NF4 Ultra-D - Upgraded chipset hs/fan and CPU hs/f, comp keeps restarting :(

[pclstyle]

I upgraded the chipset hs/f to the one stickied, and the cpu hs/fan on my mobo to Arctic Freezer 64. Now, my computer keeps restarting. All the fans are working fine- smart guardian shows their temps at their lowest they've ever been. However, after a few minutes in windows, my computer restarts, and the whole thing reboots. It does it repeatedly- every time, I get through a few minutes in windows, then bang.

Any suggestions? I'm pretty sure the thermal paste and contacts are good, especially since the temps are doing good. Voltages and everything are stable too. Didn't change any settings at all. Everything is exactly the same, except the new hs/fans.

 

[aidanjm]

what are you using on the nf4 chipset?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

I think he's refering to the evercool vc-re or vc-rf thats stickied in cases and cooling. heatsink checklist:
1)removed plastic protective film from bottom of heatsink
2)cleaned off any old thermal paste or pad?
3)applied new THIN layer of thermal paste or new thermal pad?
4)properly directionally oriented heatsink?
5)made 200% sure that heatsink is making firm contact with chip(set)?

if you are only getting a couple minutes it could still be heat. what thermal paste did you use?

 

[pclstyle]

thanks for the replies, figured it out...

On the ultra-d there are orange and yellow slots. apparently my ram hates yellow slots- i had shifted them during the hs/fan upgrade because the arctic freezer makes it necessary to sort of "wedge" the closest ram stick under the base of the heatsink. Instead of doing this I had moved the ram to the yellow slots, which made my whole system somewhat unstable (read: very). Once I returned the sticks to the orange slots, everything ran smoothly, and has been doing fine since last night (8 hours).

Don't know what the heck is up with this orange/yellow slot business- i had thought it was just a rumor. Glad things are working, but there's a little horizontal pressure being placed on the bottom RAM stick and subsequently the DIMM slot- by the Arctic Freezer hs, which I would like to eliminate. Anyone with a similar setup have any suggestions for something that might have worked for them?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Oh no, completley true, I had to mismatch my ram to get it to run stable. I have OCZ VX in the orange and Corsair 3200C2 in the yellow. Talk about an adventure in ram timings.....

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: pclstyle
thanks for the replies, figured it out...

On the ultra-d there are orange and yellow slots. apparently my ram hates yellow slots- i had shifted them during the hs/fan upgrade because the arctic freezer makes it necessary to sort of "wedge" the closest ram stick under the base of the heatsink. Instead of doing this I had moved the ram to the yellow slots, which made my whole system somewhat unstable (read: very). Once I returned the sticks to the orange slots, everything ran smoothly, and has been doing fine since last night (8 hours).

Don't know what the heck is up with this orange/yellow slot business- i had thought it was just a rumor. Glad things are working, but there's a little horizontal pressure being placed on the bottom RAM stick and subsequently the DIMM slot- by the Arctic Freezer hs, which I would like to eliminate. Anyone with a similar setup have any suggestions for something that might have worked for them?

Haha great, I hope mine works! I'm ordering an Ultra-D with a Thermaltake Big Typhoon and some G.Skill ram this month

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Orange = safe = what you should always test out first, but usually TCCD ram prefers these
Yellow = UTT. Angry Games or RGone (one of the DFI guys on DFI-street) always uses Yellow, no matter the ram...

Usually if you have quality ram, both slots work. I've tried both yellow and orange on my VX sticks.