hey guys i'm confused

P4EE · Nov 17, 2004, 06:33 AM

first lemme say hello to all out there. now, the nitty gritty. here's my specs: IC7-G mobo w/ a P4E (1mb L2 cache), 2 SATA150 120Gig HD's (Raid 0 array) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro agp 8x, 4x512 400mhz dual channel DDR SDRAM, Sound Blaster, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, i just put my memory in yesterday (used to have 2x512 333mhz DDR SDRAM. since i installed the 2 gigs of 400, my pc keeps restarting every few minutes (hope i can post this in time

updated bios, video drivers, can't seem to make it stop. i have a total of 18 fans in my case so i doubt it's a heat problem, maybe voltage? Bigger power supply, or can i change voltage settings in bios? also, can't overclock my cpu since i ditched my IDE's for SATA's. any help? i'll be ur best friend. please email any help pdc76@comcast.net thanx!!!!!!!

Dom · Nov 17, 2004, 06:40 AM

Do you have dual channel enabled? If so try running in single channel.

pr0digal jenius · Nov 17, 2004, 06:53 AM

what timings is your RAM running?

4x512 sometimes has trouble holding tighter timings(I'd know...lol)

Typhoon 01 · Nov 17, 2004, 01:45 PM

What is your power supply??

P4EE · Nov 23, 2004, 03:23 AM

found out my video card was at fault. probably due to the oc'ing (i went a little overboard

) but it was warranteed, got my rma and card has been sent off. now i'm running a pci card (ati rage II + DVD 64mb) 3dmark03 won't even run, lol. also went back to my old 333 memory (just 1 gig). i couldn't get the 2 gigs of 400 to work. i left it on overnight and had a blue screen, a few memory dumps here and there, my tech guy said certain mobos don't always like certain memory.Anyone heard of that? By the way, my power supply is a dual fan 450.

MiDKnYtE · Nov 23, 2004, 09:55 PM

it could just be bad ram. run memtest.

http://www.memtest86.com/

NeoTribal · Nov 23, 2004, 11:39 PM

You are overclocking and have 18 fans, 4 sticks of ram, a gpu that needs a molex connector, 2 hdd's and probably at least one optical drive and a floppy...

You might need some more juice!

Zardon · Nov 25, 2004, 12:25 AM

you also fail to mention your CPU temperatures under load and the cooler you are using on the prescott. those cpus run hot especially as you are overclocking - are you running with increased core voltages as well??? if you dont have a good chunk of copper on the processor with a decent high powered or large fan directly over it, it wouldnt matter if you had 36 case fans (well apart from the fact each of them is sucking a few watts from your PSU).

Nov 17, 2004, 06:33 AM	#1
P4EE DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: glassboro, nj Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	hey guys i'm confused first lemme say hello to all out there. now, the nitty gritty. here's my specs: IC7-G mobo w/ a P4E (1mb L2 cache), 2 SATA150 120Gig HD's (Raid 0 array) ATI Radeon 9800 Pro agp 8x, 4x512 400mhz dual channel DDR SDRAM, Sound Blaster, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, i just put my memory in yesterday (used to have 2x512 333mhz DDR SDRAM. since i installed the 2 gigs of 400, my pc keeps restarting every few minutes (hope i can post this in time updated bios, video drivers, can't seem to make it stop. i have a total of 18 fans in my case so i doubt it's a heat problem, maybe voltage? Bigger power supply, or can i change voltage settings in bios? also, can't overclock my cpu since i ditched my IDE's for SATA's. any help? i'll be ur best friend. please email any help pdc76@comcast.net thanx!!!!!!! Last edited by P4EE; Nov 17, 2004 at 06:35 AM. Reason: add email address

Nov 17, 2004, 01:45 PM	#4
Typhoon 01 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	What is your power supply?? __________________ [COLOR=DarkRed] ------------------------------------------------------ [/COLOR] Compaq Evo D310v ~ Intel Pentium 4 2.66 GHz ~ 1024 Mb DDR266 eVGA GeForce 6800 GS 256 Mb ~ BenQ FP 731 17´ LCD BenQ DVD-RW ~ Lite-On CD-RW Nintendo Wii ~ PSP CFW 3.60 [COLOR=DarkRed] ------------------------------------------------------ [/COLOR]

Nov 23, 2004, 03:23 AM	Thread Starter #5
P4EE DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: glassboro, nj Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	found error found out my video card was at fault. probably due to the oc'ing (i went a little overboard ) but it was warranteed, got my rma and card has been sent off. now i'm running a pci card (ati rage II + DVD 64mb) 3dmark03 won't even run, lol. also went back to my old 333 memory (just 1 gig). i couldn't get the 2 gigs of 400 to work. i left it on overnight and had a blue screen, a few memory dumps here and there, my tech guy said certain mobos don't always like certain memory.Anyone heard of that? By the way, my power supply is a dual fan 450.

Nov 23, 2004, 11:39 PM	#7
NeoTribal 1" Lobes! =D Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 187 Rep Power: 0	You are overclocking and have 18 fans, 4 sticks of ram, a gpu that needs a molex connector, 2 hdd's and probably at least one optical drive and a floppy... You might need some more juice! __________________ To the Dark Tower Childe Roland went...

Nov 17, 2004, 06:40 AM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Do you have dual channel enabled? If so try running in single channel.

Nov 17, 2004, 06:53 AM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	what timings is your RAM running? 4x512 sometimes has trouble holding tighter timings(I'd know...lol)

Nov 23, 2004, 09:55 PM	#6
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	it could just be bad ram. run memtest. http://www.memtest86.com/

Nov 25, 2004, 12:25 AM	#8
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	you also fail to mention your CPU temperatures under load and the cooler you are using on the prescott. those cpus run hot especially as you are overclocking - are you running with increased core voltages as well??? if you dont have a good chunk of copper on the processor with a decent high powered or large fan directly over it, it wouldnt matter if you had 36 case fans (well apart from the fact each of them is sucking a few watts from your PSU).