First post, by RobDos
I have a P3 500 system that's proving to be unstable.
Not sure if it's the ISA sound card w/o -5v but this is what happens
1. System can run for days, no issue
2. Memtest86_+ passes, will leave run
3. CPU HSF hot to touch, like I wouldn't get into water that hot but I'm not burning myself.
4. Voodoo / Radeon also similar
5. Using SATA to IDE with SSD, does not appear to be disk related
6. Voltages in Spec
7. 512MB RAM is actually 1GB, but board only recognizes one side of the memory chips, PC100
The instability appears not to be consistent.
For example : Played doom for about an hour, no issues, launched ultima underworld and it crashes.
Rand 3D mark 2001 in a loop for a while, no issues.
It's been about about 20 years since I worked with hardware of this vintage, but I do not recall it being this buggy.
Suggestions?
P3 Slot 1 - 512MB PC100 - 128GB SSD - RADEON 9200 SE , SB Awe64 ISA - GOTEK MOD