Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Strange errors...

[RMSe17]

New computer is acting strange.
On bootup, the motherboard makes a long beep (but it's like a low frequency beep, like a buzz, not like a usual typical PC speaker beep). Then, even when computer gets into windows, from time to time it will emmit that beep, sometimes 50 seconds, sometimes like 40 second beep, and two short ones after. Then from time to time it will repeat while in windows, a long beep, and two short ones.

Any ideas?

Also, Prime 95 torture test did not last over 4 minutes.

Games crash like there is no tomorrow.


Here is what I have:

Gigabyte P35-DQ6
4x 1GB Patriot PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066)
MSI GeForce 8800GTX
SoundBlaster X-fi Music

WD 150GB Raptor
Seagate 320GB
LiteOn 20x DVDRW

Antec P180
SeaSonic SS500 (500W) PSU


Thanks,
RMSe17

 

[cozumel]

Long and 2 short maybe GFX card. Maybe try swapping with a different GFX card and seeing if the same thing happens

Also if you get the long beep during every POST then unplug everything from PC including keyboard, mouse, HDD, FDD, opticals, USB, firewires etc etc and just POSTing with CPU, GFX, 1 stick RAM and seeing whether you get any beeps.

 

[RMSe17]

Ok. will try that out. Thanks.

(I am used to the motherboard beeps preventing successful POST, never ran into beeping motherboard in windows before...)

RMSe17

 

[RMSe17]

Well, before doing anything with the video card, I ran memtest, and got a bunch of errors in it.
The reason I didn't try video card first was that I got errors in Prime95, which has nothing to do with video card...

So, I took a ram stick out, and it was burning hot, I couldnt hold it in my hand... I thought that was odd, since I don't recall my mushkins being that hot... Should it be that hot??

The BIOS is set to +.5v on RAM.. but how do I know what is .5 added to?
How do I get the BIOS to tell me what voltage I am setting for RAM and CPU etc?

My ASUS shows me the voltage, but how do I get the gigabyte to do the same?

Thanks!
RMSe17

 

[treker]

Gigabyte uses 1.8Vdimm for stock voltage. So, +.5 is 2.3Vdimm. A little hot!
Everest or PC Wizard will give you voltages.

 

[RMSe17]

The RAM stickers say that the voltage is to be 2.3V. But the memory burned my fingers when I yanked it out after a session of memtest full of errors. Is this normal..?

 

[SerpentRoyal]

That's not normal. Quality CPUs will hit high core speed with low voltage. The same with RAMs.

Excellent RAM ICs will run at 400MHz/4-4-4-12 with 1.8Vdimm. Higher speed will often require slower timing (5-5-5-15), which effectively cancel out any gain. The sweet spot is 450 to 480MHz with 4-4-4-12 or tighter timing.

 

[RMSe17]

At 400, that would be DDR2-800 PC2-6400.. these are rated 1066, so should be at 533MHz... which supposed to match the 1066fsb on the chip, except that one is really 266, so the memory divider would be 2:1... Soo.. if the memory can't run at specified 533 @ lower voltage (since it can't handle rated 2.3V), I guess I will have to drop it to lower speed, and that way get it to run stable at lower voltage?

So, if that is the case.. I hope the 1066 patriots can do tighter timing at lower clock speed.