It hasn't quite been 3 years since I built my last system with a GA P35 DQ6. I thought a had the best system that I ever built. It ran so beautifully.
Less than 3 months ago, I started getting BSOD's. Periodically at first. However, over the last 3 or 4 weeks they occurred more and more frequently.
I had 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 memory modules in the system since I first built it and started it up. I used Windows Memory Diagnostic (on a floppy) to test it with all 4 sticks installed. Started getting failures almost immediately and LOTS of them. I then ran the test with only one stick installed at a time. 3 of the 4 tested fine after about 5 or 6 standard test passes. The one that didn't pass started getting failures almost immediately as well so I have assumed that memory stick is "Bad"???
I took the system apart,took everything but the motherboard and the memory to a local computer shop and had it all fully tested and it all passed. Shipped the motherboard to Gigabyte. I should be getting it back in a couple of days or so, so I will find out if the board was ok or if it needed some repair.
Over the past week or so I have pondering my brains out trying to figure out why I was having so many problems. Which component was bad, this that and the other thing. The Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066 weren't on the motherboard's memory support list for DDR2 1066 but were for DDR2 800.
Had the memory voltage set to Crucial's spec (2.0v) but did not mess with the timings (didn't know anything about memory timing at the time)
I talked with a couple of Gigabyte techs by phone and they told me something about having to tweak the BIOS (voltage and timings) settings several times just to get the system stablelized. Maybe that's why the Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1066's were not on the memory support list...I dunno.
I more than likely start rebuilding my system sometime this week and I would appreciate any and all information that anyone could provide. I'd hate to have to get the system rebuilt and run into the same problems.
P.S. One difference this time around is that I will be using 2 x 2GB Kingstons Hyper X DDR2 1066 PC2 8500 memory sticks instead of the Crucial Ballistix.
Thanks in advance.
David
Less than 3 months ago, I started getting BSOD's. Periodically at first. However, over the last 3 or 4 weeks they occurred more and more frequently.
I had 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066 PC2-8500 memory modules in the system since I first built it and started it up. I used Windows Memory Diagnostic (on a floppy) to test it with all 4 sticks installed. Started getting failures almost immediately and LOTS of them. I then ran the test with only one stick installed at a time. 3 of the 4 tested fine after about 5 or 6 standard test passes. The one that didn't pass started getting failures almost immediately as well so I have assumed that memory stick is "Bad"???
I took the system apart,took everything but the motherboard and the memory to a local computer shop and had it all fully tested and it all passed. Shipped the motherboard to Gigabyte. I should be getting it back in a couple of days or so, so I will find out if the board was ok or if it needed some repair.
Over the past week or so I have pondering my brains out trying to figure out why I was having so many problems. Which component was bad, this that and the other thing. The Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066 weren't on the motherboard's memory support list for DDR2 1066 but were for DDR2 800.
Had the memory voltage set to Crucial's spec (2.0v) but did not mess with the timings (didn't know anything about memory timing at the time)
I talked with a couple of Gigabyte techs by phone and they told me something about having to tweak the BIOS (voltage and timings) settings several times just to get the system stablelized. Maybe that's why the Crucial Ballistix DDR2 1066's were not on the memory support list...I dunno.
I more than likely start rebuilding my system sometime this week and I would appreciate any and all information that anyone could provide. I'd hate to have to get the system rebuilt and run into the same problems.
P.S. One difference this time around is that I will be using 2 x 2GB Kingstons Hyper X DDR2 1066 PC2 8500 memory sticks instead of the Crucial Ballistix.
Thanks in advance.
David
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