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amd athlon II x4 630 help on a GA MA770 UD3 rev 2.0

cogman

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amd athlon II x4 630 help on a GA MA770 UD3 rev 2.0
« on: December 21, 2010, 08:26:33 am »
hey all, I recently purchased an Amd Athlon 630 X4. When I installed it, I tried to boot into windows but it just wouldn't work. It would get up to starting windows and would just do nothing.

things I have done:
Updated BIOS
Reinstalled OS with my dual core in then installed my quad core
Ive played around with the voltages in the BIOS but still no luck
Although I tried under clocking it by changing the multiplier in the BIOS from 14 to 12
and then reduced the voltage by 0.050. And that's the only time it boots up, and even then its not stable when I stress test it.
I tried updating my BIOS again using Q flash, for the first time I successfully managed to boot into windows with all the default settings, but as soon as I restarted the same problem but with a quick BSOD I couldn't read and then the PC restarting again. When I put my dual core everything works fine.

System specs

My dual core is an AMD athlon 64 X2 5000+
4gb ddr2 - 2 dell sticks and 2 zeppalin
Ati radeon 4870
GA mA770 ud3- rev 2.0
OCZ stealxstream 600w
Windows 7 - 64bit

Guys I will really appreciate your help  Thanks.

Re: amd athlon II x4 630 help on a GA MA770 UD3 rev 2.0
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2010, 08:33:44 am »
interesting,  ???
i doubt it it is the psu, as a 600w should easily handle that.
i would try to RMA the motherboard, it is highly unlikley that teh cpu is faulty

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Re: amd athlon II x4 630 help on a GA MA770 UD3 rev 2.0
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2010, 08:47:32 am »
Hi

First thing I would be looking at is your RAM: 4gb ddr2 - 2 dell sticks and 2 Zeppalin I would try running the PC with just the Dell or the Zeppalin not both.

Also what speed is the RAM?
You have given very little information for us to go on and it could be that you need to downclock the speed of the RAM to get stability.
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

cogman

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Re: amd athlon II x4 630 help on a GA MA770 UD3 rev 2.0
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2010, 10:20:21 am »
I have tried running the set of dell ones on there own and it still doesn't work
I have also tried running the set of zeppalin ones on their own and still does not work.

Here is an attachment of my timings from what CPU-Z see's it by, this is all the ram together.

The zeppalin ones are 800Mhz

« Last Edit: December 21, 2010, 10:22:23 am by cogman »