After reading this (and believe me, I'm the kind of guy who reads thoroughly), I'm only curious about one thing: does it still lock-up when there's absolutely no overclock?
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PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703013 (but this is a guess)
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322(this is not a guess)
I obtained this information from the OP.
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Originally Posted by 11alliance11 Well after reading a bit I thought it was temperature, but you got it out of the way, so then I thought the hard drive could be faulty, you've cleared that too. But just for fun What PSU and HDD are you using? I'd need actual brands and serial numbers to see. And umm... Something stupid, you sure you're not shorting your MB? did you try running it on let's say.. its box? But honestly I don't think that's what it is. |
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322(this is not a guess)
I obtained this information from the OP.
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Yes it locks up at stock 1333. I've also tried underclocking at 1066.
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703013
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136322
I haven't tried running it out of the case, but I have put plastic washers on all of the screws. I wasn't able to get the washers on the underside however, so do you think it could be worth a try taking it out of it's case?
Originally Posted by TwoCables After reading this (and believe me, I'm the kind of guy who reads thoroughly), I'm only curious about one thing: does it still lock-up when there's absolutely no overclock? |
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703013
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136322
I haven't tried running it out of the case, but I have put plastic washers on all of the screws. I wasn't able to get the washers on the underside however, so do you think it could be worth a try taking it out of it's case?
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This is only a guess, but perhaps it has something to with which outlet it's plugged into. I mean, I am guessing that the outlet isn't grounded, however I don't know if this makes any difference. I mean, I recently discovered that the outlet I had been using this past year and a half is not grounded, but I wasn't experiencing any problems. Although, I still switched to a grounded outlet just for peace of mind, but still: I wasn't having problems.
But this indeed something that sounds like it might be unrelated to the components and more to something outside of the rig itself (or perhaps the way the motherboard is installed in the case... I don't know).
Did you install the stand-off screws into the case before installing the motherboard into it?
Originally Posted by Jay7 Yes it locks up at stock 1333. I've also tried underclocking at 1066. PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703013 HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136322 |
But this indeed something that sounds like it might be unrelated to the components and more to something outside of the rig itself (or perhaps the way the motherboard is installed in the case... I don't know).
Did you install the stand-off screws into the case before installing the motherboard into it?
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I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. I have 1 nvidia card btw.
I may go ahead and try sparhawk's idea of laying it out on a bench. I've also thought about some components not working together which is why I've gone bare minimum. I honestly don't see how a evga card and an evga mobo couldn't work together. There hasn't been any complaints for the PSU I'm using. I have seen ram complaints but I've tried 3 different models. I might get my old IDE harddrive out and swap it with the ATA harddrive.
Yea, I thought of the outlet to. It's grounded and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. I went ahead and bought an UPS though to make sure my computer is getting clean power.
Originally Posted by 11alliance11 This IS confusing. The only I see possible is the following: The use of your 2 different Nvidia Cards. Hard Drive Pin (Data Transfer Rate) But i'd be surprised. Worth the try I guess. |
I may go ahead and try sparhawk's idea of laying it out on a bench. I've also thought about some components not working together which is why I've gone bare minimum. I honestly don't see how a evga card and an evga mobo couldn't work together. There hasn't been any complaints for the PSU I'm using. I have seen ram complaints but I've tried 3 different models. I might get my old IDE harddrive out and swap it with the ATA harddrive.
Yea, I thought of the outlet to. It's grounded and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. I went ahead and bought an UPS though to make sure my computer is getting clean power.
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I've ran memtest for 14 hours at 1333, 14 hours at 1066, and 14 hours at 1800. I never got 1 error. I have also tried 2 different ram models in this computer as well.
Originally Posted by Ando Run memtest for a few hours......let us know how you go. |
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Oops I read too fast lol Sorry bout that. But about the HDD, did you take off the speed limit pin in the back? I remember that one of my hdd's started having problems when I did that. But with my new one, it doesn't even matter.
Originally Posted by Jay7 I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. I have 1 nvidia card btw. I may go ahead and try sparhawk's idea of laying it out on a bench. I've also thought about some components not working together which is why I've gone bare minimum. I honestly don't see how a evga card and an evga mobo couldn't work together. There hasn't been any complaints for the PSU I'm using. I have seen ram complaints but I've tried 3 different models. I might get my old IDE harddrive out and swap it with the ATA harddrive. Yea, I thought of the outlet to. It's grounded and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. I went ahead and bought an UPS though to make sure my computer is getting clean power. |
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No, I didn't know they had a speed pin to be honest.
Originally Posted by 11alliance11 Oops I read too fast lol Sorry bout that. But about the HDD, did you take off the speed limit pin in the back? I remember that one of my hdd's started having problems when I did that. But with my new one, it doesn't even matter. |
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It has actually frozen on me after one of the times I had reformatted. I just installed Windows Vista SP1, (nothing else at this point, not even drivers) I clicked the start button to make my way to Windows Update and it froze. With it also freezing on me once after a BIOS post (the bios was listing system info) I kinda doubt it could be software. But it could have been a fluke.
So far what I have gathered is to try an IDE harddrive with a fresh install and to try laying it all out on a bench. I could try a different house with different power (never know even though I have an UPS) and I'm going to try finding that speed pin on the harddrive and removing it to see what happens..
Originally Posted by X1L3D It sounds to me you have pretty much eliminated any possible hardware issue. I would start looking into software issues. If you install the same things over and over again on those OS's maybe it is something that your installing that is conflicting with those programs and games you have mentioned that freeze up when others do not. If I were you I would try a total fresh install of windows, maybe on a new HDD to eliminate that again, and see if it locks up while running photoshop or any other program your having issue's with without installing anything accept drivers. |
So far what I have gathered is to try an IDE harddrive with a fresh install and to try laying it all out on a bench. I could try a different house with different power (never know even though I have an UPS) and I'm going to try finding that speed pin on the harddrive and removing it to see what happens..
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It's a jumper. It's similar to the jumper that the old IDE hard drives and optical drives use. The only difference is that it's a little smaller and it's harder to remove. You might not even see it unless you look closely. Look for an area that looks very similar to the area on those IDE drives where the jumper goes. The only difference is that the jumper is really short so it's not immediately obvious as to whether or not there's one there.
Originally Posted by Jay7 Well I couldn't find any 'speed pin' on my harddrive, but I went ahead and took my computer downstairs and plugged it into another outlet that's on a different circuit going to my circuit breaker. I froze pretty much instantly in photoshop still. I also tried 32bit photoshop with the same result. |
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