Acer Aspire M3300

SmokeyDarkblade

I was wondering what 6 cores the m3300 supports as of bios version P03.B3

Version:

P03.B3

1. Fixes bootblock recovery fail issue.
2. Fixes press F12 black screen issue.
3. Adds support for AMD 6-core CPU.

SmokeyDarkblade

I have had the PC stable for 108 hours (4.5 days) without crashing I was looking around and reading about random PC restarts and what could cause them and one post I read said the turbo boost might be my issue so I installed AMD overdrive and disabled turbo and left it for 2 days and it didn't crash after looking at more forums and talking to some other tech friends of mine they suggested trying to under volt the turbo as the voltage is 1.425v when turbo is on (1.300v when not) and the VRM's might not be able to handle that so I lowered the voltage to 1.400 literately only 0.025v and the system is still running and turbo still works. I will update if I have anymore issues.    

billsey

It uses an AM3 socket, so the hex core versions should be the Thubans.

SmokeyDarkblade

billsey said:

It uses an AM3 socket, so the hex core versions should be the Thubans.

I put a 1065t in and it shows up in the bios and works as long as its under load if i let it idle it crashes so idk if all 6 cores work

SmokeyDarkblade

I was able to get the AMD phenom ii x6 1065t to work it was a power saving setting in the bios

billsey

Great! Do you remember which power setting?

SmokeyDarkblade

Cool and quiet but now the system stays on sometimes for 10 minutes sometimes 2 days its annoying I checked temperatures and there max 63c at full load 3 hours though the average was 56c then when I let the PC idle for a while it crashes and restarts even with cool and quiet disabled I'm at a loss 

billsey

That's sounding more like a software issue, I wonder what gets launched as a background task when it's been idle for some period of time...

SmokeyDarkblade

billsey said:

That's sounding more like a software issue, I wonder what gets launched as a background task when it's been idle for some period of time...

I thought that to so I tried to reinstall a fresh copy of windows 10 and the PC won't make it past the copying files screen before it crashes

SmokeyDarkblade

I'm going to make this easier to try and help me troubleshoot.

Things I have tried:

1. Using 1 stick of ram only

2. Reseating the CPU (Including reapplying the thermal paste every time)

3. Checking all the power connections (Unplugging and Plugging them back in)

4. Checking settings in bios

5. Clearing the bios and starting over

6. Downgrading the bios from version P03.B4 to P03.B3 (As that's when they added support for 6 core CPU's)

7. Adding a fan blowing on the motherboard (in case of VRM overheating)

8. Reinstalling Windows 10 PRO x64 Can't get past copying files before it crashes (Note: I use this PC as a Plex Media Server so I need pro for remote desktop connection)

PC Specifications:

Motherboard: Acer Aspire M3300

CPU: AMD Phenom X6 1065t 2.9 base 3.4 turbo

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 2gb

Ram: 12gb DD3 1333mhz (1600mhz sticks running at 1333mhz)

PSU: 850w Corsair 850x

SmokeyDarkblade

I have had the PC stable for 108 hours (4.5 days) without crashing I was looking around and reading about random PC restarts and what could cause them and one post I read said the turbo boost might be my issue so I installed AMD overdrive and disabled turbo and left it for 2 days and it didn't crash after looking at more forums and talking to some other tech friends of mine they suggested trying to under volt the turbo as the voltage is 1.425v when turbo is on (1.300v when not) and the VRM's might not be able to handle that so I lowered the voltage to 1.400 literately only 0.025v and the system is still running and turbo still works. I will update if I have anymore issues.