Hmm, where to begin. I suppose what would help would be a complete run down of the components that make up my system:
Albatron 845PE Pro II
P4 2.4GHz 533 (Retail HSF, no OC'ing)
768MB DDR 2700 (3 Sticks of Corsair XMS)
Asus GeForce 4200 Ti (V8420)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Maxtor 40GB HD ATA 133 (2MB Cache)
Artec 16x DVD-ROM
Samsung 48x CDRW
Antec SX635 (350 Watt Antec PS)
I have experienced issues that I can not completely isolate. More specifically, the Corsair XMS memory is CAS 2 and is rated for 6-3-3 timings. The system is perfectly stable at CAS to Precharge of 7, however, when I adjust to 6 I get BSOD under Windows XP Pro (SP1). I also suspect memory leaks as, when I had less RAM in the system, I was forced to use a RAM recovery program (MemMonster) or I was getting insufficient virtual memory messages.
I have more specifically had issues when playing a MMORPG wherein, on occasion, the video gets horribly distorted and I must log from the game and relog in or reboot the system altogether.
I am also not entirely happy with the benchmark scores I get from my hard drive under SiSoft Sandra 2003. The motherboard and the hard drive support ATA 133, however, my scores are coming in below what is achieved by an ATA 100 drive. I have already RMA'd the hard drive and have gotten the same results with the new drive.
The BIOS has been flashed to the most recent version from February of this year. I would love to be able to get some opinions as to where I should focus my attentions in an attempt to remedy my difficulties. Any straightforward suggestions or does something need to be RMA'd?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Albatron 845PE Pro II
P4 2.4GHz 533 (Retail HSF, no OC'ing)
768MB DDR 2700 (3 Sticks of Corsair XMS)
Asus GeForce 4200 Ti (V8420)
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Maxtor 40GB HD ATA 133 (2MB Cache)
Artec 16x DVD-ROM
Samsung 48x CDRW
Antec SX635 (350 Watt Antec PS)
I have experienced issues that I can not completely isolate. More specifically, the Corsair XMS memory is CAS 2 and is rated for 6-3-3 timings. The system is perfectly stable at CAS to Precharge of 7, however, when I adjust to 6 I get BSOD under Windows XP Pro (SP1). I also suspect memory leaks as, when I had less RAM in the system, I was forced to use a RAM recovery program (MemMonster) or I was getting insufficient virtual memory messages.
I have more specifically had issues when playing a MMORPG wherein, on occasion, the video gets horribly distorted and I must log from the game and relog in or reboot the system altogether.
I am also not entirely happy with the benchmark scores I get from my hard drive under SiSoft Sandra 2003. The motherboard and the hard drive support ATA 133, however, my scores are coming in below what is achieved by an ATA 100 drive. I have already RMA'd the hard drive and have gotten the same results with the new drive.
The BIOS has been flashed to the most recent version from February of this year. I would love to be able to get some opinions as to where I should focus my attentions in an attempt to remedy my difficulties. Any straightforward suggestions or does something need to be RMA'd?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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