Epox 8rda3+ och xp1800+

You got a Barton core? well, I don't really get much luck on those who have the Barton 2500 and 8RDA3+'s but your multiplier should be 166x11 running FSB Freq of 333Mhz. I would suggest exchanging it to the Thoroughbred B version of the 2400 but since the store closed and if you want to try something first before you replace it then follow these suggestions:

a. CPU Heatsink fan should be connected directly to PSU not the header on the MB
b. flash BIOS to 8RD33526BIOS
c. Load Optimized Defaults
d. Check the processor detection in BIOS boot up if correct 2500, FSB Freq=166, AGP 8x support enabled, Init Display First=AGP, Shutdown temperature=Disabled (change this to 65C after your sys is stable), Save to CMOS and exit

Time to run the games (note: try Vcore default first then if not stable do 1.75). BTW I'm using nforce 2.45 (haven't fully tested 3.13 but very good so far). As you can see Poppy0200 has the Barton 2500 also running almost the same rig as yours and you may ask yourself why others are running stable? well, probably it's the different production dates of the CPU or maybe some weird vodoo, who knows. I actually had the same problem and when I finally echanged it to XP2400+ Thoroughbred B (see sig) the problems stopped and I'm running stock and stable.

Let us know what you came up with and maybe we have some more things to suggest before you do rma the board.
Attachment: Epox 8RDA3+ 05 26 2003 BIOS.zip (303366 bytes, 7