- Dec 16, 2008
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I build my PC a year ago. I had many random blue screen at first and eventually ended up RMAing the RAM several times and my blue screens mostly went away. I never could get the RAM to run higher that 1333 despite it being rated for 1600. However one issue still remained – I would have issues on cold boots. If the computer was left off for more than a few minutes it would freeze on windows start up and I would have to reset several times and eventually it would let me in.
Since then I have mostly avoided cold boots and been fine, prime 95, intense gaming etc – no blue screens or crashes except on cold boot. I always figured it was the memory just having some weird incompatibility with my CPU/Motherboard. So now a year later I bought new RAM. I put it in, set it to the settings on the package… and it had cold boot issues, but after a couple resets it booted. I ran Prime 95 for an hour with no issues and used the computer for work for hours. Now I cold booted and the PC freezes on the windows 7 glowing ball screen… but even after 20+ resets, changing memory timings and speed to super loose, changing back to the old RAM etc it still freezes.
Any ideas on what it could be? I thought it was the RAM but now I am thinking not because the new set has same type of issues.
I’m desperate because in 2 weeks I am moving to a country where its not as simple as ordering something on newegg. Should I just bite the bullet and buy a new MB? Or is it more likely to be CPU? I’m to the point where I just need this to work and if I have to go out and use the credit card to buy a new MB or something I’ll do it.
When I was building the PC the first time one of the CPU pins on the motherboard looked a little off but it was really hard to see if it was or not and since once it warms up its fine I figured it wasn’t the pin.
ASUS P6X58D Premium
XFX HD-585A-ZNDC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) XXX Edition
Core i7 920
Original RAM: OCZ3G1600LV6GK 6GB (3x2)
Current RAM: F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL G. Skill 12gb (3x4GB)
Since then I have mostly avoided cold boots and been fine, prime 95, intense gaming etc – no blue screens or crashes except on cold boot. I always figured it was the memory just having some weird incompatibility with my CPU/Motherboard. So now a year later I bought new RAM. I put it in, set it to the settings on the package… and it had cold boot issues, but after a couple resets it booted. I ran Prime 95 for an hour with no issues and used the computer for work for hours. Now I cold booted and the PC freezes on the windows 7 glowing ball screen… but even after 20+ resets, changing memory timings and speed to super loose, changing back to the old RAM etc it still freezes.
Any ideas on what it could be? I thought it was the RAM but now I am thinking not because the new set has same type of issues.
I’m desperate because in 2 weeks I am moving to a country where its not as simple as ordering something on newegg. Should I just bite the bullet and buy a new MB? Or is it more likely to be CPU? I’m to the point where I just need this to work and if I have to go out and use the credit card to buy a new MB or something I’ll do it.
When I was building the PC the first time one of the CPU pins on the motherboard looked a little off but it was really hard to see if it was or not and since once it warms up its fine I figured it wasn’t the pin.
ASUS P6X58D Premium
XFX HD-585A-ZNDC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) XXX Edition
Core i7 920
Original RAM: OCZ3G1600LV6GK 6GB (3x2)
Current RAM: F3-12800CL9T-12GBRL G. Skill 12gb (3x4GB)
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