND) I know...I know...

Anyways this thing runs hot. NT4 or 2000 wont install only win98 which is a bogus installation. The power LED blinks, I put a GORB on it to try to cool it off any it crashes. GEEZ...! I checked all my settings m etc.

If anyone has had one of these things, any suggestion is welcome.

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[rangeral]

dunno if you have b or vm take a look here you may need a flash all i see is for a 500.
http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/bios_socket7.html#p5a-vm

[AMDnut]

Are you sure it is because of heat? That may be a stupid question and I'm not trying to offend you, but how are you sure it's heat? Does your BIOS give you a reading? If so, what is it?
Try bumping the voltage to 2.4v to try for added stability. It may help, even thought this seems like a heat problem. My 550@600 acted funny, like it was overheating during games, but I bumped the voltage from 2.5v to 2.6v and everything straightened up.
Also, do you have any case fans? You should have a couple. At least one for intake and one for exhaust. My 550 is currently at 600mhz using 2.6v and being cooled by a GlobalWin FEP32 sink/fan. I've also used an ALPHA and GlobalWin FKP32 sink on the same set up with no problems. I don't know anyone using the Gorbs on ss7, so I'm not sure how they perform.
Hope this helps a little!

[DoctorFoxx]

Am I the first to put a GORB on a SS7 ???
Too Funny http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/tongue.gif

Ok I'll try the voltage thing, your going to think I'm insane but the BIOS says 79deg Celcius. I thought that was stupid but the F**Kin' thing is worse and I've added two fans, 1 in, 1 out. The things been stupid since I got it.

Do you think its possible for this thing to be OC'd and re-stamped ??? I know, thats mental but I've never seen anything like it.

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[WhiteShadow6]

There has got to be someting wrong with that CPU?!?!!?!?!? 79 Celcius!!!! shouldn't be more than 40!

See if you can get your money back/exchange CPU for another K6-2 550.

[This message has been edited by WhiteShadow6 (edited 08-12-2000).]

[DoctorFoxx]

Yeah thats what I thought...I want to be sure though...its kinda funny, I'm waiting for it to explode !!!

I rebuilt the entire unit. Its booting and ME is going on. I redid the heatsink and I know there's a controversy, but I packed on the HeatSink Grease. What an insane temp though eh???


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