Asus 680i, P5N32-E Sli Results.

[shankstas]

I'm assuming you're new. There's always a notch on every LGA775-socket CPU. This is so that you can only put it in one way. It's a fool-resistant method of inserting the CPU into the socket.

lol no no, i know that. The scratched part is actually near the CPU notch towards the middle edge though.. Where the green seemed to be picked off and its yellowish ; / But then again its only about .1 to .2 mm

I have my Enermax Galaxy 1000W hooked up with a full 8 pins. I haven't experimented with only 4.

Hmmm.. Im not sure whether I should plug in the 8 pin then.. I mean if it was made for Xeons/Opterons I dont see why I should for the Dual Core.. Everything has been running pretty stable so far.

If you shake things hard enough, I'm sure there will be a point that something will begin to rattle. LOL. Umm, but seriously if it sounds like there's something broken inside making it's way into different parts of the CD-ROM drive then that's not good, but it it just sounds like a loose part then don't worry. It's probably just the cap that holds the CD against the motor. Some companies still use this method to hold CD's in place and the cap that holds them is usually endowed with a certain degree of free movement and will sounds like a rattle if you shake the CD-ROM.

Ahhh ok ... I didnt rattle it though hehe, all i did was turn it upside down/ side to side very slowly and I could hear something moving around.. I also opened the tray and tried to see if i could see anything moving around in there but I couldnt see it at all. Regardless Ill go ahead and ask newegg if the lite on's rattle just to be sure then.

"Hibernation" is not "suspend". Hibernation dumps your memory into the hyberfil.sys (or whatever the name is) file and turns off the computer so the next time you turn it on it will be in the exact same state as last time. Suspend powers down hardware and/or places them in a state of lower power usage. You can change the level of suspend in the BIOS, and the delay untill your computer enters suspend mode can be set in either the BIOS, or overriden with the control panel power settings.

I have suspend disabled in windows. I only have the monitor to shut off after 10 min and then Hibernation to activate in 15 min. And I also put the power button to go into hibernation when I press it. Maybe this could have been a BIOS issue as well? Il go ahead and put it into Hibernation now that I flashed it. Hopefully it wont turn on again on its own.

Try installing the nForce drivers and do the test again.

The tests I ran for Quicktech and PC-Check werent in Windows it was in DOS mode.

I forgot to say that it would make your life so much easier if you had acess to a computer that is known to work fine that you can use to test your RAM, CPU, etc. on. Also you can borrow some RAM that is known to work on another computer and plug it into your motherboard to perform a diagnosis.

Ok it's 9 am. I have to catch up on lost sleep LOL.

I do have, unfortunately its a motherboard with an AGP slot.. and DDR slots lol. This is my first time owning DDR2 and PCI-E based motherboard etc. As for my friends, there all running agp/ddr since all they do is play DOTA and WoW, so I have no one to turn to so I can test individual parts lol. The only reason I upgraded was because my PC finally died out RIP 2001-2007 lol. I had an FIC-AD11 motherboard (1st motherboard to support DDR!! yay ) with a 1.3 thunderbird and 1 gb of ram. I never overclocked it either. I just wanted it to last as long as possible. Finally the mb just went bye bye and it gave me the reason to upgrade to the p5n32-e SLI mb etc!

well after 0701 or so ( don't exactly recall it ) it was better...

So the rig is up and running now with 2-3-4 dimms ?

Not yet, Im gonna install the 3 dimms that work since i know my 4th one isnt working. Then il test out the other channel as well. Il keep updating as soon as possible.

Btw, Thanks so much for all the help!!