New Computer Built : Now the problems !

[hellomcfly]

so i ordered my parts from newegg and slapped them together

asus a8n-e motherboard
amd 3800+ x2
ati x1800xt 512
sound blaster audigy zs
enermax 500w modular power
western digital 250gig hd

when i originally put it together i had used the stock heatsink (doh i know now) and everything appeared to be running fine.

Then i had acouple wierd errors and lock ups from what i thought / think is from video driver issues. After installing the Asus Probe i noticed the chip was around 57 degrees and i was told that was alittle high. So i stopped using the computer untill my new heatsink (Scythe Samurai w/ artic silver 5) had arrived.

Now my temps are around 48 - 51 .. my room is hot which is not in my favor.

After testing afew more games i encountered 2 more lockups
1. video on screen froze but sound kept going added with loud screeching from speakers
2. video vent black and then appeared to "power down" and then everything came back and went to gaming again.

So my questions
1. Could i have done some damage to the chip in the fist couple hours ? and can i test this
2. Does this sound like a video / sound card driver issue ? possibly motherboard bios ?

If any more information or specifications are needed i will post accoridingly

Thanks in advance!

 

[ellover009]

Update Mobos bios to make sure its fully x-2 operational, most 939 sockets can be updated with patch to support x-2. Have you considered checking your ram? that beast draws a lotta ram, would say at least 2gb. Update vid card bios, and for last I would go to the AMD area, theres ppl that had similar problems to yours and it was due to some setting in the processor that had to be adjusted. FYI I'm an inter user, have done a lot of research on AMD processors, might use one for my next rig. I think it might be the ram and setting on processor, and I don't think you messed up the processor because the mobo would have shut down if it was reaching critical temps.