Quote Originally Posted by dinos22 View Post
OH dont disable all those CPU settings
i found with my board for example that if i disable Virtualization i would lose stability and would also have some weird cold boot start issue

so just start simple

also i can see that you have some issues with RAM slot >> make sure you press down REAL hard to be 100% sure it makes good contact >> i would also clean the RAM contact points before installing
Hi dinos, thanks for the reply man..

Though I have already done all of what you recommend I try above to no avail...

Also, I have tried leaving the CPU settings enabled like Virtualization, C1e, etc etc, and the same thing keeps on happening...

I was testing with the Dominator RAM earlier this morning, and the problems happen a lot more frequently with that RAM, so I have went back to my 3GB XMS3 set, and it is currently running 20 passes of IBT max stress, and so far so good, but this always happens...

It will run fine for 1 day, and then the following day with the EXACT same BIOS settings it will buckle after a couple of passes...

Something just isn't right here... I am in the process of downloading W7, once it is done I am going to install it onto another HDD to see whether that makes any difference...

ATM I am using Vista Ultimate x64 SP2, I don't know whether it is this that is causing my problems, or if I have a dodgy HDD... tbh I dont have a clue why this rig wont stay stable...

As for XMP profiles, I have tried loading optimized defaults, saving and exiting, then re-entering the BIOS and enabling XMP, and then leaving every other setting alone, but the same problems keep happening!!!

Each stick of RAM has been tested with memtest boot disc, and they all ran for 20 passes without a single error...

I have spent about 1 month now with this rig, and I haven't been able to use it for its intended purpose, instead the entire time spent with this system has been trying to find the cause of this isntability, and I still haven't got anywhere, even after RMA'ing the mobo and CPU, only to get told that they were both fine... although as I said, the technicians testing methods for both the CPU and mobo were extremely poor...

To begin with the tech who had the mobo told me that the mobo was fine because he installed 6GB of RAM and it recognized all 3 sticks, I had to beg him to test it with Prime95, and when he did get around to test with Prime, he ran it for 1 hour the first time, and told me that it was fine, so I had to beg him again to try testing it over the course of a few days, but all they did was run it overnight!!!!

These problems are so intermittent that there is noway they were going to pickup on them after only one night of testing... I am regretting wasting my money on this rig, I feel like smashing it all up tbh, because it just doesn't want to work for me...

I have tried absolutely everything I can think of, and just cant seem to get out of this rut!!!

Does anyone here have any other suggestions as to where I can go from here??

I talked to the tech at Scan Computers, and he just said that he could give me another RMA number for my board, but I don't really want to ship it back to them again because of their poor testing methods, and not only that, I had to pay to ship it to them the first time which was fine, but because they didn't find any faults in the extremely short amount of time they spent with the mobo, they made me pay another £25 just to have my board shipped back to me, and when I get it back it still didn't recognize all of my RAM, I had to wiggle the stick of RAM in the first white slot before it picked it up!!!!

I personally think the mobo is bricked, but what can I do to get it replaced when the techs at scan dont know their a$$holes from their earholes?!?!?!