Computer problems with new build

2007-05-28 05:38:09

#1

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Put together
E6600
P5n-E SLI motherboard
2x1g pc6400 800mhz patriot ram DDR2
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 gb HD
600W Ver 2.0 powersupply
Reusing old video card until purchase of new. BFG 6600 OC nvidia

I am having random Blue screen of death.
I get everything to boot up.
It reads the E6600, the HD of 300G, and 2 gigs of Memory.
Nothing seems to be overheating.

Windows comes up, but I get a window pop up that says Windows - Registry Recovery. One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. Recovery was successful.

I can run for hours with no problems.

Not sure what to do.
How can I tell if I have a hardware problem or a software problem?

Last edited by Scratch[USA] (2007-05-28 19:09:44)

2007-05-28 05:43:41

#2

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6627|Mhz

Ok, what power supply are you using? And was this a clean windows install or did you fit an old HDD with an old copy of windows on?

2007-05-28 05:48:11

#3

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

My power supply is xion powerReal 600W Ver 2.0. It was a new clean install on a new HDD.

2007-05-28 05:49:01

#4

necroyeti1612: Member; +6|6191|Vienna, AUT

As your last resort use this: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

Try to repair your XP with the CD. Start your pc with xp cd in and say repair. But be sure to back up everything first...

Thanks for your attention!

2007-05-28 05:52:01

#5

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Well XP starts and runs. I just get that error box, but XP continues.

2007-05-28 05:52:40

#6

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6572|Area 51

faulty memory?

2007-05-28 05:54:21

#7

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Memory? as in RAM.
I just ran memtest 86 and got nothing but problems.
Are there other ways to check for faulty memory?

2007-05-28 05:56:31

#8

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6627|Mhz

What sort of problems? If memtest is going bananas its pretty safe to say there's a RAM fault.

2007-05-28 05:58:28

#9

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Bananas is accurate.
I am removing one set now.
2 see if both are bad or just one

2007-05-28 07:06:44

#10

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Okay ran memtest on each individual stick and they ran okay.
tried again with both sticks and memtest went bananas.

I have the stcks in dimms A1 and A2

2007-05-28 07:28:10

#11

buLLet_t00th: Mr. Boombastic; +178|6450|Stealth City, UK

Scratch[USA] wrote:
Okay ran memtest on each individual stick and they ran okay.
tried again with both sticks and memtest went bananas.

I have the stcks in dimms A1 and A2

What speed is the RAM and what spped is it showing in CPU-Z?

Asus boards are known for being ghey with RAM.

Last edited by buLLet_t00th (2007-05-28 07:28:39)

2007-05-28 07:33:02

#12

RoosterCantrell: Goodbye :); +399|6487|Somewhere else

Scratch[USA] wrote:
Okay ran memtest on each individual stick and they ran okay.
tried again with both sticks and memtest went bananas.

I have the stcks in dimms A1 and A2

I have an Asus Motherboard. If you only have two sticks of RAM my Motherboard Manual says to put the RAM sticks in slots dimm A1 and dimm B1. using slots A1 A2 might be the source of your problems. Check your motherboard Manual.

Last edited by RoosterCantrell (2007-05-28 07:39:19)

2007-05-28 07:33:54

#13

jamesb: Joined BF2s in November 2005; +133|6731|Doncaster, England

Are the RAM sticks are in the same colour slots.

2007-05-28 08:36:47

#14

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6627|Mhz

Rooster and james are right. Should be in the 2 yellow RAM slots, if they still have a spazz try the black ones but it's 99% of the time the yellow ones but, theres always one fuker that goes n changes it lol.

2007-05-28 08:37:05

#15

The#1Spot: Member; +105|6547|byah

Could it be that you do not have a video card

2007-05-28 09:57:51

#16

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Karma for those who have helped.
sticks are in the yellow slots.
I have not checked cpu-z to see what they are registering (mhz)
I will try the black slots and let you know the results.

Yes I have a Video card. It is an old 6600 OC nvidia I am using until I buy a new one.

