Help with new build

[bonehead2205]

I didn't know where else to put this, so I put it here.

I got a bunch of parts in from newegg this friday, and build my computer. When I first turned it on, it worked just fine, got the drivers and everything installed, worked like a charm. I ran 3dMark06 twice since i have turned it on with no problems, got somewhere around 11000 or so. I played Oblivion on full settings for an hour, then some Company of Heroes running DirectX 10, still no problems. Then today, I went to update my iPod after transferring my music over, and the whole computer froze. All of the programs stopped responding, followed by BSOD with a phsyical memory dump. After that I restarted it, turned it back on and it would load up windows, but running any program (iTunes, firefox, solitaire, etc) it would freeze computer, though usually not a BSOD (i only got BSOD twice). So I took it apart and made sure all the power connections were right and made sure that nothing seemed hot, and the only thing that I noticed was hot was the GPU. The plastic fan area was really warm, and if i happened to accidentally touch the metal connected to it it was almost hot enough to burn the skin. I booted it in safe mode and reinstalled the video drivers and it ran fine for about another hour, and so I turned it off, put the case side panel back on and put it back next to my desk, adn when i went to turn it on, now as soon as it gets done going through BIOS and tries to load windows it just shuts off entirely.

Last I checked I was running in the upper 40s for CPU and MB temps, and no idea for memory or GPU.

Any ideas? It is currently sitting next to me cooling off unplugged and everything.

I have:
Vista Business 32-Bit
BFG Tech GeForce 8800 GTX OC
OCZ 600W StealthXStream PSU
ASUS Striker Extreme Mobo
4 GB (4 x 1 GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 SDRAM @ 1066 MHz
Intel Core 2 Duo e6700 Conroe
WD Raptor 150GB 10,000 rpm HDD

 

[Velocity_Micro]

I've seen itunes ruin OS installs. Your temps seem fine. Not sure what CPU Heatsink you have, but I'd make sure it has the proper amount of thermal paste and is seated correctly, plus there is enough air blowing on the copper heatsinks surrounding the CPU that cool the vregs. See if you have a backup you can roll back to in the system restore feature of windows and see if you can do that. Finally, i'd reinstall the HD from scratch and make an image before installing itunes again.

 

[RoBo]

This thread belongs here General Hardware.

I would try to reinstall.

 

[bonehead2205]

Its the stock vore 2 heatsink/fan, so it has the thermal compound already on it. I also found out that hte CPU temp gets to 80 under load, same with GPU, and the GPU temp is about 70 when idle