System Problems (Crashes and BSODs)

[Matrinix]

Hello everyone,

I recently built a new system with the following specs:
Case: Antec Solo
PSU: Antec TruePower Trio 550W
Motherboard: Jetway N650GE nForce 650i SLI
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Rev. B3
Memory: OCZ Gold 2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-12
Graphics: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
Hard Drive: Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA
DVD Drive: Lite-On 20X SATA
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

The problem I am having is whenever I play a game like Command & Conquer 3 or Oblivion, it will randomly crash with an error of "The application closed unexpectedly." After some research, I found that this error is most likely due to bad memory. Later on, I started getting randomly occuring BSODs whenever I'd install software or just do anything memory intensive. The STOP errors were "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" or "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". After more research, these could also be caused by bad memory.

I tested the memory by running Memtest86+ for 12 hours straight and it returned no errors and 32 passes so I assumed my memory wasn't bad. I continued testing if it could be the memory by reseating the memory, placing them in different slots, and removing one of the DIMMs. The problems still existed. This is where you all come in. I can't figure out what is wrong. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I think it may be a processor, hard drive, or motherboard problem but I hope that is not the case.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[badge]

Hello everyone,

I recently built a new system with the following specs:
Case: Antec Solo
PSU: Antec TruePower Trio 550W
Motherboard: Jetway N650GE nForce 650i SLI
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Rev. B3
Memory: OCZ Gold 2GB DDR2-800 5-5-5-12
Graphics: EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
Hard Drive: Western Digital SE16 320GB SATA
DVD Drive: Lite-On 20X SATA
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

The problem I am having is whenever I play a game like Command & Conquer 3 or Oblivion, it will randomly crash with an error of "The application closed unexpectedly." After some research, I found that this error is most likely due to bad memory. Later on, I started getting randomly occuring BSODs whenever I'd install software or just do anything memory intensive. The STOP errors were "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" or "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". After more research, these could also be caused by bad memory.

I tested the memory by running Memtest86+ for 12 hours straight and it returned no errors and 32 passes so I assumed my memory wasn't bad. I continued testing if it could be the memory by reseating the memory, placing them in different slots, and removing one of the DIMMs. The problems still existed. This is where you all come in. I can't figure out what is wrong. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I think it may be a processor, hard drive, or motherboard problem but I hope that is not the case.

Thanks in advance for any help.

You did good testing the memory with memtest. I was going to recommend upping the memory voltage in BIOS to RAM mfg. specs. 2.0-2.1 volts. Your PSU may be suspect as well as the video card. Drivers in general might cause the problem. You are pretty much stuck with swapping out your hardware like psu and video card. You have a power hungry video card, so you might think about getting a better psu with more power on the 12v. It's just trial and error with spare parts now. HTH.

 

[accu]

overclocking can causes bsod if you did oc'ed anything, also you might want to add volts to the video card(pci-e .1+)in the bio and ram(2.0-2.2)

 

[Matrinix]

I'm not OC'ing and my motherboard won't let me change the PCI-E bus voltage. I upped the RAM voltage to 2.1V which did not help at all. Someone suggested replacing my motherboard with an EVGA 650i Ultra, which I may do if I determine its the best course of action. I would really hate to waste the time (and money) of having to RMA each part individually. I need this computer to be stable by the end of this upcoming week if not sooner. Thanks for any help.