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| 561375 | 2007-06-21 09:36:00 | Try the RAM sticks individually at DDR800 and see if that has issues if so I am going to say the RAM is crap and see if you can get a refund | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 561376 | 2007-06-21 09:44:00 | Try the RAM sticks individually at DDR800 and see if that has issues if so I am going to say the RAM is crap and see if you can get a refund Individually they're OK, it's when I have 2-3+ that it has the problems. That FAQ applied to the mobo u have now, not every mobo. Oh ok, I won't probably use this board again. I have had problems with every one I have had (3 boards, different problem every time). Last time the onboard NIC was bad. I will use the Gigabyte 650i board when SLI is required from now on. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 561377 | 2007-06-22 03:42:00 | It was running beatifully last night, but this morning it was frozen while doing the stress test I left running. Any ideas? If I can't ship it today, there's a fairly good chance I'll be asked to shell out a $3845 refund AND have an unhappy customer :( |
george12 (7) | ||
| 561378 | 2007-06-22 03:46:00 | With the cost of the system, i'm assuming you've got a grunty PSU?? what have you put in there, it's possible there simply isn't enough power to run everything? you've probably got that covered.. just an idea though.:2cents: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 561379 | 2007-06-22 03:56:00 | I'm putting XP Home on this one. AFAIK 32 bit XP is self limited to using just over 3GB ram. Realistically 2GB would be enough. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 561380 | 2007-06-22 04:06:00 | There's a decent 550W PSU in there (AcBel). Yes, it's limited to 3.5GB in this system, but the customer knows that and wanted 4GB anyway. He may be planning to upgrade to something 64 bit later on, or he might just want the 3GB he can use to all run in dual channel. Could my running too much at once possibly explain the freeze? I had the nVidia Stability Test running, which, among other things, was designed to test the memory, and three instances of Prime95 running on each of the other cores each using 700MB Ram. |
george12 (7) | ||
| 561381 | 2007-06-22 04:07:00 | I'd say it's highly possible thats what caused it - that's a lot of stuff running... and you know how amazingly stable windows is:o | wratterus (105) | ||
| 561382 | 2007-06-22 04:28:00 | I'd say it's highly possible thats what caused it - that's a lot of stuff running... and you know how amazingly stable windows is:o If it's running fine at 4:30, I'm going to ship it. I'll soon find out how his 14 hour flight simulations go - or don't. I expect it will be fine. I have arranged to send him 4GB of A-Data DDR2-800 RAM, which he is happy to put in himself. Edit: Spoke too soon. It has just frozen with artifacts on the screen, and when I reset it freezes whileloading Windows. However, the temparatures are reported as perfectly fine (42 degrees). :( |
george12 (7) | ||
| 561383 | 2007-06-22 04:29:00 | If it's running fine at 4:30, I'm going to ship it. I'll soon find out how his 14 hour flight simulations go - or don't. I expect it will be fine. I have arranged to send him 4GB of A-Data DDR2-800 RAM, which he is happy to put in himself. Good luck:) |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 561384 | 2007-06-22 04:48:00 | Thanks wratterus. Turns out it was back running in DDR2-800! Don't know how or when that happened but it explains everything so far. In 20 minutes, providing no more errors occur, it will be time to ship and prey. If he has no end of trouble and demands a refund I'll give him one. The last thing I need is more stress after this horrid ordeal. |
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