Uhm... what's going on with my computer

[allies]

disconnected all my power cords to my fans, the power cords to my floppy and dvd-rw, and tried with the ram in slots 3/4. no luck. ARGH wtf is wrong?!

 

[allies]

I think I'm going to run memtest on each module separately and see if that gives me errors...

 

[secretanchitman]

i seriously think its a mobo/memory problem. your cpu temps are fine and your PSU can definitely handle everything. oh...dammit i didnt read your latest post...i was gonna suggest memtesting both of them seperately also.

 

[allies]

How many passes of memtest86+ should I do to guarantee stability for each module?

 

[suszterpatt]

The purple slots are fine. Check the manual, it doesn't list a single double-sided module in DIMM 2 or 4 being legit anywhere.

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
The purple slots are fine. Check the manual, it doesn't list a single double-sided module in DIMM 2 or 4 being legit anywhere.

I know, but the manual DOES list me being able to use 2 double sided modules in a green and purple slot yielding Dual Channel DDR400, however I now get an error when trying to do this.

 

[suszterpatt]

Yeah, just thought I'd make that bit clear.


ESD perhaps?

 

[allies]

I was wearing a ground while working on my computer, and it doesn't make much sense that my green slots would still work while the purple ones fail, does it?

Edit: If this is the case, however, I'm going to be really upset
Is there any other explanation?

 

[suszterpatt]

You sure there's no leftover thermal paste somewhere on the mobo that could cause a short?

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
You sure there's no leftover thermal paste somewhere on the mobo that could cause a short?

I'm nearly 100% positive...

 

[jonnythan]

Out of curiosity, were you grounded to the case, or to something else? Was the case grounded to something else?

 

[allies]

I just looked at my motherboard to see if there was any trace of thermal paste, and to my eyes I couldn't see anything. I just got done testing the second stick the same amount of time I tested the first (1.5 hours). Both made 2.5 passes with no errors. I'm thinking about sending an email to MSI asking for a replacement board. I am out of options at this point I think.

 

[allies]

Is there some way I did short out just the even number slots and the other ones remained intact? This is the only plausible explanation I can think of right now, I just didn't think it was possible before...

 

[allies]

Well...I took EVERYTHING apart, and cleaned off my mobo with compressed air, reseated everything, and tried to boot it up. Just got the long repeating beeps again, looks like I need a new motherboard

 

[allies]

I emailed MSI and they said there was a problem with my CPU as it has the on die memory controller. Could there be any truth to that?

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: jonnythan
Out of curiosity, were you grounded to the case, or to something else? Was the case grounded to something else?

I was grounded via wrist strap to my case, and my case was on my wooden ping pong table. I hope that answers your question. Thanks for all the help again guys.

 

[allies]

Hmm... I'm starting to think more and more that it's my memory controller... before I couldn't push my memory past ~205 mhz even with greatly relaxed timings.. now this happened, conveniently when I was swapping from my stock AMD heatsink to a new one... that means my warranty is gone too so I'm out a $500 processor! sh!t this sucks.

 

[allies]

dbl post sorry

 

[IlllI]

Originally posted by: allies

Originally posted by: jonnythan
Out of curiosity, were you grounded to the case, or to something else? Was the case grounded to something else?

I was grounded via wrist strap to my case, and my case was on my wooden ping pong table. I hope that answers your question. Thanks for all the help again guys.

if you still have the stock one you might still be able to rma it

 

[allies]

I'm really confused... I've been getting conflicting information on what is wrong with my system. I think I'm going to wait for my buddy to bring his Venice over for me to test out before I RMA.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Have you tried setting the ram to 2T? How 'bout increasing the ram voltage and relaxing the timings slightly as well?

 

[allies]

I've reset the bios many times, I can't even POST with two sticks inserted, therefore not letting me get into the bios.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: allies
I've reset the bios many times, I can't even POST with two sticks inserted, therefore not letting me get into the bios.

Set it up with 1 stick then save, exit, shutdown, add the other, and see what happens.

 

[allies]

WOW! Someone on another forum suggested reflashing my BIOS, and it WORKED! I have no idea how mine got corrupted, but I guess it did. I'm SO HAPPY NOW

 

[allies]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: allies
I've reset the bios many times, I can't even POST with two sticks inserted, therefore not letting me get into the bios.

Set it up with 1 stick then save, exit, shutdown, add the other, and see what happens.

Before reflashing the bios, I tried that, and it didin't work... actually I think I tried EVERYTHING besides reflashing, because I had no idea that it could help.