Recent content by professorbell

I have now tried swapping out the memory and re-applying thermal grease to the CPU cooler. Neither of these approaches changed the problem. I have also localized the issue significantly by using the PassMark PerformanceTest. Th result? My machine always quits in the middle of the CPU Physics...

What is most interesting is that the system doesn't seem to recognize that there has been a fatal crash, and nothing is freezing, showing graphical glitches, or otherwise indicating that software ever saw the issue. This is literally like I was sitting here and pressed the "reset" button on my...

So I have tried a UPS (stable power source) and I have just changed the whole Power Supply unit inside the machine. The issue persists. What this means to me is that it is not a power supply issue. What's left? In order of probability, I think the following: 1. Thermal, both Processor and...

Hi, Computer has been randomly resetting. No blue screen, no restart message, the machine suddenly shuts off and all fans go dark. The machine is idle for a fraction of a second, then the fans all start back up, bios posts, and the OS boots like nothing happened. I can't say this always...

I built a new machine about a month ago, motherboard listed in the header, intel 4790, lots or memory, etc... (I can rattle off more specs if anyone thinks they are relavent.) I transplanted the intell ssd with my installation of windows 7 from my old system (asus board, different hardware...

Well, very quickly, a friend who had done this before saw my post and IM'd me about where to find the form in question. On this page there is a link called "Download RMA Checklist": http://www.service.asus.com/#!consumer/csn9 Which has a link about midway down the page to this form...

Trying to RMA an Asus board, basically given up on this happening in a reasonable timeframe... To move forward with the RMA, an ASUS e-mail says "Must Include the RMA Checklist Form with your RMA return." but fails to attach such a form. Indeed, it seems impossible to find the form on their...