Solved! Bad processor! K7n2delta2-l

Question

As it turns out, it was the processor that was bad.
For future reference, errors occuring in the memory range in the  0x804f22b8 type area is an ON DIE CACHE PROBLEM. You can tell anyone getting a bsod that the problem lies somewhere involved with the processor, be it heat, bad cache, inproper voltage, or what have you. Also, there's a bad batch of processors going around, as it turns out, there was a batch of processors slated for distruction that got redistrubuted by someone in china. *sigh* I got sold one of these by a shady pc shop owner. watch out for the 333 barton 3000+'s... especially if they are oem.
Anyway, thanks for all the help guys.
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Before you read by original post, I would like to clear a few things up. Here's the things I've tried, so before you go making assumptions, I'm going to save you the trouble of reading the whole thread.
1: Flashed bios from v30 to v11.5, same result, same bluescreen
2: Changed every single piece of hardware in my machine, including the case, and tested both pieces of hardware in different motherboards, without a single problem
3: Changed so many clock settings in my bios it's frightening, voltages, every single setting has been tested and retested
4: re-installed windows over and over, several versions of it, with my fsb set to 133, 166, 100, etc. Excepting setting it to 166, everything goes smoothly. At 166, the system has a hard crash during windows setup and restarts, with a IRQL... error in the same memory address.
5: Changed the power supply to one that was excessive for my needs, with a 28A output on the 12v rail.
6: Changed my heatsink and fans, my processor is developing frost... (just kidding, but it's darn cold)
And that's about it. I've done everything I can think of. I don't think that there's anything else I can do except assume the board is faulty at this point. I really don't want  to send the board back at  this point, it's brand new, and without it, I won't have a computer untill my other mobo comes back from RMA. *sigh* If you think you can help, read on.
After a power outtage, and losing my motherboard and cpu, I became a proud owner of a K7n2 delta2 platnum.  Instantly, I plugged everthing in, started my maching, and wonderfully, since it was the same chipset, everything worked. Since my pc is primarially a work machine, I wasent going to mess around with anything as long as it worked. I finished my project, then decided to tweak my machine for optimum preformace and stability. Imagine my suprise when I discovered that the AMD AthlonXP 3000+ 333mhzFSB was underclocked, running with an fsb of 133. I pop into the bios, hit optomized defaults, reboot my machine. Posts fine, listing at 3000+, and I assume nothing is wrong. the machine works quite well untill I decided to push it a little. I load up ubisofts "beyond good and evil" and immediately start to notice artifacting, and flickering graphics, Vectors coming apart, and the like. At first, I figure it's my video card. I exit the game, hit restart and I BSOD with an IRQL_less_then_or_not_equal. I update ALL my drivers. Same problem.  So, I swap it for another ATI based model, a few steps down. Suprisingly, the SAME video artifacts, same BSOD. The bsod seems to occur during some extended use.  I have WINDBG, I'll post the crash dump at the bottom of this post. Oddly enough, if I run the machine at 100, or 133 fsb, I don't get this problem at all, and the machine is as solid as a rock, howver a little slower then I would prefer.
My hardware is as follows.
"Extreme Gamer" Case by antec
Nspire NSP-300p4b 300w PS
MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platnim-L
3x 256mb Crucial cas 2.5 333mhz ddr moduals
HISdigital ATI Radeon 9600XT Platnum edition
120gb seagate 7200rpm Barricuda
40GB Maxtor 7200rpm
Liteon 4x4x56x DVD burner
6x Lighted fans
Thermaltake Turbine copper heatsink (can't remember the model)
2x Stacked Firewire External HDD 20gb by QPSinc
Creative Webcam go plus.
Before you say it's power, I've unplugged everything except motherboard, videocard, heatsink and I only had 1 stick of ram installed, same problem.
However, I will humor the idea and buy a new PSU today, I'll let you know my findings,
Here's the crash dump I promised.
Same error, in the same memory location, EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger  Version 6.4.0007.2
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini032205-12.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available
Symbol search path is: *** Invalid ***
* Symbol loading may be unreliable without a symbol search path.           *
* Use .symfix to have the debugger choose a symbol path.                   *
* After setting your symbol path, use .reload to refresh symbol locations. *
Executable search path is:
* Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. *
* The Symbol Path can be set by:                                    *
*   using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.                 *
*   using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. *
*   using .sympath and .sympath+                                    *
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe
Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) UP Free x86 compatible
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055ab20
Debug session time: Tue Mar 22 06:59:50.218 2005 (GMT-5)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:05:41.823
* Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. *
* The Symbol Path can be set by:                                    *
*   using the _NT_SYMBOL_PATH environment variable.                 *
*   using the -y <symbol_path> argument when starting the debugger. *
*   using .sympath and .sympath+                                    *
Unable to load image ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
Loading User Symbols
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 1000000A, {28, 2, 0, 804f22b8}
