This computer is fucking me off

[SMOKEU]

So you'll be looking at new sticks or a new mobo again I guess

This just keeps getting better and better. It could be a faulty memory slot on the motherboard, and I can't use the other 2 slots because 1 of them is covered by the CPU cooler. I have to use the same coloured slots for the memory to work in dual channel mode. I'll try one stick at a time in the suspected faulty memory slot.

[Akzle]

Are the sticks identical?

impossible! (but we get what you mean)

I tested each stick individually with Memtest 86+ 4.20 for at least 5 hours and didn't get any errors. I only get errors when I'm running both sticks simultaneously.

run 3dmark, and stress test (prime 95 is basically the (windows) go-to). what errors is it throwing up?? linux? winblows?
(sorry if you've said. i have a short attention span) if you can run prime for a week then your PC is SWEET

if it's four slots, you can either run them in 2 side by side, (generally the two closest to chip, some mobo will allow the other two, some need the one next to chip filled),
OR: one in, one blank, one in, one blank.

[Latte]

Faulty motherbards, faulty ram, and faulty ssd. Something in your environment is causing this - bad power supply, or bad esd duringssembly handling perhaps. Awfully high rma percentage

[SMOKEU]

impossible! (but we get what you mean)

run 3dmark, and stress test (prime 95 is basically the (windows) go-to). what errors is it throwing up?? linux? winblows?
(sorry if you've said. i have a short attention span) if you can run prime for a week then your PC is SWEET

if it's four slots, you can either run them in 2 side by side, (generally the two closest to chip, some mobo will allow the other two, some need the one next to chip filled),
OR: one in, one blank, one in, one blank.

I could put a HDD back in with Windows and try Prime95, but Prime95 tests RAM as well even on large FFTs mode. I guess I could try 3DMark 11 but I don't see how that would help.

I can't run RAM in dual channel mode side by side, as the memory slots next to eachother are different colours. The sticks should be put in the slots with the same colours according to the motherboard manual.

I used the same RAM in the old motherboard with no problems. The new motherboard is the same make and model as the old one (Asus P8P67 Pro).

[Usarka]

Stop overclocking, and buy kit that is between the 1/2 and 2/3 price point.

[bogan]

Stop overclocking, and buy kit that is between the 1/2 and 2/3 price point.

He's more like quarter-clocking if you factor in the downtime
Isn't the computer tech market starting to stagnate now anyway as the tech becomes fucking plenty for pretty much all users? No longer software developer driven like it was in the late 90s and most of the 00s.

What mobo have you got anyway? Only go for the tried and tested excellent quality ones if you're looking to wring the shit out of it.

[SMOKEU]

Stop overclocking, and buy kit that is between the 1/2 and 2/3 price point.

I haven't overclocked the CPU since last year. RAM is at stock clocks, volts and timings. I need to get this thing going properly so I can score some of teh moar MHz!!!11

What mobo have you got anyway? Only go for the tried and tested excellent quality ones if you're looking to wring the shit out of it.

ASUS P8P67 Pro B3.

I wonder if it could be a faulty IMC.

[Akzle]

asus mobo FTW

or just get a diffrent cooler? thermaltake do some schweeeet ones

reset bios. if fail, flash bios

try memory in config as above, f*ck the manual. if it doesn't like it it wont boot.

[SMOKEU]

I don't want a different cooler. I'm pretty happy with my Thermalright one. I will do a BIOS flash and test again with Memtest.

[SMOKEU]

Done the BIOS flash and now both sticks play nicely together after 8 hours of Memtest. I will put the HDD back in the computer with Windows 7 and run Prime 95 for a few hours just to be sure.

[iYRe]

I'm actually keener just to move everything to Ubuntu. When I replace my invoicing software I will be choosing one that runs under Ubuntu, and I am going to upgrade to a Linux version of my CAD software anyway.

I still find I get lots of Microsoft shit sent me by government departments.

The latest is a series of forms I am required to fill out for some special licences the company holds.

They are all in Microsoft DOCX crap format. I have sent them back and said I don't have Microsoft Office, please send in a standard industry format.

http://www.xero.com - works great, ran my business in it for 3 years.

Also.. unless the BIOS flash fixed something specific relating to your RAM, all you did was reset the bios (could have been achieved more simply and safely by disconnecting the power and taking the battery out).

[SMOKEU]

Also.. unless the BIOS flash fixed something specific relating to your RAM, all you did was reset the bios (could have been achieved more simply and safely by disconnecting the power and taking the battery out).

I updated to the latest BIOS version. I had an early BIOS version to begin with.

[iYRe]

Varicad , I have a copy u can have + CAELinux,,, yes here we Do have a magor flaw in linux , the programs a free, and work and can be chopped around , BUT for top end cad work , sadly lacking

Varicad , Blender ( getting good now) meshlabs salome .... I wish there was a solid works for linux , or catia work on a linux platform


Stephen


PPPPSSSS ....virtual box with windows ( yik) is a good way ...wine just never seems to play ball ...except sketchup 8

Try Crossover office to install stuff - their WINE containers seem to work with most things..

SmokeU,

Doesnt matter, unless there was a fix related to RAM or related subsystems, you didnt really change anything (and ran the risk of rendering the MB firetrucked).

[SMOKEU]

I'm back to square 1. I still can't run Windows on the SSD without the fucking thing restarting every few minutes.

[steve_t]

I'm back to square 1. I still can't run Windows on the SSD without the fucking thing restarting every few minutes.

Did you try setting the SSD back to IDE mode instead of AHCI?
What was the dealio with the RAM testing?