One thing Ive just noticed.  It might have a bearing but I doubt it.  Ill mention it anyway...

I had an external drives USB connector plugged into the 1394 network socket in the PC (couldnt have been concentrating when I put it together!).  The drive has been switched off (on stand-by) since installation but could it have caused a conflict?

Ill have another quick test with that connected properly and then its format/reinstall time.  :mrgreen:

Tbvfh, its long overdue anyway - my systems had a hard time since last fresh install.  Ill feck around with the memory post-reinstall if that doesnt work.  Im hoping it will because itll kill two birds with one stone.

Cheers so far.
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Dude I would do it first, it would only take a minute to take a stick of Ram out

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Ok, doing that first.  Each stick in all three slots, right?

Six reboots, six tests and I have to remove the graphics card every time coz its such a big boy and it covers the lugs!

I may be some time...

 :shock: Lol no! you just had to test one stick in the 1st slot

Quote from: Shaun:shock: Lol no! you just had to test one stick in the 1st slot

no hes right. thats what he should do

Vouching here for the gayness of the slots in the nf7-s v2.

I have to remove my hsf assembly and my graphics card just to gain access to them. Bloody things.

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Quote from: Shaun:shock: Lol no! you just had to test one stick in the 1st slot

no hes right. thats what he should do

Not for testing the Memory controller on the Mobo it isnt.

testing defferent slots is better tho, migth ahve a bad slot / something connected to that slot thats bad / bad connection somewhere

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Quote from: Shaun:shock: Lol no! you just had to test one stick in the 1st slot

no hes right. thats what he should do

Not for testing the Memory controller on the Mobo it isnt.

what? yes it is

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Lol - I see you guys have been having fisti-cuffs while I been away!

Heres the results of the testing. Tbh, Im p*ssed off with the whole thing and didnt get as far as all six tests!  (I did 4 + Dual Channel again)

Memory stick (1) in Slot 1: Ok Boot/Ok Game (Gametime 45 mins)

Memory stick (1) in Slot 2: Ok Boot/Ok Game (Gametime 45 mins)

Memory stick (1) in Slot 3: Ok Boot/CTD Game (Gametime 30 mins)

Memory stick (2) in Slot 3: Ok Boot/Ok Game (Gametime 1hr 10mins)

Hunch at this point...

Inserts Mem (1) into slot 2 with (2) in slot 3 (Dual Channel again): Ok Boot/BSOD with sound loop after 90mins.

I reckon this is fairly inconclusive and I still dont think this is a memory/slot issue.  Why would memory stick (1) in slot 3 produce a CTD and mem (2) not?...

Over to the experts again...
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brummie Before I stopped using Abit boards out of a batch of 10 NF7s 4 had faulty memory controllers and I had  2 others before then.
So I do know how to diagnose the problem  

Edit: Eagle what I would do if I was you is just use one of the 1 Gig sticks in the 1st slot and just run it for a few days,
 if it runs ok I would say its the boards memory controller not able to cope with more than 1 stick of Ram, but  if it still falls over it could still be a Windows prob.

Annoying problems like these can take ages to diagniose

Quote from: Shaun...what I would do if I was you is just use one of the 1 Gig sticks in the 1st slot and just run it for a few days,
 if it runs ok I would say its the boards memory controller not able to cope with more than 1 stick of Ram

Ah! But I ran two sticks of 512Mb in Dual thingy before this latest upgrade - and the problem was exactly the same!

Its a Windows thing...  Im sure of it.

Too bolloxed to reformat/reinstall tonight but thats the next phase as theres nothing else now I can try.

Thats why Im saying only use 1 stick rather than 2, if it runs fine with only 1 for a few days
you will know its not Windows causing the prob and save having to reinstall without being 100% sure you need to

Its overdue anyway so probably worth a try at least.  If anything, the fragmented files cant be helping matters.

Other thingss Ive considered:

Although the memory is designed to run at CAS 2, could I make it run at 2.5 or even 3?  Would that affect performance significantly?

What if I adjust the page file?  Currently:



What about sytem restore?  On or Off?

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Cas only affects the very first access cycle so you wont notice any difference