Hey everyone. I've got an issue right now though that has me ready to put a bullet through my computer and buy all new components... First off, here's my system specs:
Athlon X2 3800+
DFI LanParty UT Ultra-D with the latest official BIOS
Thermalright XP-90 HS with 92mm Panaflow fan
2gb Corsair XMS (Twinx2048-C2PT)
128mb BFG 6600GT OCX
3x Seagate 7200.10 250gb SATA2 drives
1x Seagate 7200.8 250gb SATA drive
NEC 3540A DVD burner
Samsung 16x DVD ROM
PC Power and Cooling 610watt PSU
Antec P180 case
This system has given me a tremendous amount of grief with instability for the last month or so. It started out with an Abit AN8-SLI board that would lock up frequently but not with any degree of consistancy (though it was very common when plugging in USB thumb drives). I tried quite a few things and ended up replacing the motherboard and doing a clean install of XP. Now here's the situation. Totally at random, my computer locks up. The screen freezes, the sound will get stuck in an endless loop, and I'll have to reboot. I tried my ATI x800GTO2 in the machine and with that in there, instead of lockups, I get a Stop 0x0000009C error, which is supposed to be a hardware issue of some sort according to Microsoft's knowledge base. I tried a new power supply (the PC Power and Cooling - previously it was an Enermax 550watt unit). I still get the same problems. I checked CPU temps and they're running in the 40s. I checked GPU temps and they also are within tolerance - around 60 under load, 50 otherwise. I tried relaxing timings on my RAM to 2T instead of 1T. Same problem. I've tried running the RAM at 8,3,3,3 as per SPD settings and had the same problem. I've tried boosting the voltage as high as 2.9v on the RAM but it doesn't help. The CPU for some reason seems to default to 1.3v instead of 1.35 like most 3800's so I tried bumping that voltage up to 1.35 and still get the lockups. The CPU is running at stock by the way. I've tried taking it down to 2 hard drives to no avail. I've tried changing all the drive cabling (SATA and PATA) and still get the lockups. I've removed all USB devices except for my mouse. Still locking up. I've done a clean install of Windows and get the same results. The machine passes 24 rounds of memtest (the one built into the BIOS). I've tried running hours and hours of Prime 95 on each core (6 hours if memory serves me correctly) and it passes. I've tried installs with and without the Nvidia storage drivers and that doesn't make a lick of difference. I'm currently running Seagate's diagnostics on all the hard drives in the system and we'll see what that turns up but does anyone have any suggestions? I'm totally at my wits end here. I'm tempted to put a bullet through this system and buy a new one at this rate but finances do not permit such luxury. Any advice on what might be causing this issue would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for the long first post by the way.
Athlon X2 3800+
DFI LanParty UT Ultra-D with the latest official BIOS
Thermalright XP-90 HS with 92mm Panaflow fan
2gb Corsair XMS (Twinx2048-C2PT)
128mb BFG 6600GT OCX
3x Seagate 7200.10 250gb SATA2 drives
1x Seagate 7200.8 250gb SATA drive
NEC 3540A DVD burner
Samsung 16x DVD ROM
PC Power and Cooling 610watt PSU
Antec P180 case
This system has given me a tremendous amount of grief with instability for the last month or so. It started out with an Abit AN8-SLI board that would lock up frequently but not with any degree of consistancy (though it was very common when plugging in USB thumb drives). I tried quite a few things and ended up replacing the motherboard and doing a clean install of XP. Now here's the situation. Totally at random, my computer locks up. The screen freezes, the sound will get stuck in an endless loop, and I'll have to reboot. I tried my ATI x800GTO2 in the machine and with that in there, instead of lockups, I get a Stop 0x0000009C error, which is supposed to be a hardware issue of some sort according to Microsoft's knowledge base. I tried a new power supply (the PC Power and Cooling - previously it was an Enermax 550watt unit). I still get the same problems. I checked CPU temps and they're running in the 40s. I checked GPU temps and they also are within tolerance - around 60 under load, 50 otherwise. I tried relaxing timings on my RAM to 2T instead of 1T. Same problem. I've tried running the RAM at 8,3,3,3 as per SPD settings and had the same problem. I've tried boosting the voltage as high as 2.9v on the RAM but it doesn't help. The CPU for some reason seems to default to 1.3v instead of 1.35 like most 3800's so I tried bumping that voltage up to 1.35 and still get the lockups. The CPU is running at stock by the way. I've tried taking it down to 2 hard drives to no avail. I've tried changing all the drive cabling (SATA and PATA) and still get the lockups. I've removed all USB devices except for my mouse. Still locking up. I've done a clean install of Windows and get the same results. The machine passes 24 rounds of memtest (the one built into the BIOS). I've tried running hours and hours of Prime 95 on each core (6 hours if memory serves me correctly) and it passes. I've tried installs with and without the Nvidia storage drivers and that doesn't make a lick of difference. I'm currently running Seagate's diagnostics on all the hard drives in the system and we'll see what that turns up but does anyone have any suggestions? I'm totally at my wits end here. I'm tempted to put a bullet through this system and buy a new one at this rate but finances do not permit such luxury. Any advice on what might be causing this issue would be greatly appreciated! Sorry for the long first post by the way.
. And I really really really want it to work too 
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