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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 05:13 |
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I need your help people, thanks in advance! I got a home built gaming desktop and it was doing great for the first few months until it started crashing like b*tch .
I thought the problem was the Motherboard, so I called ASUS and got a RMA#, brought it to their site and then got it back after a few days. Then I changed my hard drive, a 500GB Seagate Momentus XT (it crashes a lot on games "Dead Island" ) to 2TB WD Caviar Green, installed Windows 7 64-bit and drivers and games. It went well for a few days, then today I was playing Space Marines and there's this grrrrrr lag sound then BAM! BSOD right after.
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO
AMD Phenom II X4 840
8GB RAM Corsair XM3
650 WATTS Power Supply
GTX 460 SC 1024MB GDDR5
Thanks!!!
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13. October 2011 @ 07:40 |
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Depends what the BSOD is. If it cites the video driver, it could be a graphics card/driver problem. What brand is the power supply?
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 08:03 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Depends what the BSOD is. If it cites the video driver, it could be a graphics card/driver problem. What brand is the power supply?
Hi sammorris, thanks for the reply. It's an ULTRA ATX power supply.
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13. October 2011 @ 08:04 |
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Ultra PSUs can be tacky, so that could potentially be part of the problem, but I'd suggest trying different graphics drivers first, but do check what BSOD you're actually getting - that will help.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 08:08 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Ultra PSUs can be tacky, so that could potentially be part of the problem, but I'd suggest trying different graphics drivers first, but do check what BSOD you're actually getting - that will help.
By the way, the graphics card is new too, just got 5 days ago. My old graphics card was a Nvidia 9600 GSO 768mb and it was already crashing back then.
How do I do those things, trying a new graphic driver and checking what BSOD I'm getting? thanks.
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13. October 2011 @ 08:14 |
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Ah well if you get the crashes in the same places then it may not be graphics related. Did Asus say they actually replaced your board when you returned it, or did they say there was nothing wrong with it?
You could potentially have faulty memory, which you can test with memtest86.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 08:36 |
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They didn't replace the motherboard, they just checked it and repaired it.
Can I use the Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool?
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13. October 2011 @ 09:09 |
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I don't know how thorough it is, I'd recommend using memtest86 instead.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 13:28 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I dont know how thorough it is, Id recommend using memtest86 instead.
Windows didn't detected any errors, but I'm checking it right now using memtest86.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13. October 2011 @ 13:29
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 18:07 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
I don't know how thorough it is, I'd recommend using memtest86 instead.
So far I got 1 error.
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13. October 2011 @ 18:10 |
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Any errors here means either the memory or the board are definitely bad. My vote's the memory - remove each stick and try them individually, and see if you still get errors. If you do, try a different slot on the board and see what happens.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 18:32 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Any errors here means either the memory or the board are definitely bad. My vote's the memory - remove each stick and try them individually, and see if you still get errors. If you do, try a different slot on the board and see what happens.
I'm just waiting for it to finish checking or can I just cancel it and try it out and see which memory is busted?
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13. October 2011 @ 18:35 |
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You can, but I would let the test run through to the end each time if it doesn't find a fault with a particular setup.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 18:55 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
You can, but I would let the test run through to the end each time if it doesn't find a fault with a particular setup.
Ok, it's been 4 hours and 30 minutes and it's not done yet, lol. I think the Corsair I got is built for Intel chips, there's intel i-5 and i-7 picture on the memory box.
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13. October 2011 @ 19:00 |
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That just means it will work with them. Intels require low voltage memory, AMDs will take anything.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 21:00 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
That just means it will work with them. Intels require low voltage memory, AMDs will take anything.
Oh cool, can the error from the ram be fix? By the way, 8Gb's of RAM, how many hours is this going to take? It's still checking, almost 7 hours.
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13. October 2011 @ 21:56 |
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event manager can give detailed info on the bsod, you can disable auto restart after bsod from properties "computer" by right clicking,then link to left of new window "advanced system settings" then settings button of "startup & recovery"
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 22:58 |
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Errors rising up, currently on 300K errors right now. Rising up fast 600 errors a second.
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tehmast3r
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13. October 2011 @ 23:02 |
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500k errors so far. 1 million errors and my RAM will get a new record?
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tehmast3r
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14. October 2011 @ 16:42 |
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Nevermind, I just bought a new pair of Kingston RAMs. Thanks for the help guys!
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15. October 2011 @ 05:56 |
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Originally posted by tehmast3r:
Originally posted by sammorris:
That just means it will work with them. Intels require low voltage memory, AMDs will take anything.
Oh cool, can the error from the ram be fix? By the way, 8Gb's of RAM, how many hours is this going to take? It's still checking, almost 7 hours.
No, if your memory errors it's definitely bad (or the controller is, but more likely the memory).
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15. October 2011 @ 17:22 |
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Originally posted by jabed937:
May be main problem is your graphics card
No, read the thread - he has memory errors. Don't post in help threads if you have no technical expertise.
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15. October 2011 @ 23:18 |
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tehmast3r
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17. October 2011 @ 22:44 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Originally posted by jabed937:
May be main problem is your graphics card
No, read the thread - he has memory errors. Don't post in help threads if you have no technical expertise.
I have another BSOD, it was when I turn back on my PC from idling, it work for a couple of minutes then BSOD. :( This is was to stressful, I spent money, a lot of money and this crap makes me want to throw it away.
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18. October 2011 @ 05:56 |
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Have you run memtest again since the new memory? It's uncommon, but the issue could be the memory slots or memory controller, not the memory itself.
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