System lock up with torrents

[jordanclock]

I recently installed a Gigabyte EP43-UD3L motherboard to replace an ASROCK 4coredual-SATA2. I initially kept my Windows installation and had no problems with stability. Then I fired up uTorrent. After a few minutes, my system would completely freeze. No BSOD, no restart, just a freeze. I reinstalled my video driver, thinking it may be upset with the new home. I reformatted to make sure old system drivers weren't causing the issue. I tested various scenarios to determine what variable was causing this freeze. I did large file transfers between two hard drives, across the same hard drive, and repeated this with large amounts of small files, but the system didn't freeze. I ran uTorrent with the download limited to 1KB/s and it ran for half an hour flawlessly. It made the usual number of connections, the upload was just fine and I concluded it wasn't my network adapter. I uncapped the download and after about one minute, system freeze. I tried other torrent clients and the same issue occurred. I even tried the WoW trial downloader and something peculiar happened. It ran just fine for about 150MBs and I decided to call it a success, however, the moment I clicked "cancel" my system froze again.

I've poured through the BIOS many times and I haven't found a single option that looks like it may help. It seems the disk access pattern of BitTorrent just doesn't play well with my motherboard. All other variables I could think of have been tested and the only thing that remains the same is downloading with BitTorrent.

Does anyone have the slightest clue if this is a problem specific to my motherboard and an RMA would fix it? Or is this a fundamental flaw with the P43 chipset?

My system specs:
Gigabyte EP43-UD3L F3a BIOS
Core 2 Duo E4500
4x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800
Diamond Radeon HD3850 512MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Corsair 540W PSU
Ralink RT61 Wireless Card

 

[mpilchfamily]

The problem is you repalced the motherboard and didn't reinstall Windows. its a must to performa fresh install after a motehrboard replacment. Unless its the same exact board ass the old one.

 

[daveybrat]

Originally posted by: jordanclock
I recently installed a Gigabyte EP43-UD3L motherboard to replace an ASROCK 4coredual-SATA2. I initially kept my Windows installation and had no problems with stability. Then I fired up uTorrent. After a few minutes, my system would completely freeze. No BSOD, no restart, just a freeze. I reinstalled my video driver, thinking it may be upset with the new home. I reformatted to make sure old system drivers weren't causing the issue. I tested various scenarios to determine what variable was causing this freeze. I did large file transfers between two hard drives, across the same hard drive, and repeated this with large amounts of small files, but the system didn't freeze. I ran uTorrent with the download limited to 1KB/s and it ran for half an hour flawlessly. It made the usual number of connections, the upload was just fine and I concluded it wasn't my network adapter. I uncapped the download and after about one minute, system freeze. I tried other torrent clients and the same issue occurred. I even tried the WoW trial downloader and something peculiar happened. It ran just fine for about 150MBs and I decided to call it a success, however, the moment I clicked "cancel" my system froze again.

I've poured through the BIOS many times and I haven't found a single option that looks like it may help. It seems the disk access pattern of BitTorrent just doesn't play well with my motherboard. All other variables I could think of have been tested and the only thing that remains the same is downloading with BitTorrent.

Does anyone have the slightest clue if this is a problem specific to my motherboard and an RMA would fix it? Or is this a fundamental flaw with the P43 chipset?

My system specs:
Gigabyte EP43-UD3L F3a BIOS
Core 2 Duo E4500
4x1GB G.Skill DDR2-800
Diamond Radeon HD3850 512MB
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB
Corsair 540W PSU
Ralink RT61 Wireless Card

Mpilchfamily, he did reformat the pc.

Jordan, are you connecting to the internet on that Ralink RT61 wireless card? If so, that sounds like it might be the issue.

 

[jordanclock]

Yes, I am connecting through the Ralink. However, I never had this problem before with my old motherboard and using the same wireless card. The only change made was the motherboard was replaced and the 640GB drive was added. I don't really have an easy option for connecting my PC to the router through the onboard NIC to see if that really is the issue, but it's probably the last option I have to completely rule out the wireless card.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
The problem is you repalced the motherboard and didn't reinstall Windows. its a must to performa fresh install after a motehrboard replacment. Unless its the same exact board ass the old one.

No offense, but this is not entirely true. It is possible to remove components from your install of Windows, swap the motherboard, and boot, regardless of the platform. Now, is it the easier way of going about things? That depends, but it isn't a "must" and it can be done I just moved from an Intel chipset to an Nvidia based one and my system is humming alone find with no reinstall.

 

[oynaz]

Sounds like a RAM or Mobo problem, but I would try connecting via the onboard NIC and unplug the new HDD to rule out it and the wireless card.