whys this happen?

I have a cheap AMD k6-2 550Mhz processor but after alittle while my computer will restart by itself. I underclocked it to 500Mhz and everything runs fine, Is it overheating when its going at 550?

I have an AMD K6-II\550 @ 574 FSB 115
What OS ? if win 95 you need a patch but that is
for speeds over 350 so if that works you probably have
w98 or newer
Try rising cpu voltage a step (if your MB permits)
and make sure you got a good fan
your RAM must be pc-100
well it is hard to know what to sugest need to know
MB and what else you have.

I am running win2000 and my motherboard maxes out at 550Mhz. I have the voltage at 2.3v and the fsb at 100 with a 5.0 mutiplier. I would use the 5.5 multiplier but my computer restarts after acouple minutes, am I doing something wrong? why won't it run stable at 550Mhz?

check this before you burn down your mobo and cpu ...

don't play with voltage.
K6 is very sensitive and has specific voltage for each frequency. You have to use the one and only permitted by manual.

as for fan, K6 uses standard socket fan.

If you don't know what voltage setting for 550, check amd.com or let us know ...

As for restart, it's typical symptom of corrupt memory. Boot onto safe mode, see if it passed all memory tests and the problem persists.

Good luck
Chef

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hey that's my same problem . i am running a tbird 1ghz on abit KT7A-RAID with 128 MB Crucial ram (not the problem), and i am thinking, should i underclock my tbird and see what happens... ???