New motherboard quandry

[egale]

I am having bsods problems with my Asus P4KE-WIFI. Worked for a about six months. Started getting them at shutdown, sleep, bootup, wakeup. Also, at wakeup, everything starts but the video. All of this is sometimes, no pattern.

I changed memory. Seemed to help but not 100%. Changed PSUs. Machine is now peppier (is that a word) but the bsods and no video on wake is still there.

Done the scans for viruses and other bad things.

Now I have to reload I think. But if this is a motherboard problem, why bother. I should just replace the mobo and do this once!!!!!

I have DDR2 800 memory. Without buying new memory, what is the best (most stable, best supported) out there. The P45 bpards will require new memory?

Thanks for the help!

 

[o1die]

Check the specs on the p45 boards. I don't know if any work with ddr3. Your problem may be related to memory settings. Try boosting the voltage to 2.0 or 2.1; and set the timing numbers a little higher. You can also test them with memtest, a free download.

 

[egale]

My old memory was 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v and the new is 5-5-5-18 @ 1.9v. Since I have had the same problems with both now, I am going to assume it is not the memory.

I am figuring the windows installation or the mobo is bad. If I am going to have to reload the world, I only want to do it once and if it is a chance the mobo is bad, then I want to replace it before I reload. So, the question is, will a P45/X35/X48 mobo show me any real improvement in performance and if I stay with a P35, what is stable and well supported.

 

[Old Hippie]

You could try a repair install. It will wipe out any updates not included on the install disc, but leave everything else intact.

But, kinda sounds like a hardware problem.......