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Had you checked for hardware conflicts? i.e. 2pcs of hardware not being allocated to the same I/O slots..

Alternatively also try de activing screen savers and in power options putting everything to never?

Also have to tried stress testing the pc and seeing if it happens then?
 
xirokx said:
Had you checked for hardware conflicts? i.e. 2pcs of hardware not being allocated to the same I/O slots..
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theres no indication of this, nothing in device manager and as I mentioned in my first post I have run numerous tests including 3dmark.

xirokx said:
Alternatively also try de activing screen savers and in power options putting everything to never?
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Yes, this is also one of the first things I did.

And just to update, I set those timings and alterd the NB voltage to 1.6.

After the reformat and re-install I dont appear to get Game crashes anymore, but it still crashes in web fullscreen videos.

Previously, I could watch a dvd image in fullscreen with no problem, but now I get the crash with all types of video - full screen.

A friend has suggested getting a sound card (as opposed to using onboard) But I cant shake this feeling that something is wrong with the memory. But then I remember that I bought two sticks, and another two a month later, and have run both sets individually, together and in different configurations, can it really be possible that all 4 chips are faulty? I doubt it.

You see, if I go back to overclockers and say "one of these peices of hardware is faulty because it crashes in full screen mode" they will simply say its my software!

If you could get back to me with those reccomended timings and voltages that seems to be the very last thing to try, having replaced nearly everything I cant simply start buying new hardware just to prove to overclockers that something is not working, I've put myself into quite a bit of debt already trying to solve this :(
 
Please download "hijack this" and post the file log, ill take a look at it when i get some free time ;).

Also dont forget to post the software you have installed and are using while the crashes occur please.


Phoenix
 
Previously, I could watch a dvd image in fullscreen with no problem, but now I get the crash with all types of video - full screen.
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tried installing a codec pack? if yes which one?
 
sounds like memory

Perhaps a compatibility issue between the memory and the board.

Try getting a different brand of memory, like Geil or OCZ.


Just to cover all bases, you mention that you still use the maxtor as a storage drive. Try running with it disconnected and see if it resolves.

I have had very strange hard disk issues in the past, and one time it seemed that my old maxtor 120GB IDE was sucking all the resources from my machine (also constant lockups, but they were not perm lockups - usually recovered after a while.) Unplugged the hdd and never a problem (on that machine) since. The maxtor drive eventually found a nice new home in the bottom of the skip while we were doing building renovations.

Finally - dont give up. Sometimes the problems seem bigger than they are :) Once resolved though, an immense sense of satisfaction will be granted.
 
Camalot said:
My ram is different to yours, i checked the website for the correct settings.
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My settings are correct according to "the website" the way you said it I thought you meant you lowerd them from the reccomended. Sorry.


Well I've not done a hijack this yet, but this is what I did last night:

Since Ive re-formatted the problem has actually been a TON worse!

Tried removing the Maxtor - Still crashed

Installed a Sounblaster card
Now, while I did that and installed the drivers windows update notified me of other udates possible. The nForce network controller and the SATA controller driver. Updated those also.

Rebooted and VOILA! - I watched an entire episode of TOPGEAR from bbc iPlayer in full screen.. no crashed!

So, I went back to my bios and increased the voltage on the memory and the NB Chip! - Played another few episiodes of things, still no crash!

Im getting very excited.. I even ram the Windows Experience rating which upped my memory rating to 5.7

But for some reason my game refuses to load... so I took out the Soundblaster!

I tested fullscreen video again, and without the sound blaster its seems to be fine.

Disaster strikes however when my game loads now, but locks up almost immediatly.

slowly I start putting the settings on my bios back to 'auto' - timings, NB chip, each time I changed something I reloaded and try the game. I didnt finally stop crashing until I put the voltage back to 'auto'

But of course now my memory rating has gone back down to 5.5.

This seems like a victory for now, but I have reformatted before and within a few days I will get the fullscreen crash again, so Im not prepared to crack out the Cigar just yet.

So my question is now about the RAM, is it because I have the timings wrong that the voltage wont take? Maybe 1.6 on the NB is not enough? I want to make sure these settings are properly correct before I start blaming the chips themselves.

Thanks everyone for your time in kindly helping me with this.
 
first off drop out 2 sticks of memory, so u have 2gb of the tracer or 2gb of the normal ballistix in.

then in you're bios set the following manually:

tRAS 15
tRP 5
tRCD 5
tCL 5

Memory voltage 2.2v (you have 2.210V in you're bios shot try dropping it down one from there might be 2.1)

LDT Frequency try x4 instead of you're current x5.
 
Thought I'd post an update:

I actually went to the ASUS forums and did some digging around there, apparently my board is a right bag of bolts!! - all sorts of complaints about problems similar to what I have reported here.

I found some really good settings for my memory which has made a huge impact on my performace! However, whenever I try altering the voltage at all to anything it locks up! - so I have to have it on auto all the time.

I dont think this is the memory though, I think its the crap motherboard. Im really disapointed with ASUS, I actually changed over from ABit to ASUS because they had a better name, but the P5N-T Deluxe is shocking, or its possible that its just the nForce chipset!

I really cant be without my PC though and sending it back or arguing with returns so I am putting my last hopes into an expected BIOS update!

Incidently, since reformatting and changing the memory timings I didnt have any game crashes at all! (unless I alter the memory voltage) but about a week later and the corruption has started on video's again.

I have found the way to resolve this is to power down, and switch off the PSU! - upon rebooting it reports that the bios settings have changed and I need to go back into the bios. which I do and it seems to stop the corruption on video.

If I dont get this resolved it looks like another motherboard change is going to be needed, and I know I need to avoid nForce and ASUS - any reccomendations please?
 
I have never had a problem with Asus motherboards using the Intel chipset. Years ago I had a VIA KT133 (I think) chipset on an ASUS A7V. Now that was hell to pay but since then I have had 3 Asus boards without issue.
 
fobose said:
I have never had a problem with Asus motherboards using the Intel chipset. Years ago I had a VIA KT133 (I think) chipset on an ASUS A7V. Now that was hell to pay but since then I have had 3 Asus boards without issue.
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Traditionally they do, but in this case its awfull, but it might be an nvidia problem.

In fact the first motherboard I had in my alienware was an Asus, which also packed up promptly after the warranty ran out.

So im starting to see a pattern. I'll scoot through the motherboard forums and see what people suggest.
 
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