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killer_uk

killer_uk

killer_uk

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Well, I've been having problems for the past few days and I'm hoping someone can help me out!

I switched on the PC the other night and my system wouldn't boot. It powered on for a few seconds then powered off again....and kept doing this until I switched it off. I turned off the power at the PSU for several minutes and it then booted.

Upon booting into windows, I was greeted with a blue screen. This then happened several times after this, so my thought was memory. I ran memtest86 and it failed instantly. So I thought that prity much confirmed it, however, I rebooted again and tried the test again. Only this time it passed. Several times.

Completely stumped, I booted again into windows and it worked fine. I tried the memtest for windows, and that passed as well. I tried prime95 on blend, that passed. I updated the BIOS to the latest I could find. I thought the problem was over.

Fast forward to this morning and it blue screened again. I tried memtest86 and again, this passed several times. The only thing I can think of is when I run CPUz it says my memory timings are the following:

CAS: 5
RAS to CAS: 5
RAS PreCharge: 5
Cycle Time: 15

Now the default for my memory is suppost to be 4-4-4-12. Could this be the problem?

Everything at stock:

E6600 Conroe
Gigabyte DS4 (F6 BIOS)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4
X1900XT
 
Who makes your PSU, and what's it rated at? Odd problems like this can often be traced to a broken/crappy PSU.

It doesn't sound like it's the memory settings as they are actually below what it's rated for (lower is better in those memory settings).

Else, have you checked the temps in the BIOS? Could be an overheating problem.
 
Thanks for the reply. I have a Tagan Easycon 580w. The voltages look fine as do the temps. I'm not sure what could be causing it. :/
 
Hmmm.... I would say check that all the fans are working (if there's one on your chipset, and the graphics card), but you have a heat-pipe motherboard. Although they can be susceptible to overheating if the case inverts them, due to some of them using mavity action and not capillary action (my old lian-li case did this). You may want to check this by touching the chipset when running, and touching the cooler, if there's a major temp difference there's your problem.

Otherwise, it could be the memory, or the PSU is on the way out. The only way to check would be to swap them with working parts.
 
I had this problem I put the volts on the RAM up by 0.5.... as for the RAM settings they shouldnt cause a problem... well the ones you listed shouldnt

Stelly
 
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