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Posted by Mark on June 4, 2007, 4:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options Do you have a reference to that article? >I have an E-6600 in an EVGA board. I built it last month and had
>the same problem. They came out with a BIOS flash that contained a fix for >it. It's been working fine ever since. So, check for a BIOS update. I have already updated to the latest BIOS. >I also
>had a similar problem with a machine that didn't have the whole hard drive >formatted. Windows installation only did the first 120 something of a 200 >gig drive and left the rest of it twisting in the wind. I didn't notice it >for a week or so and then created another partition and formatted it. That >fixed that problem. Annoying, isn't it. Good luck I hadn't heard this could cause problems. I though unpartitioned space was just ignored by XP. Thanks for the response anyway. M | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Greg T on June 4, 2007, 10:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options motherboard or case and some other component. Greg T > On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:15:10 -0700, "Forrest"
> >>I read that the Intel E-6000 series CPUs have a problem that causes
>>freeze-ups. >
> Do you have a reference to that article? > >>I have an E-6600 in an EVGA board. I built it last month and had
>>the same problem. They came out with a BIOS flash that contained a fix for >>it. It's been working fine ever since. So, check for a BIOS update. >
> I have already updated to the latest BIOS. > >>I also
>>had a similar problem with a machine that didn't have the whole hard drive >>formatted. Windows installation only did the first 120 something of a 200 >>gig drive and left the rest of it twisting in the wind. I didn't notice it >>for a week or so and then created another partition and formatted it. That >>fixed that problem. Annoying, isn't it. Good luck >
> I hadn't heard this could cause problems. I though unpartitioned > space was just ignored by XP. > > Thanks for the response anyway. > > M > | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Forrest on June 5, 2007, 5:21 pm
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> On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:15:10 -0700, "Forrest"
> >>I read that the Intel E-6000 series CPUs have a problem that causes
>>freeze-ups. >
> Do you have a reference to that article? > >>I have an E-6600 in an EVGA board. I built it last month and had
>>the same problem. They came out with a BIOS flash that contained a fix for >>it. It's been working fine ever since. So, check for a BIOS update. >
> I have already updated to the latest BIOS. > >>I also
>>had a similar problem with a machine that didn't have the whole hard drive >>formatted. Windows installation only did the first 120 something of a 200 >>gig drive and left the rest of it twisting in the wind. I didn't notice it >>for a week or so and then created another partition and formatted it. That >>fixed that problem. Annoying, isn't it. Good luck >
Here ya go. Took a while to find it but this link talks about the problem
> I hadn't heard this could cause problems. I though unpartitioned > space was just ignored by XP. > > Thanks for the response anyway. > > M > with the E-6000 series Core 2 Duo CPUs and others. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01020735&dimid=908755463&dicid=alr_apr07&jumpid=em_alerts/us/apr07/all/xbu/emailsubid/mrm/mcc/loc/rbu_category/alerts | ||||||||||||||||
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>freeze-ups.