A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within

[JoeJank]

I recently just built a PC with my friends (around March or April) and
have had no real problems with the computer until I moved into my new
place (after the computer was in storage for the summer). I am not very
good with computers and while I have tried searching forums for people
with similar problems, I do not fully understand all the computer lingo
in order grasp what is really wrong. Basically, since I got my computer
back and started playing games (the main reason I built it), the games
have been freezing along and while sometimes its continually replaying
the sound, other times it goes to a blue screen saying "A clock
interrupt was not received..." I took a picture of it rather than me
trying to explain something I don't understand. Anyways, its very
frustrating and happens almost all the time now when I play games and
even happened when I restarted my computer after it crashed. So here
are the main components of my computer and if anyone could help, I would
greatly appreciate it.

EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI
Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP
ATX AMD Motherboard

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual
Channel Kit Desktop Memory

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W
Dual-Core Processor


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[Patrick Keenan]

"JoeJank" wrote in message
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> I recently just built a PC with my friends (around March or April) and
> have had no real problems with the computer until I moved into my new
> place (after the computer was in storage for the summer). I am not very
> good with computers and while I have tried searching forums for people
> with similar problems, I do not fully understand all the computer lingo
> in order grasp what is really wrong. Basically, since I got my computer
> back and started playing games (the main reason I built it), the games
> have been freezing along and while sometimes its continually replaying
> the sound, other times it goes to a blue screen saying "A clock
> interrupt was not received..." I took a picture of it rather than me
> trying to explain something I don't understand. Anyways, its very
> frustrating and happens almost all the time now when I play games and
> even happened when I restarted my computer after it crashed. So here
> are the main components of my computer and if anyone could help, I would
> greatly appreciate it.
>
> EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI
> Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
>
> ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP
> ATX AMD Motherboard
>
> G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual
> Channel Kit Desktop Memory
>
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W
> Dual-Core Processor
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What you want to be looking for is causes of a STOP error 0x101. It
appears to be a processor (possibly GPU) error, not a Windows error. I
see that one possible cause is an incompatibility between the Southbridge
chip on your board and the AMD processor. Unfortunately the fix is
replacement with another model.

HTH
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[JoeJank]

Well that stinks. Could it also be the CPU just overheating? I ran the
PC Probe program to look at the temperatures and the CPU consistently
goes to 68-71 degrees Celsius. If so, do you think underclocking the
processor a little will help?


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[Patrick Keenan]

"JoeJank" wrote in message
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> Well that stinks. Could it also be the CPU just overheating?

It's less likely. The error seems to point to a subtle hardware
incompatibility. You should check with the component manufacturers - the
processor, the motherboard, and the video adapters. And whatever software
triggers the error.

> I ran the
> PC Probe program to look at the temperatures and the CPU consistently
> goes to 68-71 degrees Celsius. If so, do you think underclocking the
> processor a little will help?

In the case of overheating, often the system will simply shut down, and be
hard to restart until it cools. However, as the overheating cycles repeat,
it gets harder and harder to keep the system running - the damage is
permanent and not repairable. You can only replace, and it can be difficult
to tell *what* you need to replace, so you wind up replacing most of the
system.

I don't know the acceptable temperature range for your system, but if you
are overheating it, yes, you want to take prompt steps to stop it. Do
include being sure that there isn't dust buildup in the heatsinks if you
are a smoker, the tars will make this problem much worse.

HTH
-pk



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[Not Even Me]

it sounds more like a driver or hardware mismatch.
I would make sure the RAM is matched sticks and they are snapped in
securely.
Check the board maker's website for BIOS updates and/or updated
motherboard/chipset drivers.
A new, better heatsink/fan combo might bring down the temp a little.
Many of the OEM heatsink/fan combos are not the best at cooling, just
cheaper...usually adaquete, but better cooling can mean better performance.

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> Well that stinks. Could it also be the CPU just overheating? I ran the
> PC Probe program to look at the temperatures and the CPU consistently
> goes to 68-71 degrees Celsius. If so, do you think underclocking the
> processor a little will help?
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[mtv93]

Hi there.

I have had the similar problems with my computer, and not yet have
figured out whats causing it. But I think that the motherboard is the
issue here.

My problems have started about 3 months ago, but I've been lazy and
haven't yet sent my mobo to the seller. Few things that I've noticed:

Computer run very nicely for 6 months, after that the problems started
and the BSOD started to become more frequent as time went by. Today my
computer doesn't boot in normal mode it restarts itself all the time, I
need to boot it in safemode.

BIOS is the latest version, didn't help to upgrade it.
All RAM is fine, has been tested in other computer. And for some reason
my mobo doesn't support anymore than 3gb of ram, as it should support
8gb... I even changed some of the ram chips but didn't help.

All drivers are uptodate.
I bought new graphicgard, cause i thought it was the reason(had few
other problems with the old one). It didn't help.

Windows been installed twice, with different kind of settings (vista
ultimate x64) didn't help.
New fans installed to box, for extra cooling. No change.

SO what is left is mobo or CPU. All the testing i have done gives data
that CPU is fine. But in other forum one guy had same problem that went
off when he raplaced the cpu... so i dont know. But I thinks that this
is surely a hardware problem.

