Reply 20 of 24, by Amigaz
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wrote:Hmmm...the PSU being used in this system is a new one, though. About 3 months old. Still, I can't rule out a defect. I'll try ch […]
Hmmm...the PSU being used in this system is a new one, though. About 3 months old. Still, I can't rule out a defect. I'll try changing it some time.
I've tried with different RAM sticks - both PC-100 and PC-133. Same result.
EDIT: For all these trials, I use only single-module PC-133 256 RAM and PC-100 128MB RAM.
IDE cable? Haven't thought of that. Should try that one too.
UPDATE:
Taking a cue from my main system*, I tried beating around another bush :
DOWNGRADED the BIOS - about 5 releases backwards.
And guess what - I had left Little Big Adventure running for about 20 mins, and.............. no more lock-ups!! Even at the bus speed of 133MHz!!
My hybrid system in discussion :
The top drive is a Teac CD-56E 6x CD-ROM. For quiet and continuous uninterrupted DOS gaming. Unlike the newer faster drives where you have to wait for the spin-up and have to put up with the noise too.
The lower one is a newer Lite-on DVD+RW used for installation, archiving copying etc.I forgot to mention that in addition to the LAPC-I, I also have a Audigy - for digital-only music in Win2k and WinME. Games like Escape from Monkey Island, Revenant, System Shock 2 etc. use only the optical audio out from the Audigy drive.
[* - My main system - ASUS Striker II Formula's BIOS had to be downgraded several revisions back to maintain the concurrent 1333MHz bus speed and the 1066MHz of the DDR2 Ram (Kingston HyperX PC-8500 sticks). Otherwise I had to increase the bus speed to get the DDR2 up running at 1066MHz, which in turn makes the system unstable.]
That Lapc-i must be hanging and bending without any support? 😉
hmm...seems like you have the same BIOS/Ram speed probs as I have on my main rig...my Corsair Dominator RAM refuse to run at 1066mhz after a BIOS upgrade...
Don't want to downgrade the BIOS since I wanna buy the new 6 core AMD cpu for my mobo
My retro computer stuff: https://lychee.jjserver.net/#16136303902327