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You'll need the 64bit drivers, reinstall Windows Vista and then download and install the 64bit drivers from intel's website.
Vista keeps on crashing...
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I've tried to clarify what your RAM is rated to run with, and it seems it should be able to work with 1.8V (although it does depend on exactly what RAM you have, some XMS2 sticks want more than 1.8) In any case, the JDEC spec for DDR2 is 2.1V, so I'd suggest you up the voltage up to that level and see if it helps as it seems to me that you're having typical "memory" instability. Note: Your system must ideally pass an extended Memtest86 test before you even consider installing Vista etc, else you're just opening yourself to more pain.
See also here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17768487
and here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17766236
See also here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17768487
and here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17766236
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Memtest86 comes as a bootable self-contained CD, so has no dependencies on any particular operating system or anything else but the PC hardware being tested. You'll need to download the ISO (CD) image and burn it to a CD, then boot from it. Memtest can be downloaded here: http://www.memtest.org/
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No. Microsoft wrote their own memory diagnostic. You could try that as well, however I've had problems with it in the past, so prefer MemTest these days.
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That is very interesting... I wouldn't have thought they should do that... Have you looked to see if perhaps there's a BIOS and/or driver update for the motherboard on the manufacturers site? Perhaps the ones you have is buggy and it's been fixed in a more recent BIOS/driver set?
right, I've stopped the bios redeting the ram volts, but I still can't get it to boot into windows. I've tryed every possible option I can think of as far as the ram is concerned. And I've reformated and reinstalled vista atleast 5 times tonight.
I think I'm gonna send it all back, and either order the same again (maybe slightly different) or just get a pre-made, which means sacraficing performance, as I'm on a very tight budget.
I think I'm gonna send it all back, and either order the same again (maybe slightly different) or just get a pre-made, which means sacraficing performance, as I'm on a very tight budget.
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Well, does your system pass (several hours of) MemTest then or not?
It is possible you've got a duff memory stick, a duff motherboard, or both. (Amongst other things, like dodgy PSU...
) But the likelihood seems RAM to me still, unless and until we can eliminate the from the equation.
FWIW, I've had pretty good results with the straight P35_DS4 & P35DS3P boards. On one build I had to up the voltage to 2.1 after which everything was rock stable. Can't speak directly about the P35C_DS3R unfortunately, but it's probably similar to the other Gigabyte P35 boards...
It is possible you've got a duff memory stick, a duff motherboard, or both. (Amongst other things, like dodgy PSU...
) But the likelihood seems RAM to me still, unless and until we can eliminate the from the equation. FWIW, I've had pretty good results with the straight P35_DS4 & P35DS3P boards. On one build I had to up the voltage to 2.1 after which everything was rock stable. Can't speak directly about the P35C_DS3R unfortunately, but it's probably similar to the other Gigabyte P35 boards...
Well, does your system pass (several hours of) MemTest then or not?
It is possible you've got a duff memory stick, a duff motherboard, or both. (Amongst other things, like dodgy PSU...
FWIW, I've had pretty good results with the straight P35_DS4 & P35DS3P boards. On one build I had to up the voltage to 2.1 after which everything was rock stable. Can't speak directly about the P35C_DS3R unfortunately, but it's probably similar to the other Gigabyte P35 boards...
well I've pretty much covered all memory combinations, slots, timings, voltages, etc... And it ran memtest for about an hour and a half, no problems found.
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Well, if one of the parts is in fact defective, then it's not fit for purpose and you have then have a legal right to take the defective part back. What you need to try and establish is what is actually wrong.
yeah I can still take things back if there faulty. I have just tryed installing xp pro, it all worked fine, got all the drivers installed, but then after I had installed the gfx card drivers, and rebooted, it wouldn't load windows becasue a file had become corrupted.
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I feel for you mate. However, to me it's telling that the problems started after installing drivers. Can you maybe re-install and hold off on installing any mobo or vid-card specific drivers? Just run some stress tests etc with default drivers, see how long the machine will stay working etc? It will give a clearer indication whether there's some causal relationship between the drivers and your problems, or whether that was just a fluke...
yeah I'll have a go tomorow, thanks for the reply.
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Hmmm, that's very strange. It is P35 (or meant to be.) The chipset identifying utility must be confused somehow.
Anyway, as for Prime, you should run Prime/Orthos in all it's available modes, so you test CPU only and also some CPU+RAM and more RAM. (And make sure all 4 cores are used.) Also there are other stressing programs you might try (S&M comes to mind, it includes some level of HDD interface/transfer testing and video card, though the latter is a bit lame tbh.)
Anyway, it seems like you may be having driver issues. You might try installing just the video drivers next, to see if that causes problems or not. If not, then at least you should have a reasonably useful system, and that points to your chipset/mobo drivers being the culprits, in which case you can wait until the next release of these by Gigabyte which should hopefully fix whatever the problem is. Also you might want to keep an eye out for an updated Bios for the board. It's often the case that manufacturers would bring out updated BIOS's to iron out problems (though it doesn't sound like your problem is BIOS related tbh.)
Anyway, as for Prime, you should run Prime/Orthos in all it's available modes, so you test CPU only and also some CPU+RAM and more RAM. (And make sure all 4 cores are used.) Also there are other stressing programs you might try (S&M comes to mind, it includes some level of HDD interface/transfer testing and video card, though the latter is a bit lame tbh.)
Anyway, it seems like you may be having driver issues. You might try installing just the video drivers next, to see if that causes problems or not. If not, then at least you should have a reasonably useful system, and that points to your chipset/mobo drivers being the culprits, in which case you can wait until the next release of these by Gigabyte which should hopefully fix whatever the problem is. Also you might want to keep an eye out for an updated Bios for the board. It's often the case that manufacturers would bring out updated BIOS's to iron out problems (though it doesn't sound like your problem is BIOS related tbh.)