asus striker 2 Formula (POST - crashes)

[rlayz733]

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

 

[dragonsprayer]

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

 

[rlayz733]

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

 

[rlayz733]

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

 

[dragonsprayer]

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