re: Resolution!!
Monday, September 20, 2004 at 11:11 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ronald
(2 messages posted)
I think you are right. It's a bad combination of memory and motherboard. The 400
mhz ram I used did it perfectly on a other system but in combination with the system
I was working on it was totally sh...
Changed it for an other brand and it worked perfectly.
But many thanks for the solution.
Ronald
On Friday, September 17, 2004 at 8:29 am, Paul wrote:
>My problems are gone. I've replaced all of my Kingston HyperX memory with OCZ Platinum
>(their best kind w/low timings). No blue screens, random reboots, etc - everything
>is looking good w/diagnostics as well. After changing everything under the sun
and
>making my system liquid cooled - the only thing that fixed it was complete memory
>replacement. Kingston even swapped my memory with all new modules, but no luck.
>Kingston did not completely recommend their HyperX modules with my mobo (Gigabyte
>8KNXP) because only cheaper memory was on their "certified" list. OCZ rigerously
>tested their memory on my exact board and completely certified the combo. Goes
to
>show that not all hardware is created equally. If anyone's still experiencing this,
>I highly recommend verifying that the memory and motherboard are completely certified
>by both manufacturers.
>
>Some of the items that did NOT fix this problem: updated Nvidia drivers, updated
>RAID drivers, XP SP1, XP SP2 (even a proposed fix was in SP2), power supply replacement,
>changing memory timings, running single channel, changing cases (better cooling),
>liquid cooling, more fans (even lower temps), complete low-level formatting of drives,
>many reinstalls of Windows, pagefile modifications, service lockdowns (disabled
unnecessary)
>and many more items.
Now I'm happy I have an ultra performance, liquid-cooled
>system, but the headaches of this BSD and other random crashing was enough - I'm
>finally happy I can work on my computer without paranoia.
Good luck to everyone
>- I hope this info helps someone!
>Paul (MCSE, A+, etc, etc...)
>
>
>
- Written in response to:
- Resolution!! (Paul: Friday, September 17, 2004 at 8:29 am)
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