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    #21
    Re: Recapped mobo effecting RAM?

    Second post:

    More comment on VIA; once I get stuff ready to go in, then I'll turf my last VIA-based computer with intel at work also XP. This pc is last one to go. Then I'll have pile of VIA working boards to sell off.

    Cheers, Wizard

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      #22
      Re: Recapped mobo effecting RAM?

      I used to have a QDI Advance 3 motherboard (old Super Socket 7 board with VIA chipset) that came in with 3 bad caps. Replaced all of the 1000uf 6.3V caps on the board with Nichicon HE series caps of the same capacitance and voltage, and with 128MB of RAM installed on the board it would freeze up to the point that the cursor is stuck and the keyboard doesn't respond. Trying Windows 98 and Windows ME made no difference. I put the same RAM into another computer of the same era that used PC100/PC133 memory, and it didn't freeze there.

      Putting in 1 stick of 64MB PC100 RAM solved the freeze up problems, but putting back the 128MB PC100 RAM the freeze-up problems came back. It was a bizarre case for me, so later I gave up and scrapped that motherboard for parts.
      My gaming PC:
      AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3GHz Six-Core CPU (Socket AM3)
      ASUS M4A77TD AMD 770 AM3 Motherboard
      PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI-Express x16 3.0 Graphics Card
      G.SKILL Value Series 16GB DDR3-1333 RAM (4x4GB dual channel)
      TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD (x2)
      WD Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB 3.5" SATA HDD
      ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channel PCI sound card
      Antec HCG-750M 750W ATX12V v2.32 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
      Antec Three Hundred Mid-Tower Case
      Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
      Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit

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