***** Kernel symbols are WRONG. Please fix symbols to do analysis.
Followup: MachineOwner
kd> !analyze -v
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high.  This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 00000028, memory referenced
Arg2: 00000002, IRQL
Arg3: 00000000, value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
Arg4: 804f22b8, address which referenced memory
Debugging Details:
***** Kernel symbols are WRONG. Please fix symbols to do analysis.
MODULE_NAME:  nt
FAULTING_MODULE: 804d7000 nt
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  41108004
READ_ADDRESS: unable to get nt!MmSpecialPoolStart
unable to get nt!MmSpecialPoolEnd
unable to get nt!MmPoolCodeStart
unable to get nt!MmPoolCodeEnd
unable to get nt!MiSessionPoolStart
unable to get nt!MiSessionPoolEnd
 00000028
CURRENT_IRQL:  2
FAULTING_IP:
nt+1b2b8
804f22b8 8b7828           mov     edi,[eax+0x28]
CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  12
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  COMMON_SYSTEM_FAULT
BUGCHECK_STR:  0xA
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER:  from 805253e5 to 804f22b8
STACK_TEXT: 
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
a7fb6b90 805253e5 83924090 019e2000 c0300018 nt+0x1b2b8
a7fb6bc0 804ec10e c0006788 019e2000 00000000 nt+0x4e3e5
a7fb6c84 804ec204 00000008 01ae0fff 00000000 nt+0x1510e
a7fb6ca0 8056919a 019e0000 01ae0fff a7fb6d64 nt+0x15204
a7fb6d4c 804df06b ffffffff 0024c370 0024c378 nt+0x9219a
a7fb6d64 7c90eb94 badb0d00 00137150 a8cafd98 nt+0x806b
00137188 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0x7c90eb94
STACK_COMMAND:  .bugcheck ; kb
FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner
BUCKET_ID:  WRONG_SYMBOLS
Followup: MachineOwner

Answer 1

Locks UP DURING WINDOWS INSTALL. Same error.
lol it's not the drivers for the 3rd time. :P
Tried the processor in another motherboard, under full strain. It's not the processor
Ran memtest86. No problems whatsoever, ram checks out, 100%
Here's my system summary, for those who want to see it.
Once again, this error only occurs with 166mhz fsb the system is 100% stable, functional, and works GREAT with 133fsb, but now my processor is underclocked. Please condsider this when you provide a possible solution, if it's not related to the system bus somehow, it's not the problem. Forget about software, or there being defects in all my other hardware, because it's all been tested OK. This is a problem with the motherboard, or compatability with my hardware, plain and simple.
[System Summary]
Item   Value   
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional   
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600   
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation   
System Name   STORMY   
System Manufacturer   NVIDIA   
System Model   AWRDACPI   
System Type   X86-based PC   
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1726 Mhz   
BIOS Version/Date   Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 1/20/2005   
SMBIOS Version   2.2   
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS   
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32   
Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume1   
Locale   United States   
Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"   
User Name   STORMY\ForeverConnected   
Time Zone   Eastern Standard Time   
Total Physical Memory   768.00 MB   
Available Physical Memory   566.90 MB   
Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB   
Available Virtual Memory   1.96 GB   
Page File Space   1.83 GB   
Page File   C:\pagefile.sys   
[Hardware Resources]
[Conflicts/Sharing]
Resource   Device   
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   PCI bus   
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7   Direct memory access controller   
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   
IRQ 20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   
IRQ 20   NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator   
IRQ 21   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   
IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   
IRQ 21   Realtek AC'97 Audio   
I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge   
I/O Port 0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   
Memory Address 0xE4000000-0xE4FFFFFF   PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge   
Memory Address 0xE4000000-0xE4FFFFFF   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   
Memory Address 0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus   
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   
[DMA]
Resource   Device   Status   
Channel 4   Direct memory access controller   OK   
Channel 2   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
[Forced Hardware]
Device   PNP Device ID   
[I/O]
Resource   Device   Status   
0x00004000-0x0000407F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00004080-0x000040FF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00004400-0x0000447F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00004480-0x000044FF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00004200-0x0000427F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00004280-0x000042FF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00005000-0x0000503F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00005100-0x0000513F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000000-0x00000CF7   PCI bus   OK   
0x00000000-0x00000CF7   Direct memory access controller   OK   
0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0x00000279-0x00000279   ISAPNP Read Data Port   OK   
0x00000274-0x00000277   ISAPNP Read Data Port   OK   
0x0000E400-0x0000E41F   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management   OK   
0x0000E000-0x0000E007   NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator   OK   
0x0000D800-0x0000D8FF   Realtek AC'97 Audio   OK   
0x0000DC00-0x0000DC7F   Realtek AC'97 Audio   OK   
0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge   OK   
0x0000B000-0x0000BFFF   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
