Hi I have a strange persistent problem with my recent build. This is my first build and have not gotten the whole thing to work properly. I have done numerous troubleshooting methods but have not been able to stamp out the last of the problems.
The weird thing is that I can run games all day and not a single problem, but it would crash in web browsers and iTunes every time after a short period of running them. I have tried 3 different browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox) with no success. I reformatted, updated BIOS and reinstalled graphics drivers, chipset drivers etc. I have run memtest86 with numerous passes no errors, tried to do 3dmark06 but would crash during CPU test.. changed the slots of my GPU to the x8 slot from the x16 slot and seemed to run better and passed the CPU test. It also crashes significantly less in browsers after the GPU slot change, I haven't even tried to reinstall iTunes. I have not tried putting it back in the x16 slot but don't see why I would go back. It seems to crash when videos are being streamed, ESPECIALLY when they are embedded or when multiple tabs are up. When it does crash it simply freezes up with strange artifacts and no BSOD. They are like black and white dots scattered about, one pixel each. I have tried under clocking my GPU to no avail and my system temps are nice and cool.
I have spent countless hours troubleshooting this and have no clue what it could be. What I think in my novice opinion is that there's something wrong with the Mobo but honestly idk what it could be at this point. Should I RMA and see what happens? I feel like that runs the risk of getting an even more defective product if that isn't even the problem and I'd also have to pay for shipping. Also it crashed numerous times while either downloading something or installing something so maybe the registry is full of stuff that could still be making it crash? I don't know if that is a possible culprit too. If anybody could lend me some support it would be great. Also I don't know if this would be the right place to post this
THANKS TO ANYBODY WHO HELPS
MB ASUS M4A79XTD EVO 790X AM3 RT
CPU AMD|PH II X4 955 3.2G AM3 RT
MEM 4G|KST KVR1333D3N9/4G RT
PSU 600 watt Coolermaster
GPU EVGA 250 gts superclocked 512mb
HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
The weird thing is that I can run games all day and not a single problem, but it would crash in web browsers and iTunes every time after a short period of running them. I have tried 3 different browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox) with no success. I reformatted, updated BIOS and reinstalled graphics drivers, chipset drivers etc. I have run memtest86 with numerous passes no errors, tried to do 3dmark06 but would crash during CPU test.. changed the slots of my GPU to the x8 slot from the x16 slot and seemed to run better and passed the CPU test. It also crashes significantly less in browsers after the GPU slot change, I haven't even tried to reinstall iTunes. I have not tried putting it back in the x16 slot but don't see why I would go back. It seems to crash when videos are being streamed, ESPECIALLY when they are embedded or when multiple tabs are up. When it does crash it simply freezes up with strange artifacts and no BSOD. They are like black and white dots scattered about, one pixel each. I have tried under clocking my GPU to no avail and my system temps are nice and cool.
I have spent countless hours troubleshooting this and have no clue what it could be. What I think in my novice opinion is that there's something wrong with the Mobo but honestly idk what it could be at this point. Should I RMA and see what happens? I feel like that runs the risk of getting an even more defective product if that isn't even the problem and I'd also have to pay for shipping. Also it crashed numerous times while either downloading something or installing something so maybe the registry is full of stuff that could still be making it crash? I don't know if that is a possible culprit too. If anybody could lend me some support it would be great. Also I don't know if this would be the right place to post this
THANKS TO ANYBODY WHO HELPS
MB ASUS M4A79XTD EVO 790X AM3 RT
CPU AMD|PH II X4 955 3.2G AM3 RT
MEM 4G|KST KVR1333D3N9/4G RT
PSU 600 watt Coolermaster
GPU EVGA 250 gts superclocked 512mb
HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
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