Greetings!
I'm really becoming obsessive about this problem, since I couldn't figure it out on my own or using google in 2 days, so here it is:
I've bought a new GPU a week ago (hd 4850=>hd 5850 toxic) and since I knew that my old CPU (E5200) would bottleneck it, I bought a Q8300.
So, all goes well, I put it in, thermal paste and everything, I turn it on, and it FREEZES under games, or even a flash video (if bsod=restart is enabled in windows, it would restart the system).
I could not figure out why, the first thing I thought that my memory couldn't handle it. But why couldn't it? It's a DDR2 2x1gb+2gb 800Mhz ram, so I thought, maybe it doesn't like the dual-channel+single channel thing.
Okay, I tried every combination of removing the RAMs, but it didn't work.
The Q8300 is @ 2.5Ghz not OC'd, with a 333 FSB, that means my DDR Mhz of the ram is at 667, so it REALLY should handle it.
Then I thought, maybe the PSU can't handle it, so I swapped back my old HD 4850, then it should be really working, but the same error.
Finally, how about a Win7 reinstall? I tried it on my x86 and my x64 already-installed OS, same result.
I reinstalled my X64, still, same.
I ran prime95 for about an hour with no stability issues, hell, I even ran Prime95+Furmark symultaneously, it was rock solid.
I start a game, for example Tribes:Ascend or Painkiller HD, after 1-3 minutes, it freezes.
My full system specs:
PSU: Corsair VX450W (Yes, using a molex-to-6pin-pcie for the second slot on my 5850 and it had no problems)
Motherboard: MSI P43 neo-f (Upgraded bios to latest version)
CPU: Old: E5200 New: Q8300 (Intel core 2, LGA 775)
GPU: Old: Sapphire HD 4850 New: Sapphire HD 5850 Toxic
Memories: 2x1gb Corsair DDR2 800Mhz + 1x2gb Kingmax DDR2 800 Mhz
Storage: 2 SATA HDD-s
Also,
-while prime95 ran, the max CPU temp was 60 °C, but that shouldn't be a problem.
-FSB/DRAM ratio is 1:1
I'm really becoming obsessive about this problem, since I couldn't figure it out on my own or using google in 2 days, so here it is:
I've bought a new GPU a week ago (hd 4850=>hd 5850 toxic) and since I knew that my old CPU (E5200) would bottleneck it, I bought a Q8300.
So, all goes well, I put it in, thermal paste and everything, I turn it on, and it FREEZES under games, or even a flash video (if bsod=restart is enabled in windows, it would restart the system).
I could not figure out why, the first thing I thought that my memory couldn't handle it. But why couldn't it? It's a DDR2 2x1gb+2gb 800Mhz ram, so I thought, maybe it doesn't like the dual-channel+single channel thing.
Okay, I tried every combination of removing the RAMs, but it didn't work.
The Q8300 is @ 2.5Ghz not OC'd, with a 333 FSB, that means my DDR Mhz of the ram is at 667, so it REALLY should handle it.
Then I thought, maybe the PSU can't handle it, so I swapped back my old HD 4850, then it should be really working, but the same error.
Finally, how about a Win7 reinstall? I tried it on my x86 and my x64 already-installed OS, same result.
I reinstalled my X64, still, same.
I ran prime95 for about an hour with no stability issues, hell, I even ran Prime95+Furmark symultaneously, it was rock solid.
I start a game, for example Tribes:Ascend or Painkiller HD, after 1-3 minutes, it freezes.
My full system specs:
PSU: Corsair VX450W (Yes, using a molex-to-6pin-pcie for the second slot on my 5850 and it had no problems)
Motherboard: MSI P43 neo-f (Upgraded bios to latest version)
CPU: Old: E5200 New: Q8300 (Intel core 2, LGA 775)
GPU: Old: Sapphire HD 4850 New: Sapphire HD 5850 Toxic
Memories: 2x1gb Corsair DDR2 800Mhz + 1x2gb Kingmax DDR2 800 Mhz
Storage: 2 SATA HDD-s
Also,
-while prime95 ran, the max CPU temp was 60 °C, but that shouldn't be a problem.
-FSB/DRAM ratio is 1:1