something not right here ...

[blade148]

hi ya, brought my new system ( see sig ), and all was well, till last week.

Fitted my new gemin II cooler and fans and away I went ... firstly the temps were jumping around, So I ripped off the cooler and sure enough only point to point contact with the chip ( my IHS is as curved as robin hood's bow ) re applied paste and this time to the HS aswell. temps great and no problems - or so I thought.

The computer kept on re starting and BOSD with an error that was the nvidia ethernet drivers. I re installed the nvidia chipset drivers ( latest). and away i went again, Thing is kenell32 seems to keep being a problem ( certain apps longer work etc) and then my monitor kept going blank ( or like it was re sizing etc ) , Then I'd have artifacts and then a re boot.

I changed over slots on the mobo and still the same problem ( and the card would not even pass the directx tests) So i got out my trusty pci graphics (440 i think ... ) card and vola .... I was away again .....

Now I find last night I'm still having problems and on boot up it said some thing about ** MP processor not sync - running in uni -processor mode **

I don't know what the problem is.

I think the heatsink might not be making good enough contact, but the only common part is the Mobo ( and remember my nvidia chipset re install ...) , so maybe I should RMA it ..? ( would be a good thing as I'd junk it and get the 680i chipset I thought i was gettting ! )


This morning all seemed to boot up fine ... and can probably even play a game on the PCIe graphics card ( the 7600 ) .. but after a while it just all goes pear shaped !! and back to blankscreens artifacts etc ...


anyone got any ideas ...???

thanks

[blade148]

ok took off the HSF countersunk the base plate that holds the HS in place ( screws looked like they were infearing with the chip restraint. managed to mem86 for 8:30hrs and 21 passes without fail. but this was on my pci graphics card.

I am now using the chkdsk/r to try and repair the kernel32 error , as it looks like thart can cause alot of problems ( including graphics ), think maybe a reinstall or even a format might be in order. any one got any ideas on the kernel32.dll ..??

[blade148]

well, things aren't improving here.


chkdsk it and it hasn't made a darn bit of difference. I keep getting Ramdon reboots, and at the start, before the bios it sometimes says:

Warning: have option rom can invoke.

I think it must be a mother board issues, so I'll probably RMA it unless any one else here has had any experience like this ...??? come on guys/girls.

[Solarfall]

i would try reinstall windows and maybe while i was at it format the hdd's as well. if that does not help then it's almost definitely the board thats giving you a hard time.