G'day All,

My machine -

Athlon XP 3200+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
1Gb Samsung DDR400 RAM
200Gb SATA Seagate HDD with Win98SE/ WinXP/Fedora Core 1/Mandrake 10.0 partitions
WinFast FX5600 video card
Viewsonic G90f+ 19" monitor

My Problem - When I boot Mandrake Official 10.0 with the puter set with a FSB of 200MHz, the boot sequence usually freezes just as the boot text messages are finished and just before the graphical boot screen comes up.

If I run the FSB at 100 or 133MHz I have no problems whatsoever. Fedora Core 1 installed and boots no probs. Ditto with Win98SE and XP.

When I was trying to install Mandrake (from CD) at 200MHz, it would always freeze at different spots. Only when I dropped the FSB to 100MHz could I install it.

Anyone know whats going on with and how I can get Mandrake to boot with the FSB at 200MHz. Its a pain having to dive into the BIOS just to run mandrake, despite being a great OS?

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions!!

Regards,

Davo esq "the puzzled"

SATA Drives? That's where I'd be looking... to make sure you have the right driver for that... I know they have been kinda experimental...

Cheers,

Gary

hi

also have the same prob except only happens when i overclock.

Try this:

Firstly check your RAM timings are set correctly.
Check your BIOS for settings set to TURBO and change to normal

This should fix this prob.

your PC doesn't always freeze at the same location this is most likely due to RAM.

Not being able to install due to TURBO Mode. (ps this changes the ram timings to make the PC faster)

G'day snoopyswiss,

Looks like you were sort of on the right track. Looks like my RAM was bad. I ran Memtest86 and everytime I did it picked up errors. I took the RAM back and got it replaced. Ram memtest86 again and no errors. Booted up Mandrake and it seems to work OK, so far.

Bloody RAM appears to have been the problem!!

Regards,
DAvo esq

hey!!

Great to hear..

Well have fun with mandrake.