New Hi End build--NOTHING BUT TROUBLE!!

[x26]

Hi all;

System builder since 1998...I was waiting with young Anond for BX chipset Matrox 200 and A-150...

Anyway just put together a system with ALL NEW hi-end parts:

Q6600 quad
asus p5k premium
wd raptor
corsair 620 ps
etc

cpu must be overheating cause i'm getting strange vista ultimate errors like--not being able to access control panel chores etc

I am Really really really pissed off...
Stop the world i want to jump off!!

ps--also pissed away $$ on 8800 gts--asus...

AM I MISSING SOMETHING!!!

 

[Corporate Thug]

ummm, what are your temps and what cooler are you using?

 

[Ika]

CPU cooler? and what's up with your GPU? Did you install Vista correctly? Checked your hard drive?

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
ummm, what are your temps and what cooler are you using?

39-45 idle
49-56 or 57 under load

Intel stock H/s fan--

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: Aflac
CPU cooler? and what's up with your GPU? Did you install Vista correctly? Checked your hard drive?

GPU==Not nearly as impressed as i thought but than again i have'nt played hl2 or ut yet...

my last sys was/is

2.8 @ 3.4
98oo pro
Good sys it was

 

[ViRGE]

Those are perfectly fine CPU temps.

 

[x26]

We are just being ripped off with overpriced, undersupported gadgets...

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Those are perfectly fine CPU temps.

That's what i thought...

Back on the phone to MS??

 

[x26]

Did i Get a Bad CPU??

Diagnostic software?

 

[PurdueRy]

Can you take a screenshot of these errors you are getting?

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Can you take a screenshot of these errors you are getting?

Thanks for responding,

The problem is:

2-5 days after a clean Install--w/ full ratail Vista Ultimate,
My computer will not access control panel ...
I double click on it, it opens for a split second, then disapears...

I have done 6+ clean installs and am truly loosing my mind,
I can feel my life being slowly sucked away by Vista...

 

[ViRGE]

It sounds more like you keep catching a virus of some sort.

 

[x26]

Update...

Just removed 2 of 4 Crucial Ballistix (1 gb dimms)

And funtions--contol panel returns...WTF!!

What in the heck is going on??

Is the crusial memory bad?
Undervolted?

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
It sounds more like you keep catching a virus of some sort.

Sometimes i wish it were "Just" a virus lol...

Definitely NOT a virus--Have Macaffee running.

 

[x26]

Originally posted by: x26
Update...

Just removed 2 of 4 Crucial Ballistix (1 gb dimms)

And funtions--contol panel returns...WTF!!

What in the heck is going on??

Is the crusial memory bad?
Undervolted?

This is the Apparent source of the Problem...
What now?

EDIT: Use the other 2 gigs for "Skeet"... Sure is a shame...

 

[corkyg]

You had 4 GB of RAM. That is a problem unless you installed 64 bit Vista. Bo back to the top and read Blain's sticky. It applies.

Blain

What to do? Send the RAM back to Crucial or, yeah . . . get out your 12 gauge.

BTW, the 9800 Pro is not a new, high end part. It is at least 4 years old.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: corkyg
BTW, the 9800 Pro is not a new, high end part. It is at least 4 years old.

That was his old rig. He now has a 8800 GTS.

 

[Aikouka]

4GB of RAM in Vista 32-bit isn't an issue. I had 4GB of OCZ Platinum DDR2-800 in my machine before I upgraded (well, switched two Vista copies around) to 64-bit. I had no problems with it.

Even before reading your remarks, I was going to say memory. Now I'm pretty sure there's a memory problem. Try running some memory diagnostics (which aren't full proof, but they help ).

 

[tw1164]

Originally posted by: x26
Update...

Just removed 2 of 4 Crucial Ballistix (1 gb dimms)

And funtions--contol panel returns...WTF!!

What in the heck is going on??

Is the crusial memory bad?
Undervolted?

Have you tested your RAM yet? Test your ram using memtest.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: x26

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Can you take a screenshot of these errors you are getting?

Thanks for responding,

The problem is:

2-5 days after a clean Install--w/ full ratail Vista Ultimate,
My computer will not access control panel ...
I double click on it, it opens for a split second, then disapears...

I have done 6+ clean installs and am truly loosing my mind,
I can feel my life being slowly sucked away by Vista...

This likely has nothing to do with Vista and everything to do with bad Nvidia drivers (the control panel issue is a known nvidia issue)

 

[JAG87]

why dont you just install XP and enjoy your rig? I think you deserve it.

just ignore vista and all the people who get defensive about it until service pack 2.

 

[Quiksilver]

Did you go into your system BIOS and make sure the timings and memory voltage is corrrect? It should be 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V If its not manually set it and see if it fixes the problem.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: JAG87
why dont you just install XP and enjoy your rig? I think you deserve it.

just ignore vista and all the people who get defensive about it until service pack 2.

:roll: There is nothing wrong with Vista, he has buggy video card drivers. Sheesh.

 

[bsobel]

See this thread for a workaround.

 

[herm0016]

Originally posted by: corkyg

BTW, the 9800 Pro is not a new, high end part. It is at least 4 years old.

you should try reading once in a while.


when i built my current system a few years back i had all kinds of wacky errors and stuff, ended up being the memory. ocz performance. RMA it and everything was fine.
system is: 4000+,x800pro, 2x wd HD, xp pro, enlight rack mount w/ hotswap ps.