And what seems to be interesting all forum that i have read there is
always a asus motherboard involved... just like now we have samekind of
motherboard (SLI) and same CPU...

My set is:

6400+ X2 AMD processor
ASUS M2N-E SLI motherboard
3 bg kinstong DDR2 667mhz
Gigabyte Ati radeon 3850


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[JoeJank]

Hey. I'm pretty sure I actually fixed the problem. I finally found a
most up-to-date driver for my graphics card and after installing it, I
haven't had really any problem. Mass Effect still messes up a bit, but
the other games I have (like Call of Duty 4) work fine. Not sure if I
can be any help anyways, seeing as I'm not very good with computers.
Hope you figure out the problem and fix it.


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[paul_tj]

Hi all

I too have started having this issue ever since I recently *upgraded
Vista from 32 to 64 bit*. I am running:

AMD PHENOM 64 9500[/B] 2.2GHZ
*ASUS *M3A32-MVP DELUXE WIFI-AP AM2+
*4 X 512MB KINGSTON HYPERX 1066MHZ DDR2
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT* 512MB PCI-E (Processor: 600MHz Memory:
1800MHz effective)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Hiper Type M 880W power supply
Pioneer BDC-202 BD-ROM
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320GB ST3320620AS in RAID 0
on Marvell RAID controller

I have noticed many people with this problem have ASUS boards, 64 bit
multi core processors and Vista 64, but not everyone.

All my drivers are up to date and Vista is up to date. The blue screen
is happening more and more often. It seems to happen more frequently
when running games, watching blu ray, but also just using software like
internet explorer or waking the PC from sleep can do it. However
yesterday I played Call of Duty 5 for hours without a single crash which
was very unusual.

Any advice?


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[kyleveilleux]

hello i too am having the same problem i have just switched to vista
home ultimate 64 bit previously running xp home for 2 years with never
having one crash though i recently bought a pny xlr8 8800gts and a core2
qoad Q8200 on a GIGABYTE P35 DS3L i have benn running vista for 2 days
and this is my second crash so i do not think its hadrware related.. or
at least my case...

sys specs GA-P35-DS3L, Q8200 @2.66, PNY XLR8 8800 GTS, tv tuner, raid
card running 2x seagate 160gb in raid 1 mirrior, ram 4gb PNY XLR8 800mhz
@850, samsung bvb burner, vista 64 bit home ultimate SP1


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[tuscala]

I don't know if this will help, but I was getting the same BSOD with a
dump. I only recently installed a EVGA 9800 GX2 video card and started
having this problem. Simply re-installed the latest driver and have not
had this again over several days.


AMD x2 6400+ windsor black edition
8 gig Corsair mem 800 mhz - running at 667 mhz
EVGA 9800 GX2
Corsair 1000 w psu
Ninja II cooler


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[White_Hawk]

I thought I should share my own experience, as it seems relevant. I
have found a workaround that works for me, but I'd thoroughly appreciate
any information that sheds light on a possible solution that doesn't
require me to compromise performance.

My specs are:

AMD X2 6400+
4GB 800MHz RAM
2x (SLI) 1GB 8800GT
M2N-SLI mainboard

From day one, I had random BSoDs ("interrupt not received on secondary
processor"), but only under Vista x64 (as opposed to 32bit XP). I spent
weeks trying to figure out what was causing it, but it was made
difficult by the fact that I could go days without the error, then get
several in one session.

The crashes would mostly occur during intensive gaming, but would also
ocassionally occur during mundane tasks, or even when idle.
Temperatures were perfectly normal (I have suffered one overheat on a
hot and humid day with no sign of this BSoD). Moving up and down the
BIOS versions didn't make any difference, nor did alternating RAM
sticks, swapping drivers, etc.

I have now 'cured' the issue completely by underclocking by ~1-2%.
While I'm unhappy that this means I cannot overclock (or leave at stock)
the CPU/RAM, etc., I have come to accept that this is a result of 'a
subtle incompatibility between components', as mentioned above. This
seems to strongly indicate a mainboard design problem (rather than a
fault), and possibly one common to some slightly older/cheaper boards.
Damn my penny-pinching ways!

I can still overclock my graphics cards by an extraordinary amount -
these 1GB 8800GTs are far better than you'd be lead to believe by a
number of noisy 'experts' citing memory bandwidth despite the
lacklustre X2, I enjoy very nice FPS at high/max detail levels in GTA
IV, Crysis/Warhead, etc - but I have no recourse to address the CPU
bottleneck to any degree - I certainly can't overclock a CPU that goes
no higher than 16x multiplier if the bus has to be underclocked for
stability.

My impressions are that this issue mostly affects AMD users, but also
presents itself in a few Intel systems. It mostly affects Vista users,
primarily x64 flavours. An alarming number of these errors are reported
on Asus-based systems.

Ultimately, it's an unsolved mystery that nobody seems to want to
address.

Try what I've tried - drop your bus speed by about 5-10%, and if there
are no problems from there on, raise it until the problem returns. You
may find that everything is stable only a couple of MHz below stock (in
my case, with the bus set at 197MHz vs 200MHz). As 3DMark06 gives me
~12,000 points (which is what I was aiming for with this build), I'm
still happy with my purchases - I'd rather have a fully working gaming
PC than one which works sporadically for a few FPS more.


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