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Syribo
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((I come back to the same board who first got me to pick the parts for my first build, put them together, and get a working computer! 
Can't believe that was March! It doesn't feel like it was that long ago.. Well, now I return with more problems that are bugging me Like always, the specs are in the signature! ))
My computer has been revolting against me lately. At first I thought it was just a voltage problem, but I don't think that's the case any longer.. I know my processor is really great and usually stable. I was able to get it from 2.4GHz to 3.4GHz with barely a voltage change and it was stable during multiple stress tests for over a 12 hour session. I also had it at 3.2GHz for months with no voltage increase, completely stable.
I still was getting that random restart every other day out of nowhere. It could be while I'm playing WoW, searching the internet or even when I'm sleeping. So I decided to just up the voltage, but still got the random restarts. I put the processor back down to stock speeds and voltage (Only changing the RAM) and still no change. It's been at stock for days now but I still get one restart every ~24-30 hours.
Temperatures are all fine... They're very low, well considering it's 80F outside and I can't put my AC on TOO high.
Processor: (Idle and in Celcius) 34-37-30-32. (Load, Prime95) 43-46-38-39
Graphics Cards: (Idle) 44-42. (Load, Folding@Home GPU2 Client, only folding on first card) 52, 43
Now if it's +90F outside, my temps will change a lot and be more like: Processor (Load) 52-55-48-49 and GPUs (Load) 63-48. But I still don't think the temperatures are a cause for concern. There are seven fans in my case running at 100%, the video cards fans are at 100%, and the ZeroTherm Nirvana does a great job of cooling the Q6600.
Since I have no problems with the graphics, I don't think it's my video cards overheating or not functioning properly. I can game for hours, watch videos, fold, etc. with no problems. Although a few times I've had trouble when viewing videos on YouTube. At one point (Months ago) my computer would lock up every time I began viewing a YouTube video.. but that stopped happening. I can play PC games and emulate fine (Only having a small problem in VisualBoyAdvance with my Vista theme)... I've gotten artifacting when watching movies or videos on my computer (Good quality, not YouTube stuff), but it's very rare and I noticed it only happened when I left the Folding@Home GPU2 client running too. So that problem seemed to be solved.
A few weeks ago, my ethernet ports stopped working. The USB ports all work (And I use a lot of them on this board), but the internet would not work through those two ethernet ports. (Also.. I could never get eSATA to work... Don't know if that's another sign...) I bought a Network Interface Card and the internet was able to work once again. This was the only way it would work. I tried different cables, plugging the modem directly to the computer, using a different router and modem, nothing worked but the new NIC. The internet has still been fine since I bought that.
I think I am safe in guessing that my motherboard has a problem. My attempts at overclocking have stopped lately since I'm more worried about this daily restarting/freezing/locking up, which ever you want to call it. I'm also having another problem even trying to update the BIOS for it..
I use my USB drive to try and flash the newest BIOS for the motherboard, but everytime I get to the command prompt and put in the file names on the USB drive I get that: General fail error. Retry? Reboot? Something? Something else?. I had this problem back when I first built the system in March.. I was trying to update the BIOS and I was getting that error. I was helped along by a friend, and we got it working. But now I need to do it again and neither of us can remember how we got through it last time
I'm using the PCI-Express 'X-Fi' 'Extreme' card (Now, I put those words in quotes since we know it's not REAL X-Fi, it's 'fake' X-Fi'), and I have been using it since putting the system together without having any problems. I've noticed for the last day or two that out of nowhere, one or two quick 'popping' or 'snap crackle pop' noises come out of my speakers just once every few minutes. This is only when there is no sound coming from the computer in the first place. No games, no music, nothing. Although sometimes when playing a .wav file (Like someone logging on or off AIM) it will make the same popping noise very fast.
I'm going to start making a log of when the computer restarts or freezes, and take note of exactly what I was doing at the time. I need to make a log out of this.. I must figure out the problem, but I don't know where to start, aside from with the motherboard. I don't know if I should just call MSI customer service and have them RMA it? Or maybe it's just something else... It MUST be something, it shouldn't just freeze for no reason like that.
