OK Solved! - I have performed a BIOS update (EVGA P31 BIOS) - http://evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=124101
"Resolves issues with G0 stepping CPU's detecting odd multipliers" - think that's what it was cause so far so good now!
My computer freezes up about every 30 minutes (every other time for good and I have to hit reset) - if not that, then it's a BSOD.
I have tried to reinstall my video card drivers w/ last 2 WHQL releases 169.21 (didn't have this prob w/ 163.75 but now I do...) and a new beta driver 174.74.
I tried reinstalling my sound card. I have swapped out RAM. I have cleaned my case (inside even though this is a new PC). I have reset my BIOS. I have OC'd my cpu.
This problem started around beginning of March 08.
I really am not sure what the problem is or how to fix it. I just bought a new HDD because I need stability and am going to start using XP on that drive but I'd like to still figure out the problem on this one!
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz w/Coolermaster RR-CCH-L9U1-GP Hyper TX
EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI (TR Version)
4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS Superclocked
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA x 2
Western Digital Raptor 150 GB SATA 10,000 RPMDIED
Samsung 20X SATA DVDRW
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ 2 Thermaltake A1926 120mm Blue Thunderblade LED Fan 78CFM 21dBA
HIPRO HP-W700WC3 700W PSU
Sound Blaster X-Fi HP XtremeGamer SB0770 - w/ DEDICATED Optical IN/OUT + Analogue 5.1
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800
On anything 3D it MAY start out ok for a couple minutes and then there is graphical corruption followed by locking up.
Battlefield 2 most likely crashes right away but I managed to run TF2 fine for a lil bit before this:
[img]http://i32.tinypic.com/2cx3zd.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i25.tinypic.com/4romco.jpg[/img]
BSODS:
[img]http://i32.tinypic.com/14takg4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i30.tinypic.com/2yzljxt.jpg[/img]
If anyone can help in any way I would greatly appreciate it!
"Resolves issues with G0 stepping CPU's detecting odd multipliers" - think that's what it was cause so far so good now!
My computer freezes up about every 30 minutes (every other time for good and I have to hit reset) - if not that, then it's a BSOD.
I have tried to reinstall my video card drivers w/ last 2 WHQL releases 169.21 (didn't have this prob w/ 163.75 but now I do...) and a new beta driver 174.74.
I tried reinstalling my sound card. I have swapped out RAM. I have cleaned my case (inside even though this is a new PC). I have reset my BIOS. I have OC'd my cpu.
This problem started around beginning of March 08.
I really am not sure what the problem is or how to fix it. I just bought a new HDD because I need stability and am going to start using XP on that drive but I'd like to still figure out the problem on this one!
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz w/Coolermaster RR-CCH-L9U1-GP Hyper TX
EVGA nForce 680i SE SLI (TR Version)
4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800 PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
EVGA GeForce 8600 GTS Superclocked
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB SATA x 2
Western Digital Raptor 150 GB SATA 10,000 RPMDIED
Samsung 20X SATA DVDRW
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/ 2 Thermaltake A1926 120mm Blue Thunderblade LED Fan 78CFM 21dBA
HIPRO HP-W700WC3 700W PSU
Sound Blaster X-Fi HP XtremeGamer SB0770 - w/ DEDICATED Optical IN/OUT + Analogue 5.1
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800
On anything 3D it MAY start out ok for a couple minutes and then there is graphical corruption followed by locking up.
Battlefield 2 most likely crashes right away but I managed to run TF2 fine for a lil bit before this:
[img]http://i32.tinypic.com/2cx3zd.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i25.tinypic.com/4romco.jpg[/img]
BSODS:
[img]http://i32.tinypic.com/14takg4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i30.tinypic.com/2yzljxt.jpg[/img]
If anyone can help in any way I would greatly appreciate it!
Last edited by tyrntj (2008-05-21 23:30:09)