First off hello, this is my first post since joining.
I recently built a new system, my second one overall, my first went flawless.
Asus Maximus II formula MOBO
Crucial Ballistix Tracer pc8500 (1066mhz) 2x1GB
XFX 9800 GTX Black Edition
Intel E8400 Core 2 duo 3.16
Artic Freezer Pro
Tagan ABS 800w Modular PSU
WD 500gb HD
Now beyond having to RMA 2 of the ASUS MOBO's I'm running into more problems. I awake to the sound of my computer shutting down this morning, only to see within a few seconds a BSOD appears. I couldnt even get the PC to restart at the moment. I had to kill the power and wait a few seconds. On reboot the screen was garbled and so I ended up resetting BIOS. At the time I was overclocking to 3.7 which isn't exactly a whole lot from what I read with this processor. I began to run memory checks with windows memory diagnostic and it found a hardware problem so at this point I start popping out memory sticks and putting them into different spots to find the problem, whether it be the MOBO (again) or the memory. 8 tests later it found no problems on any individual sticks on any MOBO slot. So I popped the second one back in and again no problem found 2 runs later. I'm so confused and so frustrated with the constant problems with
this new PC!
I forgot to add the computer ran fine for 4-5 days and ran prime95 cpu torture no problem for about 4 hours.
I recently built a new system, my second one overall, my first went flawless.
Asus Maximus II formula MOBO
Crucial Ballistix Tracer pc8500 (1066mhz) 2x1GB
XFX 9800 GTX Black Edition
Intel E8400 Core 2 duo 3.16
Artic Freezer Pro
Tagan ABS 800w Modular PSU
WD 500gb HD
Now beyond having to RMA 2 of the ASUS MOBO's I'm running into more problems. I awake to the sound of my computer shutting down this morning, only to see within a few seconds a BSOD appears. I couldnt even get the PC to restart at the moment. I had to kill the power and wait a few seconds. On reboot the screen was garbled and so I ended up resetting BIOS. At the time I was overclocking to 3.7 which isn't exactly a whole lot from what I read with this processor. I began to run memory checks with windows memory diagnostic and it found a hardware problem so at this point I start popping out memory sticks and putting them into different spots to find the problem, whether it be the MOBO (again) or the memory. 8 tests later it found no problems on any individual sticks on any MOBO slot. So I popped the second one back in and again no problem found 2 runs later. I'm so confused and so frustrated with the constant problems with
this new PC!
I forgot to add the computer ran fine for 4-5 days and ran prime95 cpu torture no problem for about 4 hours.