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Updated the system link, I followed the links you gave and have pretty much finished that check list, including beeping errors, I'm in the middle of removing the motherboard and reinstalling. Will post back if anything has changed.
Ok here is my issue, I bought a kit from tiger direct and every version of windows I've tried installing has frozen at various points, sometimes the loading screen, sometimes when it's extracting files etc. etc. Here is the link to the system
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6075483&csid=_21
So far this is what I have tried, I tried the default bios settings, I've tried manually setting the timing of both the ram and cpu though the cpu had stock settings already. I've tried switching the ram out into different slots, single ram by its self in different slots. I've tried disable sata, lan, audio and fire wire and using old ide optical and hard drives. I've tried the same but disabling ide and using only sata and in both setups have the a drive disabled. I've also tried installing via usb drive. It came with pci-e card of which i switched to a regular generic pci card. I've unplugged both sets of usb connectors internally. I tried switching out the PSU to a 500w model that came with a separate case I bought.
I think I've covered everything I've tried and this is going into a week almost and it's slowly killing my inner child. Any insight would help greatly.
Idle cpu temp is 44 c according to bios and thats with a zalman cnps 10x, even tried two different brands of thermal grease, the mother board runs about the same, though the ASUS rep said that was normal for the north bridge.
Ok here is my issue, I bought a kit from tiger direct and every version of windows I've tried installing has frozen at various points, sometimes the loading screen, sometimes when it's extracting files etc. etc. Here is the link to the system
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6075483&csid=_21
So far this is what I have tried, I tried the default bios settings, I've tried manually setting the timing of both the ram and cpu though the cpu had stock settings already. I've tried switching the ram out into different slots, single ram by its self in different slots. I've tried disable sata, lan, audio and fire wire and using old ide optical and hard drives. I've tried the same but disabling ide and using only sata and in both setups have the a drive disabled. I've also tried installing via usb drive. It came with pci-e card of which i switched to a regular generic pci card. I've unplugged both sets of usb connectors internally. I tried switching out the PSU to a 500w model that came with a separate case I bought.
I think I've covered everything I've tried and this is going into a week almost and it's slowly killing my inner child. Any insight would help greatly.
Idle cpu temp is 44 c according to bios and thats with a zalman cnps 10x, even tried two different brands of thermal grease, the mother board runs about the same, though the ASUS rep said that was normal for the north bridge.
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