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[sugajay]

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[kingbob]

Maybe not the best way to go....but you could always try a good old hard format.

 

[sugajay]

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[Dug]

Have you been installing the latest inf drivers?

Are you using both power plug ins on the mb?

It really sounds like an overclocking problem, even though you say you aren't
That will happen when the cpu or memory is pushed to far.
45c seems high if you aren't o/cing.

There is the possibility that you have two bad sticks of ram, or that you have the 3:4 divider on and the ram can't handle it.

 

[sugajay]

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[sugajay]

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[Ben50]

I don't see anything in your post about trying a different hard drive. You should definitely do that if you haven't.

 

[RanDum72]

My take on it is a bad mobo.

 

[Viper96720]

Try loading fail safe settings in bios. If you still freeze and lock up possible bad cpu or motherboard. Unless your memory is running out of spec. cas 2 when it'll only work at cas 2.5. I've had memory that was supposed to work cas 2 but didn't unless all the other memory things were up.

 

[vinayag]

Its all about the memory honey

I had the same issues before I finally found that my dammed Bios has a default cas setting of 2.5 and my memory was not handling that speed. Same reboots, explorer crashes and coming back to the desktop with games. Its because the memory can just about manage to handle the cas speed set in your bios, but funks up sometime when it cannot cope up . Start with Cas3 in the Bios settings and turn speed optimizations off (In case you have any). That will solve the problem.

 

[sugajay]

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[Dug]

I don't think there is a setting for cas3 in the Asus. His memory SHOULD handle it without any problems at all. But I'm still thinking that is the problem. You could always change 6t to 7t just to be on the safe side.

Try using only one stick at a time and try different slots. So you'll have 4 different tests to run.
stick a in slot 1
stick a in slot 2
stick b in slot 1
stick b in slot 2

The industry average is that 1 stick in a 1000 will be bad. So you might just be unlucky.

 

[sugajay]

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[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sugajay
bump, tried everything suggested, purchased a new motherboard, and still getting problems. Anything left?

same mobo..?

and what OS? and what are you using to install said OS? and is your OS CD holographed or not..scratches..?

 

[sugajay]

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[sugajay]

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[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: sugajay
bump, tried everything suggested, purchased a new motherboard, and still getting problems. Anything left?

what are you using to install said OS?

?? CDRom drive..DVDRom drive CDRW drive..etc.....?
had a Sony brand new straight out of retail Sony box ..24x10x40..fugg up my OS install and other errors were generated..

 

[sugajay]

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[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sugajay
same dvd rom drive that worked fine on my system before this one.

could be cpu but change out your IDE cables if you have spares..piece by piece isolate ...good luck..not a real big Asus fan neither..flame away...never had a prob with Epox tho ..as always YMMV

 

[sugajay]

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[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sugajay
wouldn't I have corrupted data rather then programs and files that work fine but crash and close on me? I get the same stuff from programs installed from files downloaded aswell.

try just the OS installed ..no other apps..no other..just basic ...keep all other data out of the equation to help isolate the glitch/trouble..run memtest on the memory(prolly fine..) ..there are lots of caveats and other variables that could be the underlying cause

 

[sugajay]

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[sugajay]

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[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: sugajay
i'll give that a try, but I've done enough formatting lately It'll be waiting a bit. Anyone else with some idea's? I was ready to buy an amd setup the other day but got the new motherboard instead. I think I hate computers now.

yeah! ...getting somewhere now..

I think I hate computers now.

good luck seriously tho!

 

[sugajay]

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