Hi everyone,
 
I've read the posts concerning similar situations but mine is slightly a different variation.  
 
I appreciate any help or recommendations from you peeps =D
 
Brief Information:
 
CPU: intel Q9300 CORE 2 QUAD Q9300
 
Motherboard: Asus striker 2 formula (updated bios 1101)
 
RAM: Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 4GB(2X XMS2 2GB)PC-6400C5 (800MHZ) DDR2 RAM,2x240-pin DIMMs, Non ECC Unbuffered,5-5-5-18
 
PSU:   OCZ OCZ850GXSSLI Power Supply: GameXStream 850W NVIDIA SLI-Ready
 
 
Problem:
 
Currently when i turn my computer on, i can see the post screen. It crashs (freezes) when it reaches memory detection (dual channel mode detected)
 
-I cant enter bios (it crashes when dual channel mode detected)
-i tried using the cmos reset button at the back of the motherboard without any success
 
To complicate the situation further:
-1 day old
-no manual settings (i.e. no overclocking etc)
-The computer worked for a period of time (3-4hours) installed vista 64bit etc then crashed twice (no bsod just frozen)  then this occurred
-i tried using 1 ram piece on different slot same result (frozen)
 
 
Any ideas
 
Thank you
 
Regards
rlayz733

try a different bios upgrade - research that bios version
 
also try 1 gb sticks, sounds like the memory
 
you sure the voltage is right? increase the votlage

Hi, the update fixes memory issues that occured with some memory modules (it currently is the latest official release from asus)
 
I've heard if anyone can confirm that some memory sticks wont get detected correctly (where u have to set it manually)
 
At the moment, i cannot access the bios at all  
 
 
At the moment it was running on 2x sticks,
 
i tried:
 
-removing 1 stick
--placing this on other slots (3 other slots)
-use 2 sticks on different slots (channels)
 
All resulted on the same result:
 
Crash on post screen (memory single (or dual) channel detected) and it crashes there
 
I cant go into bios (del)... i lefted it for an hour and nothing happened.
 
 
Regards
 
Raymond

i ended up taking the entire motherboard, unplugged battery.
 
Wait for a while
 
Put battery in, perform a reset and all of a sudden it worked!
 
Went into bios manually set the ram configurations as the manufacturer recommended 5-5-5-18 1.9 volt
 
All seems good
 
Thanks everyone

your welcome!  
 
good job!
 
yes, you get a bad setting and the auto reset locks up - then you need a hard reset
 
in your case a very hard reset