Sandy Bridge Build Blue Screens

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:44

Just recently bought:

i5 2500k
Asus P8P67
4GB DDR3 G-Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
Gigabyte GTX 560 Ti OC

1TB Samsung F3 Hard Drive (Kept from old computer)
Corsair HX 650w (Kept from old computer)
Creative X-FI Titanium (Kept from old computer)

The problems I am getting is various blue screens on Windows 7 64 bit, today i have seen:

system_service_exception
memory_management
page_fault_in_nonpaged_area

These errors come up after 2 days of being fine, running really well, since my replacement hard drive came (it started clicking a couple of weeks ago, was getting these errors then as well so I know its not the hard drive).

When I run memtest I get about 30 thousand errors in a few minutes, all between 1150mb to 1250mb (when on desktop the ram usage is at 1200mb, so right in the middle).

When I shut down the computer after going to desktop, start it up again and run memtest, I get 0 errors after 3 passes, and its running perfectly now.

Im pretty sure it isnt the ram, I have tried corsair 4gb ddr3 in it and exact same problems, same thing with graphics card, GTX 460 and same problems.

Does anybody have any ideas whats causing these blue screens? When I had the old hard drive it was the same thing, would work fine the day I installed windows, and then next day was unusable because of the blue screens.

Thanks,

Dominic.

Peterpoose · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:56

I just bought a SB setup with SSD and GTX580 and 10 mins after I switched it on got the same as you blue screens of death.

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:00

Hmmmm tough one.

What bios are you using for the ASUS board?

Have you google'd those errors?

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:13

Using Bios 1253, which from what I can tell is the latest. Yeah I've googled the errors, not really a simple answer though, most people with them its ram, but i get 0 errors in memtest after shutting down.

I really am pretty clueless about blue screens, this is the first time I've had them.

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:17

Getting an SB setup tomorrow, so I am little worried myself

Destroyer^ · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:32

I have just recently built my new sandybridge system 2 days ago with the same mobo and only problem i had was with the graphics card.. have u tried clearing the CMOS? jumper and take battery out?.. also try it with 1 stick of ram in ...

MeatLoaf · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:34

Have you tried the RAM in the other pair of slots?

BaDBoY_uK · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:41

Destroyer^ said:
I have just recently built my new sandybridge system 2 days ago with the same mobo and only problem i had was with the graphics card.. have u tried clearing the CMOS? jumper and take battery out?.. also try it with 1 stick of ram in ...

Yeah that!

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:45

Destroyer^ said:
I have just recently built my new sandybridge system 2 days ago with the same mobo and only problem i had was with the graphics card.. have u tried clearing the CMOS? jumper and take battery out?.. also try it with 1 stick of ram in ...

No haven't tried that, how do I clear the CMOS?

The strange thing is its running perfectly at the moment, games are running unbelievably smooth.

How can RAM have thousands of errors in memtest, then after shutting down it has 0 errors? Has anybody had that before?

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:46

MeatLoaf said:
Have you tried the RAM in the other pair of slots?

yeah I tried it in the other slots a few weeks ago with my old hard drive, same problem.

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 14:51

Another thing is I get "Aw snap" message in Chrome before getting the blue screens, not right before, but if I keep using chrome its gauranteed to blue screen. Also I noticed when using chrome it runs pretty slow, and also i can hear the hard drive loudly and the light flashing (not using anything else except chrome). So I can tell I am going to get a blue screen. It also blue screens sometimes when the desktop loads, before i can even open anything.

Destroyer^ · 18 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Well when the PC is turned off RAM is volatile memory so without current it looses anything it has in it... on the bottom of your mobo you should see a jumper on a 3 pin but only covering 2.. if you move it to the other 2 for 15 seconds then back.. that clears the CMOS but also take the CMOS battery out for 5 minutes just to make sure...

u tried reinstalling chrome?

is the hard drive making a clicking sound all the time?

pcAnywhere · 18 Feb 2011 at 16:12

You've said that you're reusing the HDD. Did you do a clean install of Win7 or did you install the HDD and let it "repair" the installation?

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 17:58

Destroyer^ said:
Well when the PC is turned off RAM is volatile memory so without current it looses anything it has in it... on the bottom of your mobo you should see a jumper on a 3 pin but only covering 2.. if you move it to the other 2 for 15 seconds then back.. that clears the CMOS but also take the CMOS battery out for 5 minutes just to make sure...

u tried reinstalling chrome?

is the hard drive making a clicking sound all the time?

Ok ill try that, thanks.

Chrome definitely isn't the problem, Was unable to even get to my desktop there after ir being off a few hours ago. Tried to go to safe mode and another blue screen when it was loading up, did the Startup Repair and got a bluescreen during that saying:

bad_pool_header

Booted up memtest again and this time the errors came in at test #6 rather than straight away, and were between 1150mb - 1280mb, was at 15000 errors after a few minutes.

The hard drive was clicking, wouldn't even getting recognised so lost all my data and was sent a replacement, so its a new hard drive.

pcAnywhere said:
You've said that you're reusing the HDD. Did you do a clean install of Win7 or did you install the HDD and let it "repair" the installation?

Its a new hard drive, its a fresh install. With the old hard drive I tried reinstalling 3 or 4 times, same problems.

saintdefender · 18 Feb 2011 at 17:59

I had non page error and it was to much overclock for the ram , maybe this is your problem? Either way, the error is defo related to RAM as I have googled this myself when I had this problem.

VoG · 18 Feb 2011 at 18:07

well you've got an F3 hdd so maybe this might have something to do with it?

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 18:42

saintdefender said:
I had non page error and it was to much overclock for the ram , maybe this is your problem? Either way, the error is defo related to RAM as I have googled this myself when I had this problem.

The ram is actually underclocked at the moment, it was picked up at 1333Mhz and is supposed to running at 1600Mhz, so I don't think its that.

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 18:43

VoG said:
well you've got an F3 hdd so maybe this might have something to do with it?

I had the same problem using the 3gbs ports so I don't think thats the problem. Thanks for bringing it up though, will install the firmware update when I can (just using my bros laptop at the moment as can't get my pc to even get to desktop).

shootermcg · 18 Feb 2011 at 18:45

I'm thinking it must be the motherboard, have tried different ram graphics card and hard drive and still getting the same errors.

shootermcg · 19 Feb 2011 at 19:08

Just going to reset the cmos. Would running my ram at 1600Mhz instead of 1333 MHz help at all?

Also was just wondering about the ASUS optimal overclock in bios. I have never overclocked anything before, would using that setting make the processor less stable or decrease its life span?

Also was just wondering how to update the hard drive firmware? I have downloaded the exe file but I think it needs to be booted from dos.

Cheers,

Dominic.