Asus P5Q-VM + Q9650

[Jakub_3]

Hey there guys. I have this mentioned combo and I'm getting BSODs sometimes. All other components are good, I've tested them. Asus tells that Q9650 is supported from BIOS rev 0402 but last BIOS I can download for this board is 2101. Question is. Does it need to update?

 

[clutchc]

2101 would be a much later BIOS than 0402, so that shouldn't be an issue. You sure it isn't a faulty stick of RAM? Weak or failing PSU with low voltage at times? An old board like that could also have a failing component like a capacitor.

 

[atljsf]

if they say you need bios update, update bios, are you downloading it from the asus site?

 

[Jakub_3]

I'm sure that PSU is good, I haven't tried memtest yet or windows test. And about that failing component I'm not sure. I will try some stresstests to push rig to it's knees and see if it will show some crash or failure. Updating soon.

 

[Jakub_3]

Update: I tried Windows Memory Test. 3 Times. Every time it fails at 15%. PC freezes, keyboard turns off (just like BSOD). So first guess is that RAM aren't good.

 

[atljsf]

your guess sounds acurate

 

[Jakub_3]

Gonna try memtestx86 just to be sure.

 

[clutchc]

Update: I tried Windows Memory Test. 3 Times. Every time it fails at 15%. PC freezes, keyboard turns off (just like BSOD). So first guess is that RAM aren't good.

Yeah, that seems to be the culprit. Let us know what memtest reports after at least one full pass on each stick individually.

 

[Jakub_3]

Hey there. I've ran Memtest whole night on all sticks. About 6 and half hour. No problems. I will try to do each stick individually later. (Got to go to school ). Updating later.

 

[Jakub_3]

Can It probably be bad install on Windows? Becouse when I was installing my PC froze mid way of installation. It resumed after reset but now I'm considering it might be from this.

 

[clutchc]

Can It probably be bad install on Windows? Becouse when I was installing my PC froze mid way of installation. It resumed after reset but now I'm considering it might be from this.

Possible, not not likely. If the RAM tested good, I would suspect another piece of hardware might be bad. Have you checked for software conflicts? Run CCLeaner and do the Clean and Registry portions both. See if it finds much crap. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download
And disable as much as you can that starts with Win.

 

[Jakub_3]

Will try. Updating later.

 

[Jakub_3]

So cleaned whole PC from scrap. Around 20GB, fixed Registry with CCleaner. No BSODs so far. Thank you for help.

 

[clutchc]

So cleaned whole PC from scrap. Around 20GB, fixed Registry with CCleaner. No BSODs so far. Thank you for help.

20 GB! Wow. You did have a lot of junk in there. Might want to run it again, just to be sure freeing up that load didn't open up more stuff. Got my fingers crossed for you.