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inter   01-04-2009 at 12:41:57 PM

hey guys, i recently purchased an E8500 3.16ghz with a gigabyte ep45-ds4p and a seagate 500gb sata 32mb.

i loaded everything onto the hdd only to realise that when i try to play music/videos and most importantly games it just freezes. i have absolutely no idea what could be causing this. i have correct drivers for my graphics card.

my computer specs are

E8500
Gigabyte EP45-DS4P
500GB SEAGATE SATA 32MB
600W TOUGH POWER THERMALTAKE
4GB (2X2) KINGSTON DDR2 800MHZ
ANTEC 900

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Newf   01-04-2009 at 02:40:01 PM
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Go into BIOS setup, then MB Intelligent tweaker. System memory multiplier will probably show (SPD) [Auto], and Memory Frequency 800 800. If so then change the memory multiplier so that the frequency now shows 800 667. (I think gigabyte boards use 2:1 to get there). Doing this will sync the memory to the FSB and not require higher ram voltages. This is just a guess but it worked for me.

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inter   01-04-2009 at 03:20:47 PM
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hey mate, tried it, exact same thing.

thanks for trying anyway, anything is worth a try at this moment.

any other ideas?

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alcattle   01-05-2009 at 12:16:21 PM
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Can you run Memtest on the system?

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