Motherboard faulty?

[joewm18]

Hi all,

I have a relatively new build, spec as follows:

Phenom 2 965 Black Edition
Asus M4A77TD Pro
4Gb 1600 cl7 Gskill Ripjaws
HIS ATI 5770 1 Gb
500gb Sata Samsung F3
Corsair TX650 watt
Win 7 64bit

I am currently experiencing random crashes, resets and BSOD's which are occurring in windows and in games. For the past few weeks/months I have been trying to eliminate which component has been causing this issue. This has resulted in me buying a new HDD, a new power supply, removing my sound card to use the onboard. I've also been looking at software and drivers etc to no avail.

Today I have been trying out using 1 stick of RAM (2Gb) in each slot, due to my huge scythe cooler and the heatsinks on the ram I can only use slot A2 and B2 (which work as dual channel together).

Both sticks in these slots cause crashes.

Either stick in A2 work without any fault.

Either stick in B2 causes crashing.

My question is; is it reasonable for my to now assume that fault lies with the motherboard? Should a single stick of ram be expected to work in any of the slots?

I am thinking RMA the motherboard at long last.

Thanks.

 

[joewm18]

Lots of views but no replies, please help!!

Has anybody had the same scenario? Who agrees the problem is likely to lie with the mobo?

Thank you!

 

[Nyoron]

Both sticks in these slots cause crashes.

Either stick in A2 work without any fault.

Either stick in B2 causes crashing.

I would say there's a high chance the motherboard is at fault with the above scenario.

Or maybe some dust/debris has fallen into the B2 slot?