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nicros   04-15-2008 at 02:20:35 AM

How can I tell if my bsod is related to my mobo? Occasionally if the thing bsods, I cannot boot it up at all past the bios (sometimes bios freezes). Usually when this happens if I wait or discharge the system it will come up again. Sometimes I have to unplug a (random!) drive, reboot, and then plug that drive back in- at which time the system boots fine.

Does this sound like a mobo issue to anyone? It seems that there are threads galore on every mobo for the problems people have with them, so its tough to say if any of them really apply.

I cant even run the debug tools sometimes because depending on the type of bsod (they are different) a memory.dmp file may or may not get stored.

Help!

Here is my system (this system is not overclocked!):
EVGA 680i mobo (upgraded to latest rom)
EVGA 8800GTX (using 169 drivers)
WD1500AHFD Raptor hard drive as primary
2x Samsung Spinpoint 500G for data (not raid)
Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit SP1
OCZ 700W psu
E6600
2G Geil DDR2 800
Tuniq 120 Cooling
P180 Case
Lite on combo drive

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hughyhunter   04-15-2008 at 02:30:35 AM
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If you are having a problem with the bios freezing than you may be having an insufficient power. Typically speaking when your system crashes and freeze screens it's the PSU causing problems (for me anyway... and trust me I've been through a few PSUs. Even good ones) other than that my only advice would be to take out one stick of memory and see it it BSODs again. If it doesnt put other stick in and give it a higher voltage rating than auto does. If not maybe a re-format wouldnt hurt. Also flash your bios. However I woudnt recommend you flashing because if it freezes while your in BIOS you might be screwed.

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stoner133   04-15-2008 at 03:47:42 AM
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Actually most BSOD come from memory problems, first thing you should do is get a copy of memtest and run that for a few hours to check out your ram. I have seen problems with the cheaper Geil ram before. Went through 3 sets of Dual channel RAM before getting a good set from them about 2 years ago. Thats where I would start looking if I were you.

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hughyhunter   04-15-2008 at 04:27:44 AM
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If BSOD is not the only problem... in other words if you are getting freeze screens... then memory is not the only probably culprit.

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SuicideSilence   04-15-2008 at 04:45:19 AM
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Have you tried googling the error code? Also, what Stoner said was good advice, run memtest for a few hours. You shouldnt get ANY errors.

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nicros   04-15-2008 at 05:53:22 AM
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stoner133 wrote :

Actually most BSOD come from memory problems, first thing you should do is get a copy of memtest and run that for a few hours to check out your ram. I have seen problems with the cheaper Geil ram before. Went through 3 sets of Dual channel RAM before getting a good set from them about 2 years ago. Thats where I would start looking if I were you.



Yup, did that. Ran it for about 3 hours, not a single error. Its very strange, and is getting more complicated- but since that's another question I will start a new thread.

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hughyhunter   04-15-2008 at 07:23:19 AM
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Well whats the problem now?

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