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Help! Two Asus K8N-E boards both BSOD

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Mogh

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Hope someone has some ideas here since I am totally stumped on this one. I set this baby up and within minutes I get BSOD at random times. I ran dumpchk and it shows a bunch of audio related files. So I figure it is the motherboard so I try a brand new Asus K8N-E but ended up with the same problem.

I have two sticks of Kingston DS 512mb RAM that is on ASUS certified list right out of the manual. I have tried each stick individually but the problem still exists. Since dump shows audio related files I tried disabling the Realtek onboard audio and replaced it with an Creative Audigy2. But the I still get the BSOD and the minidump shows similar audio files.

The configuration is.
Athlon 3400+ Retail Socket 754
Asus K8N-E Deluxe
1GB RAM (2x512mb Kingston)
BFG Tech 6800GT-OC 256MB
Buslink CDRW
With and without the Creative Soundblaster Audigy2
Maxtor 120gb ATA IDE
Antec Truepower 430watt
Antec SLQ-3700-BQE
Windows XP Pro SP2 (fresh install no background apps)

Using onboard audio

Unloaded modules:
ed21d000 ed247000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ede7a000 edea4000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ee40a000 ee434000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f7c1b000 f7c1c000 drmkaud.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ee434000 ee457000 aec.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f068f000 f069c000 DMusic.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f06af000 f06bd000 swmidi.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f7b08000 f7b0a000 splitter.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f798c000 f7991000 Cdaudio.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f65a0000 f65a3000 Sfloppy.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)

Finished dump check


With onboard audio disabled. Creative Soundblaster Audigy2

Unloaded modules:
ecb53000 ecb7d000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ecb03000 ecb53000 ctdvda2k.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ed37d000 ed3cd000 ctdvda2k.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ed786000 ed7b0000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f5138000 f5139000 drmkaud.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f551c000 f5529000 DMusic.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f552c000 f553a000 swmidi.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
ed7b0000 ed7d3000 aec.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f7b34000 f7b36000 splitter.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f5074000 f5079000 Cdaudio.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)
f52c9000 f52cc000 Sfloppy.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000)


 
What voltage are you giving the memory? If you left it at AUTO, try 2.6 to 2.7 volts. If it's fancy stuff like HyperX then err on the high side. Also, as Asus advises, make sure to use the blue DIMM slot first (use one of your modules in that slot since you have two).
 
One typical cause of BSOD is incorrect or bad drivers. Make sure they are ALL up to date - replace all the old drivers if you can. Often I've have to resort to re-imaging or reinstalling Windows to get rid of the BSOD. But it sounds like you have tried that? Barring all of the above, look at memory and P/S next.
 
I tried setting it to DDR333 in BIOS but no change. Next I left it at DDR400 but changed the voltage to 2.5. It did not crash yet and normally would have by now.

How does the voltage setting effect performance? Does reducing the voltage really slow things down?
 
Originally posted by: Mogh
I tried setting it to DDR333 in BIOS but no change. Next I left it at DDR400 but changed the voltage to 2.5. It did not crash yet and normally would have by now.

How does the voltage setting effect performance? Does reducing the voltage really slow things down?
Click to expand...

Voltage shouldn't affect speed apart from needing it for overclocking. But if you are running at stock speeds, the voltage and P/S in general could affect the stability of the PC if you weren't getting a good steady voltage etc.

I'd set everything at stock/spec voltages and speeds. Then run a memory stress test to see if the memory is good or not. If it seems good, you might consider RMAing the P/S if it is still under warranty.
 
Originally posted by: techwanabe
Originally posted by: Mogh
I tried setting it to DDR333 in BIOS but no change. Next I left it at DDR400 but changed the voltage to 2.5. It did not crash yet and normally would have by now.

How does the voltage setting effect performance? Does reducing the voltage really slow things down?
Click to expand...

Voltage shouldn't affect speed apart from needing it for overclocking. But if you are running at stock speeds, the voltage and P/S in general could affect the stability of the PC if you weren't getting a good steady voltage etc.

I'd set everything at stock/spec voltages and speeds. Then run a memory stress test to see if the memory is good or not. If it seems good, you might consider RMAing the P/S if it is still under warranty.
Click to expand...

If I leave it on manual what should the voltage be for the memory?

I went into Asus probe and here is the PSU voltage readings.

+12v - varies between 11.3 - 11.7
+5v - 4.8 - 4.9
+3.3v - 3.2
Vcore - 1.536
 
Originally posted by: techwanabe
Originally posted by: Mogh
I tried setting it to DDR333 in BIOS but no change. Next I left it at DDR400 but changed the voltage to 2.5. It did not crash yet and normally would have by now.

How does the voltage setting effect performance? Does reducing the voltage really slow things down?
Click to expand...

Voltage shouldn't affect speed apart from needing it for overclocking. But if you are running at stock speeds, the voltage and P/S in general could affect the stability of the PC if you weren't getting a good steady voltage etc.

I'd set everything at stock/spec voltages and speeds. Then run a memory stress test to see if the memory is good or not. If it seems good, you might consider RMAing the P/S if it is still under warranty.
Click to expand...

If I leave it on manual what should the voltage be for the memory?

I went into Asus probe and here is the PSU voltage readings.

+12v - varies between 11.3 - 11.7
+5v - 4.8 - 4.9
+3.3v - 3.2
Vcore - 1.536

I went into the Nvidia system monitor and it shows CPU voltage at 4.1 in yellow bar up to red line.
 
but changed the voltage to 2.5
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What part of "2.6 to 2.7 volts" did you not understand? :evil:

One other tip, seeing as I'm a K8N-E owner myself: don't try for the 1T command rate.
 
So much for that theory I was finally able to get it to crash at 2.5. So it does it no matter what I set it to, so I guess I am on to finding another cause of the BSOD.
 
Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
since you say dumps point to audio, why not disable onboard audio and run NO sound card and see what happens
Click to expand...

I disabled onboard audio and used a Creative Audigy2 instead but same thing occurs.
 
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