Can't believe that was March! It doesn't feel like it was that long ago.. Well, now I return with more problems that are bugging me Like always, the specs are in the signature! ))My computer has been revolting against me lately. At first I thought it was just a voltage problem, but I don't think that's the case any longer.. I know my processor is really great and usually stable. I was able to get it from 2.4GHz to 3.4GHz with barely a voltage change and it was stable during multiple stress tests for over a 12 hour session. I also had it at 3.2GHz for months with no voltage increase, completely stable.
I still was getting that random restart every other day out of nowhere. It could be while I'm playing WoW, searching the internet or even when I'm sleeping. So I decided to just up the voltage, but still got the random restarts. I put the processor back down to stock speeds and voltage (Only changing the RAM) and still no change. It's been at stock for days now but I still get one restart every ~24-30 hours.
Temperatures are all fine... They're very low, well considering it's 80F outside and I can't put my AC on TOO high.
Processor: (Idle and in Celcius) 34-37-30-32. (Load, Prime95) 43-46-38-39
Graphics Cards: (Idle) 44-42. (Load, Folding@Home GPU2 Client, only folding on first card) 52, 43
Now if it's +90F outside, my temps will change a lot and be more like: Processor (Load) 52-55-48-49 and GPUs (Load) 63-48. But I still don't think the temperatures are a cause for concern. There are seven fans in my case running at 100%, the video cards fans are at 100%, and the ZeroTherm Nirvana does a great job of cooling the Q6600.
Since I have no problems with the graphics, I don't think it's my video cards overheating or not functioning properly. I can game for hours, watch videos, fold, etc. with no problems. Although a few times I've had trouble when viewing videos on YouTube. At one point (Months ago) my computer would lock up every time I began viewing a YouTube video.. but that stopped happening. I can play PC games and emulate fine (Only having a small problem in VisualBoyAdvance with my Vista theme)... I've gotten artifacting when watching movies or videos on my computer (Good quality, not YouTube stuff), but it's very rare and I noticed it only happened when I left the Folding@Home GPU2 client running too. So that problem seemed to be solved.
A few weeks ago, my ethernet ports stopped working. The USB ports all work (And I use a lot of them on this board), but the internet would not work through those two ethernet ports. (Also.. I could never get eSATA to work... Don't know if that's another sign...) I bought a Network Interface Card and the internet was able to work once again. This was the only way it would work. I tried different cables, plugging the modem directly to the computer, using a different router and modem, nothing worked but the new NIC. The internet has still been fine since I bought that.
I think I am safe in guessing that my motherboard has a problem. My attempts at overclocking have stopped lately since I'm more worried about this daily restarting/freezing/locking up, which ever you want to call it. I'm also having another problem even trying to update the BIOS for it..
I use my USB drive to try and flash the newest BIOS for the motherboard, but everytime I get to the command prompt and put in the file names on the USB drive I get that: General fail error. Retry? Reboot? Something? Something else?. I had this problem back when I first built the system in March.. I was trying to update the BIOS and I was getting that error. I was helped along by a friend, and we got it working. But now I need to do it again and neither of us can remember how we got through it last time
I'm using the PCI-Express 'X-Fi' 'Extreme' card (Now, I put those words in quotes since we know it's not REAL X-Fi, it's 'fake' X-Fi'
), and I have been using it since putting the system together without having any problems. I've noticed for the last day or two that out of nowhere, one or two quick 'popping' or 'snap crackle pop' noises come out of my speakers just once every few minutes. This is only when there is no sound coming from the computer in the first place. No games, no music, nothing. Although sometimes when playing a .wav file (Like someone logging on or off AIM) it will make the same popping noise very fast.I'm going to start making a log of when the computer restarts or freezes, and take note of exactly what I was doing at the time. I need to make a log out of this.. I must figure out the problem, but I don't know where to start, aside from with the motherboard. I don't know if I should just call MSI customer service and have them RMA it? Or maybe it's just something else... It MUST be something, it shouldn't just freeze for no reason like that.
