Ok guys, about 3 months ago i put together a C2d system.
Asus p5ne-sli
Ultra 600w PSU
E6600
8800gts
Cooler Master case/etc etc.
I had really bad luck with my initial batch of memory, which was corsair 4-4-4-12 DDR2-800 mem that was DOA. So rather than wait 3-4 weeks for a rep, i sent it back for a refund, and bought some Supertalent 5-5-5-15 DDR2-800 mem from a local shop. I'm not entirely sure if the mem is the problem. But ive had nothing but constant problems, i even had the comp freeze during the win install. Since then, i've done a fresh install on a new HDD (A roomie was welding in the garage and hit the breaker on my area of the house while i was in the middle of a defrag, pretty much hosed that hdd/copy of windows).
Basically its completely random, the comp will freeze, and if i have sound playing, it will loop back on itself. Sometimes it will freeze, ill restart, and then it will freeze 5 min later, ill restart again, do the same thing, and it will go for 3 hours. Its bizarre.
I've tried it with an Audigy 2zs, and audigy x-fi, and onboard sound. Problem still exists, i've got a fresh as of 2 weeks ago install of windows XP, problem still exists. I've tried underclocking the shit out of the 8800gts, still locks.
The only thing i can come up with is maybe the mobo is being stupid, the mem, or possibly the CPU is not seated properly, which i doubt.
My CPU temp generally hovers around 39-43C, mobo temp from 48-53c, and the vid card from 75-80c (although with declocks ive gotten it down to low 60's under intense load).
I believe the mobo temp is high because the 8800gts is like 1 inch from the chipset "chip"
Either way, if anyone might be able to shed some light it would be awesome. I'm ready to kick this thing out of the window its driving me nuts. I've been building my own comps since my first 486sx25 when i was a kid, and i've NEVER had this many issues with a comp, not even close.
edit: i should probably also clarify it happens predominantly in games, though it will also freeze when sitting utterly idle on the desktop, though that seems to be a hell of a lot less frequent.
Also, the only game ive been able to somewhat "replicate" the problem is in WOW. There was a certain AH chick in Stormwind that if i went to her, i was guarunteed a lock within 5 minutes, but thats the only situations ive found that i could "force" the lock so to speak.
Asus p5ne-sli
Ultra 600w PSU
E6600
8800gts
Cooler Master case/etc etc.
I had really bad luck with my initial batch of memory, which was corsair 4-4-4-12 DDR2-800 mem that was DOA. So rather than wait 3-4 weeks for a rep, i sent it back for a refund, and bought some Supertalent 5-5-5-15 DDR2-800 mem from a local shop. I'm not entirely sure if the mem is the problem. But ive had nothing but constant problems, i even had the comp freeze during the win install. Since then, i've done a fresh install on a new HDD (A roomie was welding in the garage and hit the breaker on my area of the house while i was in the middle of a defrag, pretty much hosed that hdd/copy of windows).
Basically its completely random, the comp will freeze, and if i have sound playing, it will loop back on itself. Sometimes it will freeze, ill restart, and then it will freeze 5 min later, ill restart again, do the same thing, and it will go for 3 hours. Its bizarre.
I've tried it with an Audigy 2zs, and audigy x-fi, and onboard sound. Problem still exists, i've got a fresh as of 2 weeks ago install of windows XP, problem still exists. I've tried underclocking the shit out of the 8800gts, still locks.
The only thing i can come up with is maybe the mobo is being stupid, the mem, or possibly the CPU is not seated properly, which i doubt.
My CPU temp generally hovers around 39-43C, mobo temp from 48-53c, and the vid card from 75-80c (although with declocks ive gotten it down to low 60's under intense load).
I believe the mobo temp is high because the 8800gts is like 1 inch from the chipset "chip"
Either way, if anyone might be able to shed some light it would be awesome. I'm ready to kick this thing out of the window its driving me nuts. I've been building my own comps since my first 486sx25 when i was a kid, and i've NEVER had this many issues with a comp, not even close.
edit: i should probably also clarify it happens predominantly in games, though it will also freeze when sitting utterly idle on the desktop, though that seems to be a hell of a lot less frequent.
Also, the only game ive been able to somewhat "replicate" the problem is in WOW. There was a certain AH chick in Stormwind that if i went to her, i was guarunteed a lock within 5 minutes, but thats the only situations ive found that i could "force" the lock so to speak.
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