New build woes

Noddyunplugged

Noddyunplugged

Noddyunplugged

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Hi all,
Just finished building my new rig last night (see sig below) and the last thing I did before I went to bed was to flash the bios (CD method). I did it because apparently it has better support for memory over 800mhz (the memory I'm usin is 1000mhz) so I thought it might be worth doing.

Anyways, did the update, it booted straight into windows without any problem, so I called it a night. However.......I got up this morning decided to fire it up and do a couple of things before work. Upon booting I got BSOD for about 2/3 seconds then booted straight into windows! (crazy!) ...so I thought nothing of it. Installed my anti-virus software, that completed and then did an online update. Then i thought next i'll install the additional drivers for my keyboard, opened try, inserted disc, closed tray ......aaaaand BSOD!
This time the rig shuts down (or I shut it down, can't remember) I then restarted, it ran through its usual boot-up checks, then...........BSOD again for 2/3 seconds then on into windows, grrrr.
So I knocked it off again and came into work.

Any thoughts?

If i disconnect power and so on and pull the mobo's battery will that reset the bios to the version that was originally on the board? (I'm just wondering if that would fix it)

Hope you can shed a little light folks.
 
can you boot it at stock speeds, go into event viewer, and post the BSOD message?
 
uvmain said:
can you boot it at stock speeds, go into event viewer, and post the BSOD message?
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You'll have to bare with me, I'm only a novice lol. But you say 'stock speeds' the system isn't overcloocked or anything at at, everything is at stock settings. How do I find the event viewer? that's not something I've done before I'm affraid.
 
Can you boot into safe mode without it throwing a BSOD? If you can its a software issue relating to something you installed since the build.
 
sepulchre said:
Can you boot into safe mode without it throwing a BSOD? If you can its a software issue relating to something you installed since the build.
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How do you boot straight into safemode?

I ask as the only time I've been able to do it on other machines in the past was on the black screen you sometimes get when you the 'windows failed to shutdown properly' screen on a reboot.
 
bradeh said:
Its one of the F keys, i think its F8.
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Thanks bradeh, I'll give it a go when I get home from work ;) I suppose its a good little check - if t works.

Something else someone tells me (from my post on the same issue in the EVGA forum) is that he asked me: "upon completion of the bios update - did i power-down completely, restart and load defaults in bios as per bios update instructions". Now as it happens i didn't! (eep!) ...when the bios update completed it automatically booted up windows, so I just shutdown and went to bed thinking all was well. BUT I didn't make any changes to bios before the update, so would this 'load defaults' precedure really make any difference - is this what the problem is, I wonder?
 
Hi, I was going to suggest the above.

After a bios update, you should power down.
Clear the CMOS using the jumper on the motherboard (read the manual to find it). The process involves swapping the jumper from pin A and B to pin B anc C. Wait 30 seconds. Press the power button a couple of times. Then swap the jumper back to pin A and B. Plug back in and power up.

Then load optimised defaults in the BIOS. The optimised defaults could affect ram timings / voltages so YES it could cause problems if not done.

Hope this helps. Any further questions then let us know.
 
Thanks shrapnel!

Is this the case even if you haven't done any overclocking or fiddling about prior to the bios update?

Think its worth re-updating the bios (regardles), shutting down, clearing cmos, loading defaults anyway?

- 'pressing the power button'? Not done that before. I've unplugged and used the jumpers in the past (without power supply being plugged in and all lights on the board off) - does pressing the button a few times make a difference, afterwhich you swap jumper back over, plug in and power up?

Ohhh I hate being a n00b lol!
 
Hi folks,

Just want to say thanks for all your help with this matter. *touches wood* - It seems to be running stable now and I've got to the root of the problem - I have a faulty memory dimm so I'm just running on one 2gb dimm at the mo, I've ordered another set of the same stuff, should arrive tomorrow, I'll take the one working dimm from the first pack out, install the two new dimms and if all goes well I should be back up 4gb, then I'm sending the first pack back for RMA and i'll hopefully get a refund.

I'm actually quite impressed with the new rig so far - as a test (because I've heard that it is such a system demanding game) I installed Crysis (and its 1.1 patch) I'm running it on very high settings at 1600x1050 (but no AA or AF - incidentally what does AA and AF actually do?) and its running fantastically!
But what I'm really looking forward to is Unreal III - that should arrive today :-) (-big Unreal fan! lol)

Thanks again though folks and I'll keep you updated.
 
Grad you've got is sorted. Hope the new Ram is ok.

BTW I've been told the reason why it's best to press the Power-On button a couple of times without the power supply pluggin in is to discharge some capacitors. Not sure if it really makes a difference or not but I always do out of habbit.
 
Shrapnel said:
BTW I've been told the reason why it's best to press the Power-On button a couple of times without the power supply pluggin in is to discharge some capacitors. Not sure if it really makes a difference or not but I always do out of habbit.
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That's the reason I do it when changing components on my mobo, although I only do it once. When you press the power button you will see the fans spin up for a brief second and then off, only then am I comfortable that all the charge in the board has been dissipated, seems a good idea to me anyway :)
 
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