I have a new system that I'm trying to get running stably. My relevant specs:
Pentium Quad Q6600
Asus P5Q PRO
Radeon 4870
NZXT 800W Power Supply
8 GB MUSHKIN PC6400 DDR2 800 (4 2-GB Modules), model # 991580
Nothing overclocked.
I've been playing with memory timings and voltages and benchmarking to see if I can get it running stably.
PROBLEM/QUESTION # 1--
I recently ran an HCI memtest for about 18 hours, no errors. I thought "woohoo," and then I shut the computer down. About 3 hours later, I tried to start up and it would just power up a little then restart -- never got to BIOS, POST, anything.
So I took out all but 1 stick of memory, no dice. Then I swapped slots on the vid card and was able to get into windows. Went back out and re-swapped it, loaded memory sticks again, and got into BIOS.
BUT -- my bios was borked -- it made me reload the default settings.
So my question, since I think it was not a memory error -- can stressing the system for that long (memtest runs the CPU at 100%) corrupt your BIOS?
Does this mean that I could have something else wrong?
PROBLEM / QUESTION # 2 --
Again, while messing with RAM settings / voltage, I ran HCI memtest for 8 hours, with no errors. I then started playing a game -- MMO, Warhammer Online. After about 45 minutes, graphical corruption and had to reboot.
But the system had passed memtest, so I thought it was stable. Should I have rebooted before running the game to clear RAM after stressing it?
PROBLEM / QUESTION # 3 --
Last One!
Finally, I then played the game for two hours and had a spontaneous reboot. So I relaxed my timings and upped my voltage a tic. To me, thereboot meant that my RAM still wasn't stable. I know it could also be overheating, but my temps were good. Also could be not enough power, but I'm running 800 watts on a non-overclocked system, so I think I'm probably fine.
Any thought on this?
Thanks to anyone who replies. Sorry this is all in MB forum but I didn't know where else to place it -- at least 1 issue is a MB-only issue. . .
Pentium Quad Q6600
Asus P5Q PRO
Radeon 4870
NZXT 800W Power Supply
8 GB MUSHKIN PC6400 DDR2 800 (4 2-GB Modules), model # 991580
Nothing overclocked.
I've been playing with memory timings and voltages and benchmarking to see if I can get it running stably.
PROBLEM/QUESTION # 1--
I recently ran an HCI memtest for about 18 hours, no errors. I thought "woohoo," and then I shut the computer down. About 3 hours later, I tried to start up and it would just power up a little then restart -- never got to BIOS, POST, anything.
So I took out all but 1 stick of memory, no dice. Then I swapped slots on the vid card and was able to get into windows. Went back out and re-swapped it, loaded memory sticks again, and got into BIOS.
BUT -- my bios was borked -- it made me reload the default settings.
So my question, since I think it was not a memory error -- can stressing the system for that long (memtest runs the CPU at 100%) corrupt your BIOS?
Does this mean that I could have something else wrong?
PROBLEM / QUESTION # 2 --
Again, while messing with RAM settings / voltage, I ran HCI memtest for 8 hours, with no errors. I then started playing a game -- MMO, Warhammer Online. After about 45 minutes, graphical corruption and had to reboot.
But the system had passed memtest, so I thought it was stable. Should I have rebooted before running the game to clear RAM after stressing it?
PROBLEM / QUESTION # 3 --
Last One!
Finally, I then played the game for two hours and had a spontaneous reboot. So I relaxed my timings and upped my voltage a tic. To me, thereboot meant that my RAM still wasn't stable. I know it could also be overheating, but my temps were good. Also could be not enough power, but I'm running 800 watts on a non-overclocked system, so I think I'm probably fine.
Any thought on this?
Thanks to anyone who replies. Sorry this is all in MB forum but I didn't know where else to place it -- at least 1 issue is a MB-only issue. . .
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