- Apr 19, 2009
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Hi everyone, I'm looking for someone who knows what they are doing's opinion on this.
This is the first time I have tried to build my own system and I failed at the research. I got a Phenom x4 9750, GA-MA78Gm-S2HP motherboard and 4gb of HyperX 1066mhz RAM (KHX8500D2K2/4G).
After putting it all together and booting up I started to get either lock ups or BSOD's at random intervals. I could go a whole day with no problems, like yesterday, or get 5 in 20 minutes. The BSOD's, when they actually come up, say IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
I ruled out CPU overheating, the PSU is a 550watt Coolmaster and should be fine, I have ran Memtest overnight on the RAM and they seem to be working fine. I think i know what the problem is but I am not 100%.
The RAM runs at 2.2v and my motherboard runs the DIMM's at 1.8v. I can overvolt it in Setup by 0.3v but that isnt enough to bring it up all the way. I have it set to 1066mhz in Setup but i have tried running it at 800mhz aswell.
The reason that I am not sure if it is just that or maybe something with the motherboard aswell is that when I ran CPU-Z it came up with this:
Also, after the crashes the BIOS have to repair itself from a 'checksum error' using the backup probably 1/3 of the time.
Do the BSOD's look like they come from the RAM being starved or could it be that plus a motherboard issue/just motherboard?
Any help with this would be great because I really don't want to take my computer into the shop, I really need it for uni for the next week or so and dunno what I would do without it.
This is the first time I have tried to build my own system and I failed at the research. I got a Phenom x4 9750, GA-MA78Gm-S2HP motherboard and 4gb of HyperX 1066mhz RAM (KHX8500D2K2/4G).
After putting it all together and booting up I started to get either lock ups or BSOD's at random intervals. I could go a whole day with no problems, like yesterday, or get 5 in 20 minutes. The BSOD's, when they actually come up, say IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
I ruled out CPU overheating, the PSU is a 550watt Coolmaster and should be fine, I have ran Memtest overnight on the RAM and they seem to be working fine. I think i know what the problem is but I am not 100%.
The RAM runs at 2.2v and my motherboard runs the DIMM's at 1.8v. I can overvolt it in Setup by 0.3v but that isnt enough to bring it up all the way. I have it set to 1066mhz in Setup but i have tried running it at 800mhz aswell.
The reason that I am not sure if it is just that or maybe something with the motherboard aswell is that when I ran CPU-Z it came up with this:
Also, after the crashes the BIOS have to repair itself from a 'checksum error' using the backup probably 1/3 of the time.
Do the BSOD's look like they come from the RAM being starved or could it be that plus a motherboard issue/just motherboard?
Any help with this would be great because I really don't want to take my computer into the shop, I really need it for uni for the next week or so and dunno what I would do without it.
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