ASUS M3A78-EM Problem dont work anymore. Desperate Help

[hardboiled]

hi

Mother ASUS M3A78- em I bought this thing 4 days ago together with new AMDCPU 4850e, WD640 hardd,corsair xms2 4gb 800mhz.
So since the first day i installed everything running normal but in the Monitor screen when the background had something completly BLACK i could see some lightning white dots running on the left side of the screen.
So i upgraded all newest ATI drivers and mobo and everything the lighting dots still there.. Then other problems i noticed was getting random reboots sometimes.
Also i tried playing a game, maxpayne2 so when i got into the game playing for about 1 or 2minutes the computer shutsdown itself.

the PSU is 430watts, so that wouldnt be a problem since is the one i use now.

This is all i know so if any can help resolve this, thanks

 

[asdf_36]

change the voltage of the ram to 1.9v

I had similar problems and this fixed it.

The ram is meant to be used at higher than the standard 1.8v

 

[RaysHardware]

Did that work for you, hardboiled?

I'm building the same M3A78-EM / AMDx2 4850e based system, and I'm looking at all the issues surrounding RAM. (for extra info, I'll also be using a GeForce 8600GT)

Are there any solid RAM recommendations? All I find are people with a mound of trouble shooting to do.

Any best practices out there regarding RAM for this Mother Board?

 

[Guest]

I am using Kingston 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM sticks
1GB Each total of 22Gigs DDR2, works great with a500 Watt PSU
But I need the mother boards drivers for windows 2003 Server, please comment