system very unstable

[Hefemeister]

Have you tested your ram with memtest to ensure it is not going bad?

 

[advancedgeek]

was about to do that but is it true that no post beep means faulty cpu? it does this even when at stock settings and cmos cleared

 

[patonb]

No, When my ram wasn't right, and system wouldn't boot, I got nothing..... no beeps no boot

 

[bmxfreakrider]

was about to do that but is it true that no post beep means faulty cpu? it does this even when at stock settings and cmos cleared

On stock settings with it still doing it, its possible but not likely. ever notice how when you pull a cpu out of a board and power it up its silent? secondly I was stating ram because there has been times when I have had a stick in backwards or not clipped in all the way and the system ran, just really slow and was extremely touchy.

 

[bentobaku]

I am leaning to agree with BMX, The one thing i would try before i decided it is dead, is seeing if the add-on cards are properly seated by taking them out and plugging them back in. I have had a case where a video or (thinking in this case) sound-card, was not quite seated properly and the computer freak out when it does the pci port check.

 

[bmxfreakrider]

And the most common cause of that is missing/loose pci-pci bracket screws, or pci-bracket to case screws (causing the card to move when you plug it in.

My cellphone just did the same thing, the ribbion for the keypad was loose and my cell would trip out whenever i touched it.

 

[advancedgeek]

i finally figured out while messing around with my computer for about 3 hours and i found out that it is the power supply problem and i got a new reliable and trustable power supply Corsair HX620W bought it for $890 (about US$115). now it won't freeze when i plug my audio jack in and been stable for the past 30 minutes so far...

 

[bmxfreakrider]

wow serious, it was the psu? **** that caught me off gaurd

 

[advancedgeek]

yep it is stable now with overclock so it was pretty much the psu and haven't changed anything else

 

[bmxfreakrider]

Thats good to hear man, lets hope it stays stable.