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Memory game and power trip

Sandip Karmakar: My configuration is AMD Athlon 2400XP+ processor, Asrock K7VM2 motherboard and 256 MB DDR RAM. From the day of purchase, my Unitron UPS isn?t working properly. When the power supply is disconnected, my computer trips and restarts, which results in improper shutdown. I informed the UPS manufacturer and they replaced my set. But the problem persists. Now, the UPS manufacturers are saying that my BIOS setting is incorrect. I have not found any relevant option in the BIOS except ?Over Vcore Voltage?, which is disabled. Will enabling it solve the problem?

TechTalk: There isn?t any relevant BIOS setting that can solve your problem. The UPS seems to be faulty. Assuming you have a generic 17? monitor, a single hard-drive and a single CDROM/DVD-ROM drive with the rest of the configuration provided, your system consumes close to 400W or 560VA (Voltamps) of power without a printer or other power-consuming equipment connected to the UPS. Check it with a good UPS of 600VA rating.

 

Swarnava Seal: I have an Intel Pentium IV processor, 256 MB RAM and Windows 98 and Windows XP. While playing some games, I got an alert that the temperature in System Zone 2 of the CPU had risen.

TechTalk: To play latest games like Doom 3 or Half Life 2, you need high-end graphics cards that have their own faster graphics memory (VRAM) and separate graphics data processing unit (GPU). You need not worry about the temperature warning as long as there is no crash. System Zone 2 refers to the area where the system RAM is located. Intel Active Monitor sends the alert because the warning temperature has been set too low for your system.


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