SOYO SY-P4X400 quick start Stability Issue, Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,veryunstable

SY-P4X400 DRAGON Lite Quick Start Guide

CMOS).

4.MakesurethepowersupplyyouhaveonyoursystemsupporttheM/Bspecification. Example.IfyouhaveaP4M/B,youneedtouseaP4powersupply.

5.Ifyoualreadycheckedthepowersupplyspecification,changethepowersupplyitmightbe defective.Theminimumis250watts.

WhenIbootupmysystem,everythingworksfine,itseesmyCPUandmemory, detectsmyharddrive,floppydriveandCD-ROMbutlocksupat"VerifyDMIpool data...".Don'tgoanyfurther.WhatshouldIdo?

1.ClearCMOSbattery.(JP5connector,seeQuickstartguideformoreinfoonhowtoclearthe CMOS).

2.Ifstillhastheproblem,removeallotheradd-oncardsexceptvideocardseeifitmovefurther. Thenputperipheralsinonebyonetoidentifywhichonecausethelockup.

3.ChangetheCPU.

DuringBoot-up,mycomputersaysCMOS memoryChecksumerror.Whatisthe problem?

1.ClearCMOSmemory.

2.Re-flashBIOS.CheckonhowtoflashBIOSonthelaterpartofthisbook.

3.ChangetheCMOSbattery,thebatterymightbedrained.

4.TheBIOSchipmightbefailing.

Stability Issue

Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,veryunstable

1.ChecktheCPUTemp,itmightbeoverheating.ChangetheCPUFAN.

2.DonotoverclockyourCPU

3.Checkthespecificationofthememorymodule,maybetheM/Bdonotsupportit.

4.Go to BIOS setup and load fail safe settings. Please check if the system performance in the BIOSsetupissettoTurbo/Maximum.

5.CheckwebsiteforlatestBIOSupdate.

6.CheckwebsiteforFAQ’sregardinginstabilityissue.

7.ChangethememorymoduleorCPU.

8.The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals. If your systemhasotherperipheralsconnected,likeCD-RW,extraHDD,etc.disconnectthem.

9.InstallVIA 4in1driver.

Mysystemintermittentlylocksup,duringWindowsinstallation.

1.GotoBIOSandload“loadoptimizeddefault”.

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