Messages in this thread |  | | From | "J. Dow" <> | Subject | Re: Athlon/K7-Opimisation problems | Date | Sun, 9 Sep 2001 15:49:46 -0700 |
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From: "Nicholas Knight" <tegeran@home.com>
> > What about the power supply. If it is at all marginal the power > > consumption boost going to 1.4G is likely a killer. > > Well, he didn't mention the amperage outputs, but he said 431W Enermax, > from what I hear Enermax PSU's are good. > I still have trouble dealing with the idea that the optimizations cause > power consumption like this, but then, I have trouble with my own idea > that it causes sufficient heat increase in the chipset that soon after > boot. > > Do most people that experience this problem also experience after a > cold-boot where the system had been off for at least 10-15 minutes? And > has ANYONE sucsesfully cured this problem by changing power supplies?
Don't forget that there are two regulators involved. First there is the primary power supply's regulator down to either 3.3 or 5 volts. Then there is the motherboard regulator down to the 1.7 volt range. If THAT one is not up to handling the required oompf during certain CPU loads that is a sure way to glitch the machine.
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