Author: Garry Evans
Date: 21:56:46 12/03/00
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On December 03, 2000 at 23:32:54, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On December 03, 2000 at 23:02:52, Garry Evans wrote: > >> >>I just upgraded to a athlon 850. Fortunately I did not have to get a new >>motherboard only the chip. Suddenly I am getting error messages with all of my >>programs. For instance when i run Fritz, the program crashes after a few >>minutes. I get a message which reads "Fritz6 has caused an error in MFC42dll >>fritz6 will now close. If you continue to experence problems try restarting your >>computer"..... Unfortunately when i heed the computers advice and restart the >>problem just starts all over again. Rebel Century does the same thing and >>schredder gives me a message which says "comment has caused an error in >>comment.exe comment will now close, if you continue experienceing problems >>restart your computer. >> >> >>Does anyone have any ideal what the problem is?? When I had the Athlon 550 I had >>none of these problems > >Is it a socket or slot version? What are you doing to keep the chip cool? You >need to have a good cpu fan and install it properly with thermal grease. Another >possible problem is athlons have some sensitivity to the power supply. I have this super fan, it has three fans blowing in one unit. Not sure what type of athlon it is. I know it is the old kind, because I have to specially order it, they don't sell them anymore at computer masters and other retailers.
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