Peculiar PC Boot Problem

Hugo_Sanchez · 26 Jan 2008 at 19:43

Just bought an ASUS Striker Extreme Mobo. Have everything connected, but if I enter the BIOS, then after say 10-20 seconds, it freezes, then I have to re-boot(happens all of the time). If I leave it to run it's course then press F1to continue when asked,(after telling me that a new CPU is detected and the BIOS needs flashing) it goes as far as the Vista login screen then crashes(don't know how to insert screen shots of BSOD, sorry), I have even tried to boot from CD, but I get an error message saying "ISR BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK, THEN PRESS ENTER", aswell as using one Gfx Card and one stick of Ram. I don't know whether to clear the CMOS, but as I'm new to PC building I don't want to start messing around. I don't have a floppy or USB stick just a card reader that's if I have to flash the BIOS

Thoughts anyone...?

Hugo_Sanchez · 27 Jan 2008 at 12:33

The RAM is running at 1.87V, I did take a screen shot but can't upload it to show it.

Hugo_Sanchez · 27 Jan 2008 at 22:02

Even increasing the RAM voltage slightly doesn't make a difference, it still crashes.

Hugo_Sanchez · 30 Jan 2008 at 15:02

I have changed the voltage to 2.1v, and seems stable enough, I can now login and see the desktop, but it still crashes shortly after that, is there anything I can do about that?

Hugo_Sanchez · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:54

The memory timings that are on the memory sticks are 5-5-5-12. So I'm guessing this is how it should be. tCL(CAS Latency) 5, tRCD 5, tRP 5, tRAS 12, the Comand per Clock (CMD) has been left at auto, I assume that I have done this correctly..? Albeit I cant see any voltage settings on the memory sticks itself.