Need Some Serious Help
 

Hi ALL

I just registered to this forum I am in great need of help...I just built my new pc system
Specs
AMD Phenome II x2 550 CPU
ECS 790GXM-AD3 Motherboard
Saphierre(how ever it spells) ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 Graphics Card
4GB DDR3 Ram
500 GB Hard drive
Running on Windows 7 64Bit

Here is the thing This system is only like a week and a half year old and I have already gotten like almost 7 Blue Screens Of Death

I Downloaded My grahpics drivers from the manufacturer site and Windows said that this driver have not passed windows testing. Every now and then windows would pop up and say that my dispaly driver have stop responding and has recovered

I was playing Ninja BLade and noticed that I wasn't seeing any flames.... I had an idea that my drivers was the one with the problem so I removed it and is now using the windows version.

Now when I play ninja blade I can see flames but still have the same nasty blue screen and the display driver still shuts down from time to time...

My CPU is not over clocked... I ran prime95 and within a minute of running prime95 it returned with an Error...

Is something wrong with my CPU or something can some one give me any advice?

If you did not change your BIOS settings recently, one possibility is dust build-up (on the CPU heat-sink, on fans, other heat-sinks...) causing overheating.

If that is not the problem you need to give some more information : what are the codes displayed by the "BSOD"s ? What is the error displayed by Prime95 ?

After you give us that information perhaps we can get serious ;-)

Jacob

When you've multiple memory modules (hopefully you have 2x 2GiB):
Try to run the system with only one module (single channel mode results in a performance loss but you can check if the memory is ok or not).
Do this for every module you've in you system.
Defective memory is a common cause...


P.S.
Take care about ESD / proper grounding when you handle your components (specially memory).

[quote=S485122;205549]If you did not change your BIOS settings recently, one possibility is dust build-up (on the CPU heat-sink, on fans, other heat-sinks...) causing overheating.

If that is not the problem you need to give some more information : what are the codes displayed by the "BSOD"s ? What is the error displayed by Prime95 ?

After you give us that information perhaps we can get serious ;-)

Jacob[/quote]


Its a newly built system only a weak old... so not dust.... Prime 95 only tells me Hardware Error Failure... Detected Consult stres.txt don't know what this is about... 1 Error 0Warnings

[quote=TheJudger;205561]When you've multiple memory modules (hopefully you have 2x 2GiB):
Try to run the system with only one module (single channel mode results in a performance loss but you can check if the memory is ok or not).
Do this for every module you've in you system.
Defective memory is a common cause...


P.S.
Take care about ESD / proper grounding when you handle your components (specially memory).[/quote]

Ok What I have noticed is that when running prime 95 for the memory it only goes up to 2.16GB well when I look at the task manager... and the system has 4GB in it.... Is that normal?

Make sure that the RAM settings are correct and then download and run [URL="http://www.memtest.org/"]Memtest86+[/URL].
If you get ANY errors during the test, pull one DIMM and retest, then swap the DIMMs and test again. Again, any error means replace the RAM.

If version 4 hangs (it does not like some motherboards), try version 2.11.

About the dust build up, I suggested that as a possible cause because of what you said :[QUOTE=Shagon;205596]This system is only like a week and a [b]half year[/b] old[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Shagon;205596]Ok What I have noticed is that when running prime 95 for the memory it only goes up to 2.16GB well when I look at the task manager... and the system has 4GB in it.... Is that normal?[/QUOTE]What is the version of Prime95 you are you using ?

No data on the "BSOD"s ?

Anyway TheJudger ans sdbardwick gave you the following step to diagnose what is wrong in your system.

Jacob

Thanks Alot Guys it was a faulty memory.... For some reason I didn't get memtest to install... but I used prime95 on one memory and then swap.... the faulty memory boots up but then I get an error with prime95.... I also used AMD Over Drive.... was getting a calculation error with the faulty memory installed... none without it....

Though its still on warranty I can't take advantage of that as I am not located in the States....

I am atleast glad that it was one memory and not my CPU...
Oh and it seem like that memory have an issue... though it has Good Reviews
The thing should be DDR3 1333mhz but it only goes up to 1066 and my board surpports 1333mhz...

Would windows 7 64bit run properly without issues on only 2GB?

[quote=Shagon;205633]Would windows 7 64bit run properly without issues on only 2GB?[/quote]
Should do. Especially as i am currently doing just that. My system is however based on a Q6600 with DDR2 memory:smile:
I wouldn't be too amazed if windows 7 would boot with just 512MB of memory although i would expect it to be slow.