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A7N8X Deluxe Problems
Hi all,
I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason |
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Jason wrote:
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. All I can say is to try backing off the FSB and RAM slightly, 10% would be a good starting point. You could get MBM5 and see if your core voltage is dropping at any time, or try bumping the core voltage up notch (quarter or half a volt - be sure temps are ok before doing this). You could try running the RAM on 2.7V. Is RAM and FSB in synch? If not this can also be the cause of random BSODs. I presume AGP is 66MHz? And everything else "normal". Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:51:22 +0100, "Jason" wrote:
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason Try changing the FSB to 197. I would also lock the RAM to 100% for stability. In the BIOS go to: Advanced Chipset Features- System Performance- User Define- Memory Frequency- 100% ------------ When your PC gives a little they give a lot. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/disco |
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"Jason" wrote in message ...
Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason First, make sure that it is a memory problem and not something else. Try running memtest86 overnight and if you don't get any memory failures then your problem is not memory. Assuming that memory is OK then, if you could, remove: Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller and see if that changes anything. Basically, try to eliminate as many variables as possible and build up from there. Arnie |
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If nothing is overclocked, as it appears I believe you should first assume
it is a driver problem. I am not suggesting you do all three items below, these are places to start as you see fit. 1. Review you latest installations, and updates. You most likely had installed something in the last while. Also one of your file corruptions could have caught a system file. When you get a BSOD, there is a reference to the the device driver, write it down, as this is a starting point. MS knowledge base will usually have some information for the specific device it will list. 2. Turn off devices that you do not need, see if the problem persists. 3. Pull out all your devices to a bare minimum, then check to see if the problem is gone. Add devices until you get the problem back. Item #1 is your best starting point. Software, changes to hardware, Bios settings are more likely to cause BSOD rather than hardware breakdown. Hope this helps, Alan "Arnie Berger" wrote in message m... "Jason" wrote in message ... Hi all, I'm having problems with my system - here are the specs: Athlon XP 3200+ @2.19GHz Asus A7N8X Deluxe PCB 2.0 Bios 1005 Corsair XMS TwinX 1024MB PC3200C2 Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX HIS Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller Windows XP SP1 The problem seems to be memory related - I get a few BSODs that display general page faults, and errors in both the paged and nonpaged memory areas. This might indicate a faulty RAM module, which would make sense considering the other problems (file corruption when large files are copied, CRC errors and general crashes / freezes). Most of the hardware has been used in other systems, and definitely works (SCSI, Sound, TV and Video cards all work in an old PIII 800 system). I have been unable to reproduce the errors that I'm seeing, and I have tried using a number of computer loading programs, such as BurnInTest, CPUBurn, Cacheburst, PCMark etc. I have no other memory to test the system with, so I'm asking before I return the modules for testing. I have been running the system without overclocking, although I have changed the RAM latencies in the BIOS to the ones specified by Corsair. This seems to make no difference to the problems. I have also tried each stick individually on both channels, but the tests are inconclusive as i am unable to reproduce the errors 'on demand'. Any ideas? Jason First, make sure that it is a memory problem and not something else. Try running memtest86 overnight and if you don't get any memory failures then your problem is not memory. Assuming that memory is OK then, if you could, remove: Creatice SB Audigy 2 Platinum eX Hauppage WinTV PCI Card Adaptec AHA-2940U2W SCSI Controller and see if that changes anything. Basically, try to eliminate as many variables as possible and build up from there. Arnie |
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