System randomly restarts while installing programs....

[3991vhtes]

I was trying to install LibertyBASIC Gold License Edition on my new legacy build, and when it was about 71% done installing, my system reboots. Here's the spec:

Mobo- PCChips M585LMR Socket 7 Motherboard
CPU- AMD K6-2 @ 525MHz (95*5.5)
RAM- 448MB SDRAM
DIMM0 - Infineon PC133 256MB
DIMM1 - Kingston ValueRAM PC133 128MB
DIMM2 - Infineon PC100 64MB
*don't know if these really matter
HDD- 10GB Maxtor EIDE 5,400RPM
Graphics- MGA Matrox 2MB PCI

Thanks

 

[hat]

Probably all that mixed ram not liking that OC... unstable...

 

[3991vhtes]

Even +25MHz can make it unstable?! wow.

 

[panchoman]

with timings that are too tight, even 25mhz can screw you over, try messing with ram using memtest and make sure it passes, also check your system with orthos & amd overdrive.

 

[3991vhtes]

What exactly is orthos, and AMD overdrive?

 

[panchoman]

they are used for stability testing, amd overdrive can be downloaded from tpu, it has some great stablity tests, both orthos & amd overdrive give me the same exact message and problem when i have instability only amd overdrive checks for some other things that orthos misses.

 

[3991vhtes]

if it puts the CPU under a load for a little bit, forget it. This puppy gets HOT.

does the fact that there's no L2 cache impact anything?

BTW, RAM timings are set at "Turbo" in bios.

 

[panchoman]

hmm thats where the problem is, the turbo setting needs to be changed. and if you cant run your cpu confortably at full load then i suggest you drop the voltage and clocks.

 

[3991vhtes]

Won't post under 2.2Vcore

I'm going to change ram timings to 10ns, then 8ns, and see what one is more stable.