Major bsoding on new hardware

[tyguy]

Hi guys, well finally my new hardware came in and its been nothing but a living nightmare. Ok here is the setup

MSI K8N ne0 2 motherboard (nforce 3 ultra)
athlon 64 3500
antec true blue 480 wat
1 gig corsair xmx extreme memory (2* 512)

Okay, im trying to do a fresh install of windows, however normally when I get to the installing devices part, I imediatly bsod. My error message is Machine_check_exception. I finally actually got to install the damn operating system by messing around with different dim slot configs. The best setup seemed to be with just one memory module in a green dim slot. However after I would restart the comp, it would try and boot into windows and give me a quick blue screen where I couldnt read the message because of it going so quick and just restart me. I dont think its my windows disc because I have used this disc on like 3 other computers and worked flawlessly. I also dont think its the memory cause even after the install of windows, I randomly get that quick blue screen rebooting me over and over into an endless loop. This has been such a pain i nthe ass getting all my hardware in the first place and it looks like im going to have to rma my damn motherboard and wait even longer

 

[CompuDrew]

I found this at MS Support:

Machine check exceptions are frequently caused by one of the following conditions:
You are running the processor or mainboard beyond its specifications. For example, you are overclocking the processor or bus. We recommend that you run your hardware at the manufacturer-rated speeds.
Noisy power, overstressed power strips, outmatched power supplies and failing power supplies can destabilize your computer. Make sure that you have a stable, reliable power supply to your computer.
Extreme thermal conditions caused by the failure of cooling devices such as fans may damage your computer. Make sure that your cooling devices are all working.
You have damaged memory or memory that is not the correct type for your computer. If you recently changed the memory configuration, revert to the previous configuration to determine what is wrong. Make sure that you are using the correct memory for your computer.

Here's the whole article: MS Support

I'm betting it has to do with your memory.

Turn off the Automatically Restart feature so you can read the error message (right click My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery Uncheck Automatically Restart)
Look up some of the Stop error codes Here or at the MS Knowledge Base http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

Good luck!

Drew

 

[tyguy]

Its hard to do that when I can rarely even boot into windows before I get restarted.

 

[CompuDrew]

You mentioned you had better luck with one one stick of ram. Have you tried each stick separately?
I don't suppose you have any other memory to try? Do any of your friends have a stick you could borrow long enough to test?

I love Corsair ram, but I've had a stick that was bad right out of the box, so it's not infallible.

 

[tyguy]

Thanks for the help drew, I have discovered the problem. When my bios settings are set at "load optomized defaults" I get my bsoding. When I set my bios settings on fail safe, everything is all good. I am going to attempt to update my bios because that is weak sauce if i have to run my machine at fail safe settings.

Once again thanks for taking the time to try and help me. Out of three forums, you are the only guy that wanted to help