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8800gtx driver issues

normally its >

chipset drivers
graphics
sound
misc
windows update

well thats how i do it normally, but i dont think its that what is causing your problems
 
I can't seem to boot memtest, doesn't do anything.

I've loaded the chipset drivers, but it still says the SM Bus Controller isn't loaded. Is this important?
 
nothing, it just checks if there's anything to boot from on the cd drive, then fins theres nothing and boots from the hdd.

I'm sposed to be putting the .iso file on the Cd right?
 
yantorsen said:
nothing, it just checks if there's anything to boot from on the cd drive, then fins theres nothing and boots from the hdd.

I'm sposed to be putting the .iso file on the Cd right?
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No

It should be burned as a iso

select image from nero

You are burning a data file, it won't work.

sid
 
sid said:
Use nero

Select burn from image

then select the iso as the source,

It will then go straight to burn screen and click burn there, now you have a bootable disc.

sid
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Oh, well I'll have to do when i reinstall windows. My windows install became corrupt.. SO I've had to reformat and start again, and it got too late, so I just reformatted and am gonna install it again tomorow.

Anyone in the Cov area, think they can fix my probs, I'll sort you a tenner lol.
 
lol, just read the whole thread, you dont seem to be having much luck do you?

Just echoing what others have said really, from experience it looks like dodgy ram or not enough volts through the ram. Im not sure what the Gigabyte is like with its voltages but it wouldnt hurt to try putting 2.0volts through the memory just to make sure its still not undervolting.

If the errors are getting less and less (i.e. you can now install some drivers when previously you couldnt) then it looks like more volts might work.

But before that, do run memtest.

Also, you were offering £20 a week ago not a tenner :P
 
bilston said:
lol, just read the whole thread, you dont seem to be having much luck do you?

Just echoing what others have said really, from experience it looks like dodgy ram or not enough volts through the ram. Im not sure what the Gigabyte is like with its voltages but it wouldnt hurt to try putting 2.0volts through the memory just to make sure its still not undervolting.

If the errors are getting less and less (i.e. you can now install some drivers when previously you couldnt) then it looks like more volts might work.

But before that, do run memtest.

Also, you were offering £20 a week ago not a tenner :P
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lol well tbh I would actually give you £50 if you fixed my problems. I'm gonna have another go at running memtest, and failing that, I'm gonna pay someone to come and look at it, but the cheapest guy I know charges £30 an hour, and loads of time would be spent waiting for things to install, so It'd cheaper just to buy a new system almost at that rate.
 
stickroad helped me thorugh the setting up process on msn, and I'm still getting the same kind of errors, strickroad thinks it is a stability/hardware related issue.

ive ran memtest, for 5 and a half hours, no errors. and prime95 blend torture test for about an hour with no errors.

what next?!

Yanto.
 
ran the wd diagnostic test and got the following...

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also thought I'd post a pic of the inside of my case, so you can see if i connected anything wrongly etc.

SS851025.jpg
 
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oh dear

dodgey hard drive, i'd get in contact with WD and get a RMA for a replacement, or take it back to the shop and see if they'll do a replacement there first

hopefully this is what has been causing all your problems, but sounds like you're on the right track!

Edit : just out of interest have you tried checking the sata cable and power lead is in ok, or try trying another sata lead?
 
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Sorry to hear you are having so many probs Yantorsen, but it is great to see people in here helping you out (I love this place!).

Sorry I can't offer much more help than these guys are already doing, but I thought I would chip in to offer some moral support mate (been there too in the past....but after all this you'll be an expert buddy!)

Keep at it.
 
thanks guys.

I've just changed the port the sata hdd was plugged into and managed to run the wd test again, and it passed. I've just taken an old dvd rom drom another machine and connected it to my new one, but it's an IDE drive, and I can't get it to go as the 1st boot priority.

yanto
 
Vantorsen, have you tried resetting the CMOS?

There's a jumper on the mobo (usually close to the battery, and marked CLR-C) which sits across 2 pins, with a 3rd pin exposed.
Turn off the PSU I/O button or disconnect the power lead, and then remove the CMOS jumper from pins 1&2 and place it on pins 2&3, wait 30 seconds and then replace it on pins 1&2. When you restart the PC, you'll be prompted to reset the date/time.

If that doesn't help, try running the PC with just one stick of ram at a time.
 
that ide dvd rom drive should deffinately be in the boot priority though yanto

whats on the list of bootable drives?

hopefully moving to a different port might have been your problem all along!
 
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