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Help! Anyone else with the ASUS A7N8X having this problem?

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Skiguy411

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I just got my first computer built. Here are the specs:

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Athlon XP 2600+
Antec TruePower 380 watt PS
2 sticks of GEIL 256 PC 3200 DDR Ram
Geforce2 MX400
- No PCI slots filled
Windows XP
(All updates installed from the windows update site)

After logging on and playing around with the computer, it will randomly go to the blue screen of death and restart itself. It doesnt happen when you click on a certain thing, just randomly. When you log back on it asks you to report the problem and then microsoft's website pops up and says that the problem is a driver. The only thing I can think of that is conflicting is maybe the graphics card's driver. Any ideas?
 
Oh yes, Put me in that line. I had the exact same problem you are experiencing.

Installed my MB last week and I would get the BSOD right after posting. System instantly rebooted and the viscious cycle repeated. What I commenced do to after I scratched my eyes out was to reformat/reinstall. However with XP I had another alternative. Upon reinstalling XP it detected a damaged XP installation and asked me if I wanted to repair it? I said "hell yes, repair away." After an hour of reinstalling files I was sitting back at my desktop with neary a problem. I loaded the Nforce drivers and I have been cruising ever since a 200 FSM with memory running in sync. I have ran this board completely stable at 211 FSB however my ram won't do that stable. Running at 211 I had to run my ram at 83% of the CPU FSB. I get better performace running 200 FSB in sync. This is one terrific board.
 
yeah, that just sounds like cheap ram. Get rid of that crap.
-doug
PS. Just curious, are you gonna be upgrading that video card soon? Just doesnt do the rest of the system justice.
 

Got this off a GEIL review...


"For street price of $160 CDN ($115 US) through RAMStore.ca, a 256MB module of GEIL PC3500 can be a good value if you have an Intel based system. If your rig is AMD, you might want to look elsewhere for the moment until all the compatibility issues are hammered out. We were not able to get the GEIL PC3500 to work properly at the rated speed on our reference 8K3A+ and we all know how lax the memory timings are at high speeds"
 
Originally posted by: Macro2
Got this off a GEIL review...


"For street price of $160 CDN ($115 US) through RAMStore.ca, a 256MB module of GEIL PC3500 can be a good value if you have an Intel based system. If your rig is AMD, you might want to look elsewhere for the moment until all the compatibility issues are hammered out. We were not able to get the GEIL PC3500 to work properly at the rated speed on our reference 8K3A+ and we all know how lax the memory timings are at high speeds"
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not dissing you Macro2
but that's a total LOAD!
i had 512MB DDR333 in my 4PEA+ rig (p4) and figured out the RAM was mental.. so I put it in my AMD rig.. it wouldn't even boot all the way.
that RAM is just pure garbage.. plain, and simple.
 
Originally posted by: Yield
2 sticks of GEIL 256 PC 3200 DDR Ram
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There is your problem right there.
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why buy cheap ram when your using brands like Asus & antec in your rig? Cosair 3200x2 = good replacement..........btw why a Geforce 2 mx only? You dont play games? Alot of cpu power with slow gpu 🙁
 
Seems the concensus is the GeiL RAM. My A7N8X runs perfect. Not a single problem at all. --->knocking on wood...
 
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