I'm sure you're all waiting on the edge of your seats wondering what is going on with my computer.
Well, I had Lars come over to see if he could fix it. He's a geeky (takes one to know one, I know) kinda guy, and he didn't realize it, but he figured it out. When my computer would boot up, it would sometimes say, "system failure due to _________" I had no idea what _________ was, but it was clear as a bell when he was here. It was due to "overclocking." Well, I have NEVER overclocked the computer (wouldn't even know how). In fact, my bios won't let me run the chip (AMD XP 2400+) faster than the 2000Mhz it's supposed to. So I slowed it down to 1500Hz, and things run great. Still haven't found my old email, but at least my computer now will boot on the first try.
I guess I'm going to try and buy a new chip, although they are becoming rare (wait, it's only 3 years old!
), and so their price is actually going up a little. Guess I'll call Tranmicro in the am and see what their prices run. Otherwise I think I'll just run this at 1500Hz and do a complete overhaul in the next year or so.