2007-05-28 10:01:39

#17

Microwave: _; +515|6662|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I had that EXACT same thing a while back.

I can quite confidently say it is to do with the RAM (memory).

I had so many problems when I added some more (exactly the same type) to my system, I got that error.

Take out a stick at a time and see if it works with just one in.

2007-05-28 10:35:28

#18

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6554

Okay, Windows will no longer boot up with both sticks in. It will freeze.
This is after I pulled 1 stick out ran memtest86 and then repeated for the 2nd stick.

I ran cpu-z and it is reading the 1 stick at 1024 mbyts, pc2-6400 (400 mhz)
I guess 800 mhz is with both sticks going.
I have not tried the black slots yet.

@ james how did you fix the problem????

2007-05-28 13:06:31

#19

Microwave: _; +515|6662|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Just try booting with one in at a time.

2007-05-28 13:09:00

#20

jamesb: Joined BF2s in November 2005; +133|6731|Doncaster, England

I just found this.
It looks like your RAM must be 533- 800 Mhz.

Memory Supported: 533MHz DDR2
      Dual Channel Supported
      667MHz DDR2
      800MHz DDR2

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications … GOOGLEBASE

2007-05-28 13:15:36

#21

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6627|Mhz

Scratch[USA] wrote:
Okay, Windows will no longer boot up with both sticks in. It will freeze.
This is after I pulled 1 stick out ran memtest86 and then repeated for the 2nd stick.

I ran cpu-z and it is reading the 1 stick at 1024 mbyts, pc2-6400 (400 mhz)
I guess 800 mhz is with both sticks going.
I have not tried the black slots yet.

@ james how did you fix the problem????

With DDR you double the data rate (DDR standing for Double Data Rate, so you double 400Mhz to get the actual Speed, 800Mhz), that's why it's reporting 400Mhz.

Going from the link james posted, and assuming the RAM you got is definitely 800Mhz, the only thing I can think of is that for some peculiar reason your RAM isn't running in dual channel mode, or it's not even dual channel RAM.

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2007-05-28 13:17:14)

2007-05-28 16:47:19

#22

psychotoxic187: Member; +11|6717

What slots do you have the RAM in? If you're looking at the board, they should both go in the first two slots on the left. First one yellow, second one black. That's how the channels are set up on most of the ASUS boards I have seen.

2007-05-28 16:50:01

#23

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6456

psychotoxic187 wrote:
What slots do you have the RAM in? If you're looking at the board, they should both go in the first two slots on the left. First one yellow, second one black. That's how the channels are set up on most of the ASUS boards I have seen.

They should be in the same slot colour....

2007-05-28 16:53:10

#24

psychotoxic187: Member; +11|6717

rabee2789b wrote:
psychotoxic187 wrote:
What slots do you have the RAM in? If you're looking at the board, they should both go in the first two slots on the left. First one yellow, second one black. That's how the channels are set up on most of the ASUS boards I have seen.
They should be in the same slot colour....

No they shouldn't. That's why the pairs are separate. Same thing on my ASUS A8N-SLI SE. Channel A is both slots on the left, channel B is both slots on the right.

2007-05-28 17:47:52

#25

ReTox: Member; +100|6506|State of RETOXification

psychotoxic187 wrote:
rabee2789b wrote:
psychotoxic187 wrote:
What slots do you have the RAM in? If you're looking at the board, they should both go in the first two slots on the left. First one yellow, second one black. That's how the channels are set up on most of the ASUS boards I have seen.
They should be in the same slot colour....
No they shouldn't. That's why the pairs are separate. Same thing on my ASUS A8N-SLI SE. Channel A is both slots on the left, channel B is both slots on the right.

Actually you are both right... Slot 0 and Slot 2 (left side of each bank) are the same colour. Same for Slot 1 and Slot 3 (Right side). It's called interleaving and it's kinda required to get the full duplex of the RAM.

If you don't have DDR when using the right RAM in the right slots then, since you've verified the RAM as good with single mem-tests, the mobo is toast.

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