Hi everyone,
I bought a new system a few days ago that's composed out of these components -
CPU - Intel Q6600
MotherBoard - Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
Ram - 2X1GB OCZ Reaper HPC 1066Mhz pc2-8500 [email protected]
(Though I'm using only one now as one of them had my system BSOD all the time and failed in Windows Memory Diagnose tool(something like memTest))
VideoCard - ATI Radeon 4850HD
PSU - Corsair VX450W
So my problem is that my computer completely freezes everytime I try to install a few certain games such as GTA IV and COD5:WaW. Maybe it would happen in other cases as well, but I haven't had the time to try more scenarios yet.
These games installations work flawlessly at my brother's pc.
I've read that many people had problems running certain RAMs on this kind of motherboard and I was wondering if this is my case as well.
I've been trying to play a bit with the memory timings in the bios and its voltage but I don't know if I had changed anything or if this is what I need to do.
I'm getting quite hopeless since these problems are consistant and I'm not getting any errors at all - Just a complete freeze that forces me to reset my PC with the reset button. (Mouse wouldn't move, keyboard won't respond, the music is getting stuck).
Few more things that are important to mention - So far I had also tried out games like Crysis and FarCry 2 and they worked flawlessly. Also, my PC's temperatures are quite low and they are at about 30-40 degrees idle.
I'm running on a WinXp32bit if that matters.
I'm desperate for some help as it is a real bummer to have severe problems with a completely new machine :/
Thanks!
I bought a new system a few days ago that's composed out of these components -
CPU - Intel Q6600
MotherBoard - Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
Ram - 2X1GB OCZ Reaper HPC 1066Mhz pc2-8500 [email protected]
(Though I'm using only one now as one of them had my system BSOD all the time and failed in Windows Memory Diagnose tool(something like memTest))
VideoCard - ATI Radeon 4850HD
PSU - Corsair VX450W
So my problem is that my computer completely freezes everytime I try to install a few certain games such as GTA IV and COD5:WaW. Maybe it would happen in other cases as well, but I haven't had the time to try more scenarios yet.
These games installations work flawlessly at my brother's pc.
I've read that many people had problems running certain RAMs on this kind of motherboard and I was wondering if this is my case as well.
I've been trying to play a bit with the memory timings in the bios and its voltage but I don't know if I had changed anything or if this is what I need to do.
I'm getting quite hopeless since these problems are consistant and I'm not getting any errors at all - Just a complete freeze that forces me to reset my PC with the reset button. (Mouse wouldn't move, keyboard won't respond, the music is getting stuck).
Few more things that are important to mention - So far I had also tried out games like Crysis and FarCry 2 and they worked flawlessly. Also, my PC's temperatures are quite low and they are at about 30-40 degrees idle.
I'm running on a WinXp32bit if that matters.
I'm desperate for some help as it is a real bummer to have severe problems with a completely new machine :/
Thanks!
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