Some help needed.

[Tailz]

I'm having problems with my latest upgrade, the system simply hangs during many tasks such as games or copying files, etc etc. A few people I have spoken to have suggested that the CPU I have may not be supported or reccomended for the motherboard I have.

So my question is basically, is the AMD Duron 1600+ (1.6 Ghz) compatible / recommended for use with the XFX KT600 ALX motherboard? (It has the VIA KT600 chipset and on the page for this it only says support for Athlon XP.)

I'm pretty sure that the problems I am having are hardware based because I can find no error logs and many people I have spoken to have simply said to get a newer CPU.

Thanks in advance.

[cas]

You could try disabling ACPI. Restart your pc to restart setup of window, when setup start, hit F7 (not F6, even though you might see a prompt for pressing F6) window will automatically disable ACPI and install standard pc hal. Alternatively, try swapping your existing ram with a workable one. By the way what OS are you using? You could also run chkdsk from recovery console, before you do that, you need to go into Bios and set the CD drive as your first bootable device, save and exit. Insert your window CD and restart your pc, when the "welcome to setup screen appear" press R to start the recovery console. If you are prompted to type your administrator password, do so. If not, just hit enter. At command prompt, type chkdsk /r (there's a space between k and /r) and hit enter. When chkdsk has finish running, you might be prompted to run chkdsk /f to fix certain problem.

If after trying the above and still doesn't work, download harddrive utility to test on your drive.

[Access1]

Your MB should handle an 1600+ Duron which is 1.3GHz not 1.6GHz, to make sure you need to know your MB make and then visit their website for more info or check your MB manual as it should state max CPU.

To help you better we would need ful system specs and OS along with version # of drivers installed.
Have you always had issues with this system or is it a new buit???

[Engine]

I think you answered your own question;

(It has the VIA KT600 chipset and on the page for this it only says support for Athlon XP.)

[Tailz]

Access1: It's not so much a case of handling it, it's a case of whether the cpu will work correctly. The mobo I have supports upto an Athlon XP 3200+. The Duron Chip I have is 1.6 Ghz, not overclocked. It's a relatively new chip which is why I may be having these problems, I don't know.

Engine: Yes, it says on the main VIA site, KT600 ALX page, only Athlon XP but the actually motherboard manual says it supports Athlon / -XP / Duron. Different people are telling me different things in regard to the matter and I just need another, perhaps more experienced head to help me out.

As for the system specs, they are in my sig.

[Access1]

Tailz
Yes, you seem to have one of the new ones, I did not realize they were on the market yet. AMD has moved from ther PR rating on the newer Durons, I guess in a attempt to confuse everyone.
But as I said your MB will support upto 1.3GHz Duron, you may want to check your MB makers site for a BIOs update that may fix this issue.

[danielSon]

hope not too late, here...
I am also having same problems with my new duron 1600 processor. it's crashing on the same way as said abowi in games or copying files or worse and over many soft and harware checks i came to conclusion, that my mobo, proc and ram just don't go along well.
Right now im in the middle of dillema: to change a motherboard or to change proc???

I have abit Kr7A-ride mobo.

Hope you 've bitten this problem Tailz and if so, let me know the solution.
Some guys suggested also trying to set the ram timings some other way...

what do you say???

[Imianz]

Hello,
this is my first time on viaarena forum.
Recently I have bought a Duron 1600 for my "old" Abit kt7a-raid motherboard.
Duron 1600 work fine (Athlon XP too) on this motherboard and I don't understand why Abit does not support it officially.

[Access1]

I don't understand why Abit does not support it officially.

Because these CPU's will not work on all KT7A, it is a 50/50 chance and you are just lucky to have it running without any problems.

Secondly it is just a waste of the CPU, these newe AMD CPU were designed for DDR to elimanate the bottle neck that the older CPU and subsystem had. Using the newer AMD CPU's is like dropping a blown 350 and then putting a single barrel carb on it.
Yes, the new CPU's will improve overall system performance compared to a 1.4TB but to get the full performance you need DDR and the improved bus system of the newer MB.

[Imianz]

Ok Access1,
I can understand... but if someone want speed up his system without spend much money this is a good solution.
Abit, that time, has forced to me to believe that in order to upgrade mine cpu I had by force to throw my kt7a motherboard.