Duron 850, can you smoke it running a 133 FSB

[Richard Cranium]

Robin has had a real problem with her 850 Duron & Biostar M7VKS.

Putting the FSB @ 133 has resulted in a No-boot situation.

For the record, is it that easy to smoke a Duron with excessive FSB settings ?

The CPU fan will only kick and does not start up.

We need to know as much as possible as what to "Avoid" in the future..


thinking of linux but.....

[knucklebusted]

I've had a dozen SocketA processors pass through my hands in the last year and none of them have smoked. As long as a heat sink and fan is firmly attached, the possibility of it burning up quickly is pretty slim. Even if it heats up past the point of stability, it won't fry for quite a bit as the heatsink should wick away enough heat to keep it viable.

However, if the chip is cracked (which I've never done so I'm still a bit worried every time I attach a HS) there will be pretty much nothing happen.

I've got a Duron 800 running at 7*133 right now with no problems. It wouldn't boot at all at 8*133, no BIOS no nothing, very similar to what this case sounds like.

My biggest thing is cleaning the HS off, nothing but bare surface. Then I lap them shiny and apply the slightest amount of compound and test fit for a good contact patch before locking it in place. Never failed me yet!

[skuz]

My brother's 1GHz Athlon won't boot with 133. My 850 Duron does.

[robin801]

i pulled the cmos battery for about 4 hours and checked to make sure i had sat the heatsink fan right. i set all the jumpers back to default and the system powered up after 4 hours.


thanks for the help and all the information

i haven't set it back to 133.3 yet. but knowing me i will try it.


robin

[bhess]

You need to unlock that puppy first! 8.5 X 133 =1130 that is a little extreme huh? Do you have any setting between 100 and 133?
The fan not wanting to start sounds like the bios maybe. Clearing it seemed to do the trick.

[robin801]

another update. i am using my new system.

robin