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Hello,
My system has been unstable the past few days and i have done a lot trying to find out why . but now it seems to be getting worse and worse, and i am wondering maybe the MB itself is defective.
First of all, my system config: P4 2.4C, P4P800 Deluxe, Maxtor 160GB, 2x256MB Corsair PC3200C2, Geforce Ti4200, WinXP Pro. This system has been running for about a year without any problem, and i never overclock.
A week ago, when i was doing some work, it suddenly freezes. (mouse doesn't move, no bluescreen). After that windows cannot boot. (well it shows the logo for a while then freeze) Since then I've reinstalled windows, (which didn't help). Then two days ago, i swapped the Corsair memory with two sticks of kingston valueram 512MB. It works well for 24 hrs( I was running folding + prime95), but then it bluescreen again. i also tried booting with another HD which also has XP PRO installed. I can boot safe mode, but with the normal boot it will freeze as well.
Today, i unplugged all my HD and was trying to boot from floppy. it fails in the middle of booting. After some more rebooting, i am able to boot from CD, and i try to reinstall windows. But the windows setup gives me a bluescreen 2 minutes into setup. Trying it a couple more times, i am able to install windows. However, at some point, in windows i am not able to access my HD connected to the VIA RAID controllers. Also the 3com network controller failed.
As i have tried two sets of memory, i am pretty sure this is not about the RAM. For the kingston memory, i have run memtest for >10 hrs and no errors. And by the nature of the freezing/crashing it doesn't seems to be HD related either. I am wondering if it's the CPU, the MB or the PSU. (graphics card? any chance?)
Provided i don' t have a spare CPU/MB/PSU, how should i go about finding out which part is defective?
If i can be 90% sure it's a MB defect, i will probably just get a new MB. I can't afford to buy MB+CPU+PSU though..
PS:
Other weird behavior: no beep at POST, cpuz/sisoft report memory timings of 2.5-3-3-6 while i set it to 3-4-4-8.
Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks!!
Addy
My system has been unstable the past few days and i have done a lot trying to find out why . but now it seems to be getting worse and worse, and i am wondering maybe the MB itself is defective.
First of all, my system config: P4 2.4C, P4P800 Deluxe, Maxtor 160GB, 2x256MB Corsair PC3200C2, Geforce Ti4200, WinXP Pro. This system has been running for about a year without any problem, and i never overclock.
A week ago, when i was doing some work, it suddenly freezes. (mouse doesn't move, no bluescreen). After that windows cannot boot. (well it shows the logo for a while then freeze) Since then I've reinstalled windows, (which didn't help). Then two days ago, i swapped the Corsair memory with two sticks of kingston valueram 512MB. It works well for 24 hrs( I was running folding + prime95), but then it bluescreen again. i also tried booting with another HD which also has XP PRO installed. I can boot safe mode, but with the normal boot it will freeze as well.
Today, i unplugged all my HD and was trying to boot from floppy. it fails in the middle of booting. After some more rebooting, i am able to boot from CD, and i try to reinstall windows. But the windows setup gives me a bluescreen 2 minutes into setup. Trying it a couple more times, i am able to install windows. However, at some point, in windows i am not able to access my HD connected to the VIA RAID controllers. Also the 3com network controller failed.
As i have tried two sets of memory, i am pretty sure this is not about the RAM. For the kingston memory, i have run memtest for >10 hrs and no errors. And by the nature of the freezing/crashing it doesn't seems to be HD related either. I am wondering if it's the CPU, the MB or the PSU. (graphics card? any chance?)
Provided i don' t have a spare CPU/MB/PSU, how should i go about finding out which part is defective?
If i can be 90% sure it's a MB defect, i will probably just get a new MB. I can't afford to buy MB+CPU+PSU though..
PS:
Other weird behavior: no beep at POST, cpuz/sisoft report memory timings of 2.5-3-3-6 while i set it to 3-4-4-8.
Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks!!
Addy