Fed up now...

jigger · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:12

iB CoMpL3XiTy.

Try installing from a different optical drive. I have had strange problems with Win 7 installs from certain drives.

Also try another VGA cable.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:33

I've installed W7 from a LG DVD ROM Drive and also a Blu-Ray drive, same issue still orrurs, Also as previously mentioned I've tried a Dual link DVI cable, Normal DVI cable and also a HDMI cable.

I've considered an SB setup but it would cost more than just buying a i7 960, the SB option does offer a few hundred more Mhz in terms of max OC, but I personally think SB overclocking is boring, I like playing aroung with settings (although everything is at stock atm expect RAM specs and PCI-E voltage)

I'll buy a core i7 960 and if that doesn't solve the issue I'll loose the will to live.

I'll update on Friday when the CPU has been installed.

Cr416 · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:46

This may be a stab in the dark but have you tried a non AMD/ATI gpu? If the monitor is going off then it maybe the off chance that the motherboard doesn't like them? lol

(Not a fanboy, I can't stress this enough)

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 16 Mar 2011 at 22:59

A non ATI/AMD GPU????

I'm using 2 x GTX570's lol your a funny guy

muggs · 16 Mar 2011 at 23:18

you should video the bsod on your phone or other video recording equipment then just simply pause the recorded vid at the bsod and put the numbers in google and see what it says

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 16 Mar 2011 at 23:33

No signal to monitor dude... can't read whats on the screen, maybe I'm not expaining it clearly enough, so here's a vid I made awhile ago showing the problem
If you don't like DnB, then just mute the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=908vo0e0q-s

KnightsWhoSayNi · 16 Mar 2011 at 23:59

From that video it is not 'no signal to monitor dude', but that the PC has rebooted which is a classic PSU failure. I just bought a beefier power supply when I had this problem though you did say you've done this already???? Is there anybody in Cornwall that can help?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 17 Mar 2011 at 08:17

KnightsWhoSayNi said:
From that video it is not 'no signal to monitor dude', but that the PC has rebooted which is a classic PSU failure. I just bought a beefier power supply when I had this problem though you did say you've done this already???? Is there anybody in Cornwall that can help?

Yeah done that, had a Corsair HX850 and I've now got a NZXT Hale90 1000W, same issue occurs with either PSU... Both PSU's should be more than enough to power my PC.

gavindo · 17 Mar 2011 at 08:28

might sound odd, but i had the same probs as you, same board as well. was my ram!! it passed mem test and everything else i chucked at it to check and all passed as soon as i tryed to play a game or stress the pc it crashed rebooted,

i ended up running a generic 2 gb stick of ram for a few weeks problem went away.
im now running 6 gb of cheap ram :/ and to this day pc is fine.

can u borrow a single stick of ram off a mate!

swanseajack · 17 Mar 2011 at 08:39

Install whocrashed, next time it happens run it and it will give you info.

http://www.resplendence.com/downloads

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:01

@gavindo, Ram tested fully. also tried another set of RAM that my Brother is now using and its working fine.

@swanseajack, thanks for the link, I'll download and run it after work.

Cr416 · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:32

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
A non ATI/AMD GPU????

I'm using 2 x GTX570's lol your a funny guy

My bad, misread

. Have you tried using a non Nvidia card?

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 17 Mar 2011 at 13:37

yeah tried 2 x HD5850's, same issue.

LaRZ · 17 Mar 2011 at 14:22

Was the memory you bought listed in the QVL qualified vendors list for your motherboard?

have you tried setting the memory timing to 2t ?

JaseUK · 17 Mar 2011 at 14:33

Is your PC creating a dump file at all, if so it may be worth analyzing this using a debugging tool.

Ignore this post if you have already done that or someone else has suggested it.

If you are not sure what you are doing with the dump file you could always upload it and get someone on here to debug it.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 17 Mar 2011 at 15:09

@LaRZ, I've changed my timings to 8-8-8-24 2T and still got the same issue, haven't checked Gigabyte's website for RAM compatibility, I just assumed Corsair Dominator RAM would be compatible.

@JaseUK, In the error report it does say that there's 2 files that could help determine what caused the problem, however it looked like jibberish to me... may upload both of them later if any kind soul could de-bug it for me

JaseUK · 17 Mar 2011 at 15:23

iB CoMpL3XiTy said:
@JaseUK, In the error report it does say that there's 2 files that could help determine what caused the problem, however it looked like jibberish to me... may upload both of them later if any kind soul could de-bug it for me

We'll get to the bottom of it I'm sure

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Mar 2011 at 16:09

Have you looked at the windows event logs to see if there is anything in there?

ColEx · 17 Mar 2011 at 17:43

I had the same kinda problem with that error BCCode: 116 after a BSOD on my 5770 and was 100% convinced it was my gfx card that was borked but it wasn't that. I could also go days with out a problem and then sometimes it would happen with in seconds of doing something on my pc. But then i switched my motherboard to a ati/amd motherboard and not had a problem since. The motherboard that i had the problem with was a nvidia chipset board so im guessing that it didnt like my ati 5770 or something.

edit: bleh just read you tried with opposite cards to

swanseajack · 17 Mar 2011 at 19:31

The programme I linked to debugs the bsod and tells you in English what it means