0x0000F000-0x0000F00F   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x000001F0-0x000001F7   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x000003F6-0x000003F6   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x00000170-0x00000177   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x00000376-0x00000376   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x000009F0-0x000009F7   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x00000BF0-0x00000BF3   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x00000970-0x00000977   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x00000B70-0x00000B73   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x0000CC00-0x0000CC0F   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x0000D000-0x0000D07F   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0x000003B0-0x000003BB   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0x000003B0-0x000003BB   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0x000003C0-0x000003DF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0x000003C0-0x000003DF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0x00000010-0x0000001F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000022-0x0000003F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000044-0x0000005F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000062-0x00000063   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000065-0x0000006F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000074-0x0000007F   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000091-0x00000093   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x000000A2-0x000000BF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x000000E0-0x000000EF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000B78-0x00000B7B   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000F78-0x00000F7B   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000A78-0x00000A7B   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000E78-0x00000E7B   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000BBC-0x00000BBF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000FBC-0x00000FBF   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x000004D0-0x000004D1   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000290-0x00000297   Motherboard resources   OK   
0x00000020-0x00000021   Programmable interrupt controller   OK   
0x000000A0-0x000000A1   Programmable interrupt controller   OK   
0x00000080-0x00000090   Direct memory access controller   OK   
0x00000094-0x0000009F   Direct memory access controller   OK   
0x000000C0-0x000000DF   Direct memory access controller   OK   
0x00000040-0x00000043   System timer   OK   
0x00000070-0x00000073   System CMOS/real time clock   OK   
0x00000061-0x00000061   System speaker   OK   
0x000000F0-0x000000FF   Numeric data processor   OK   
0x000003F0-0x000003F5   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
0x000003F7-0x000003F7   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
0x000003F8-0x000003FF   Communications Port (COM1)   OK   
0x000002F8-0x000002FF   Communications Port (COM2)   OK   
0x00000378-0x0000037F   Printer Port (LPT1)   OK   
0x00000778-0x0000077B   Printer Port (LPT1)   OK   
[IRQs]
Resource   Device   Status   
IRQ 9   Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System   OK   
IRQ 5   NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management   OK   
IRQ 21   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK   
IRQ 21   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK   
IRQ 21   Realtek AC'97 Audio   OK   
IRQ 20   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK   
IRQ 20   NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator   OK   
IRQ 19   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
IRQ 14   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
IRQ 15   NVIDIA MCP2S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)   OK   
IRQ 22   NVIDIA MCP2S Serial ATA Compatible Controller (v2.6)   OK   
IRQ 16   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
IRQ 0   System timer   OK   
IRQ 8   System CMOS/real time clock   OK   
IRQ 13   Numeric data processor   OK   
IRQ 6   Standard floppy disk controller   OK   
IRQ 4   Communications Port (COM1)   OK   
IRQ 3   Communications Port (COM2)   OK   
[Memory]
Resource   Device   Status   
0xD5800-0xD7FFF   System board   OK   
0xF0000-0xF7FFF   System board   OK   
0xF8000-0xFBFFF   System board   OK   
0xFC000-0xFFFFF   System board   OK   
0x2FFF0000-0x2FFFFFFF   System board   OK   
0xFFFF0000-0xFFFFFFFF   System board   OK   
0x0000-0x9FFFF   System board   OK   
0x100000-0x2FFEFFFF   System board   OK   
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF   System board   OK   
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF   System board   OK   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0xA0000-0xBFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0xC0000-0xDFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0x30000000-0xFEBFFFFF   PCI bus   OK   
0xE7001000-0xE7001FFF   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK   
0xE7002000-0xE7002FFF   Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller   OK   
0xE7003000-0xE70030FF   Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller   OK   
0xE7000000-0xE7000FFF   NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator   OK   
0xE7004000-0xE7004FFF   Realtek AC'97 Audio   OK   
0xE4000000-0xE4FFFFFF   PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge   OK   
0xE4000000-0xE4FFFFFF   VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller   OK   
0xE5000000-0xE6FFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0xC0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0xE0000000-0xE3FFFFFF   NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge   OK   
0xE6000000-0xE600FFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB   OK   
0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB - Secondary   OK   
0xE6FF0000-0xE6FFFFFF   HIGHTECH RADEON 9600XT 256MB - Secondary   OK