Major issues with my computer

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Well, ever since I put in my new motherboard, ram, processor, video card and sound card. My system keeps having these random freezes. During an install of WIndows XP (SP3), Windows Vista Ultimate (x64) and Ubuntu 8.10 and 9,04. The systems finishes installing then I get to the GUI. When I finish installing the nvidia drivers, the system freezes.

I run the following HW configuration: (Nothing overclocked)
EVGA 750i FTW Mother board (15.25 drivers)
Intel COre 2 Quad 9400 @ 2.6GHz
Corsair xms2-6400 800mhz 5-5-5-18 (8GB) All RAM tested in another machine and works in pairs and single chip configuration.
BFG 275 GTX
Sound Blaster XFi PCI-e
Antec Quattro 850 PSU

This is the most annoying thing I have ever run across. If I cannot figure it out in the next week. I am going to take it to a repair shop. I cannot figure it out. Maybe a fresh pair of eyes can see something I cannot.
 
I had a similar situation with my Acer Q6600 quad system. When I purchased a BFG GTS 250 1GB video card and installed the Nvidia drivers for the 250 GTS, the computer would hang. Try and install another PCI-E video card in your system and see if it still freezes.

By the way, does your computer feezes before you install the Nvidia Graphics driver? Are you able to use the computer when it's only running on the generic VGA driver?
 
May be the board also. I had a similiar issue with my k8n platinum until I updated the bios
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I have installed the RAM one at a time. This does not cause the system to freeze. I have already RMA'ed the mainboard once thinking it was that. I got a brand new board. I have also installed an 8400 series nvidia card. the system ran flawlessly with that card in it. I RMA'ed the video card as well and got a replacement. I know the ram is good as well. I have tested all of them one chip @ a time and all at once in another motherboard. They all worked with a Q6600 processor. I also had the PSU checked by a friend who has those devices that he can hook up to the PSU. came through with flying colors.

I am thinking at this point that it "might" be the CPU. I am going to run to Fry's and pick up a cheap quad CPU and check that. I am at wits FUC*ING end with this computer. My old AMD system was always rock solid. This is the first computer since I have been building my own (15 years now) that has done this.
 
Since you use different operating systems, all get the same issue, then try flashing to latest bios version and see if that fixes the problem, also, try manually setting memory timmings and voltages.
 
Update: I spoke with Tech Support (EVGA) they advised me to overclock the FSB by 20MHz. I brought the FSB up to 1355MHz, making the processor 3.02GHz. This seems to have stabilized the system. Played games last night. Now however, It seems that the machine will only handle 2GB of memory. If I put anymore in there, I get that dreaded "IRQ_LESS Blah Blah"

Anyone know anything about this?
 
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