Re: Continuous beeping and Machine_check_exception STOP:A 0X000000

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GA-K8N51GMF-9 nVidia GeForce 6100/nForce 430
Socket 939/ Micro ATX/ PCI-E*16 DDR400 Dual CH/HD Audio/1394 etc.

"SC Tom" wrote:

Ah, you left the "-9" off your original listing of the MB number. That makes
a lot of difference :-)

SC Tom

"Terry" <Terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is from the manual and as you can see it shows that the chip IS
supported:
GA-K8N51GMF-9 Motherboard - 10 -
English
CPU 􀂊 Socket 939 for AMD SempronTM / AthlonTM 64 / AthlonTM 64 FX /
AthlonTM 64 X2 Dual-Core processor (K8)
􀂊 2000MT/s system bus
􀂊 Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster
Chipset 􀂊 Northbridge: nVIDIA® GeForce 6100
􀂊 Southbridge: nVIDIA® nForce 430
􀂊 Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems
Memory 􀂊 4 DDR DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory) (Note 1)
􀂊 Supports dual channel DDR 400/333/266/200 DIMM
Slots 􀂊 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
􀂊 1 PCI Express x 1 slot
􀂊 2 PCI slots
IDE Connections 􀂊 2 IDE connection (UDMA 33/ATA 66/ATA 100/ATA 133),
allows
connection
of 4 IDE devices
􀂊 Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems
FDD Connections 􀂊 1 FDD connection, allows connection of 1 FDD device
Onboard SATA 􀂊 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports from nVIDIA® nForce 430 controller
3Gb/s 􀂊 Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems
Peripherals 􀂊 1 parallel port supporting Normal/EPP/ECP mode
􀂊 1 VGA port, onboard COMA connection
􀂊 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (rear x 4, front x 4 via cable)
􀂊 2 IEEE1394 ports (rear x 1, front x1 via cable)
􀂊 1 front audio connector
􀂊 1 PS/2 keyboard port
􀂊 1 PS/2 mouse port
Onboard VGA 􀂊 Built-in nVIDIA® GeForce 6100 Chipset
Onboard LAN 􀂊 VITESSE 8201 phy (10/100/1000Mbit)
􀂊 1 RJ45 port
􀂊 Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems
Onboard Audio 􀂊 ALC880 CODEC
􀂊 High Definition Audio
􀂊 Supports 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 channel audio
􀂊 Supports Line In ; Line Out (Front Speaker Out) ; MIC ; Surround
Speaker
Out (Rear Speaker Out) ; Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out ; Side Speaker
Out connection
􀂊 SPDIF In/Out connection
􀂊 CD In connection
􀂊 Supported on the Win 2000/XP operating systems

"SC Tom" wrote:

According to the manual for that board, it supports the AMD 64, but not
the
AMD 64x2. Hence your problem.

SC Tom

"Terry" <Terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for the help. The mobo is a Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF. I did check
the
compatability prior to ordering the cpu. I also flashed the bios to the
latest version . . .in this case F8. I did reinstall the old cpu and
the
memory prior to starting all this when the beeping occurred at first
installation. It worked fine and was stable. I don't know now if it
would
work because one of the steps I have taken is to upgrade the cpu
drivers
from
single to dual core and from what I have read it is easier to go from
single
to dual than to go backward. One other point that could help this
diagnosis
is that although the device manager shows two processors, the task
manager
is
only showing one cpu graph.

Again, thanks for the response. I will try running the memtest and get
back
to you. I will also try to make and boot the Linux CD but I am not at
all
familiar so it makes me shudder LOL.

"Paul" wrote:

Terry wrote:
I installed a new cpu in my amd athlon socket 939 computer that runs
xp
home
edition. The old chip was a amd 3200+ and the new chip is a 4400
64x2.
When I
couldn't get the ram to work in slots 1 and 2 due to continuous
beeping, I
moved to slots 3 & 4. Everything works now but I am getting the blue
screen
of death a couple of time a day. The error code is as follows:
Machine_check_exception STOP:A 0X0000009C
(0X00000004,0X8054e5f0f,0XB2000000,0X00070F0F). The event viewer
shows
no
errors in security, system, or internet explorer, but does show 2
identical
errors in application, both occuring at the same time and as
follows:
crypt32
event 8.Source: Crypt32. This is further identified as follows:
Failed
auto
update retrieval of third-party root list sequence number from:
http//www.download.windowsupdate.dom/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootseq.txt>
with error: This specified server cannot perform the requested
operation. No
further info is available by going to the web site. I tried to do a
windows
xp repair but I can't get the system to boot from anything but the
hard
drive. I have tried resetting the bios and hitting f12 while
booting.
(this
gives me the boot selection screen but I lock up and can't change
anything.)
I have tried to reset the COMOS and I have flashed the bios but
nothing
seems
to help. After trying two different sets of 512 memory in slots 1 &
2,
both
of which caused the beeping, I just tried putting 2 256 ram sticks
into
slots 1 and 2 and they work. DANG! Do I need to go buy an Apple?

Could you give the motherboard make and exact model number ?

Or, if this is a Dell/HP/Acer/Gateway, the complete make and model of
the
computer ?

Also, the processors have "steppings", and 4400+ may not be a
sufficient
identifier of the exact processor. These are two examples I can find,
and these are virtually identical (save for power consumed).

AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 4400+ E6 (110 watts)
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=69

AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 4400+ E6 (89 watts)
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=70

In this example for an Asus motherboard (A8N32-SLI Deluxe), two
different
BIOS releases are the minimum versions to run the two example
processors.
Any BIOS later than 0703, would handle either of them.

http://support.asus.com.tw/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=A8N32-SLI%20Deluxe

Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ revE6(110W Socket939) ALL 0703
Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ revE6(89W Socket939) ALL 0502

Before purchasing the new processor, did you check what processors the
BIOS supports ? Some motherboards and their BIOS, add support as time
goes by, for newer processors. But in some cases, while the socket
may be compatible, the processor still won't work. (Some companies
making S754 boards, for example, didn't add support for the last
processors AMD introduced for that socket. Too lazy...)

Before installing or using any high level OS, you should test the
computer
for integrity with things like memtest86+ from memtest.org . That does
a basic test, that the memory is stable. You should not boot another
OS
(at least on a hard drive, where the data can be corrupted), until
the memory is error free.

A second test for a computer which has had a major modification, is
to boot a Linux LiveCD, such as Knoppix or Ubuntu, then run a copy
of Prime95 from mersenne.org . That is a combined CPU and memory
tester, and is a more stressful test than memtest86+ is. The Linux
LiveCD cannot be corrupted, since it is read only. A LiveCD does
not need to be installed on the hard disk. For example, I boot
my Knoppix CD all the time, for maintenance purposes, and by
default, it runs all the disk mounts read-only. You have to
make an extra effort, if you need to write to a disk. So testing
with such an environment, is a more benign way, than booting
Windows only to discover your install is corrupted by your
new hardware. The working directory in that environment (where
you might download the mersenne.org test program), is a ramdisk.

Since the processor is rather old by modern standards, it
could have been abused by a previous owner. There are things
like "electromigration", where a processor, if overclocked and
overvolted, can no longer even run properly at stock speed. At
least one guy on an enthusiast site, had no qualms about
selling his damaged processors, to people on Ebay.

You should return to a "known baseline system". Put your old
processor back in the system, the old working RAM, and retest.
Is the system stable ? Does it act goofy ? Does the problem
continue to dog the system, when the new 4400+ dual is installed ?

Paul





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