Gaming PC Diagnostic

[Ghostfaced]

Originally Posted by Pringles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thats not "checking ram" thats just removing ram and replacing it with other ram, doesnt tell you if you are working with good ram or not.

It's a pretty good test if you remove two sticks, and replace them with two new sticks. What are you suggesting exactly? I don't really want to argue, i just want to help the OP out.

[Whiteberry]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770EVGA SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooling 02G-P4-2774-KR GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video CardASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Western Digital WD AV-GP WD10EURX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Intel 520 Series Cherryville SSDSC2CW180A3K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

Me like that cpu and graphics card but im surprised u didnt get the 2nd gen i7 with the 6 core and hyper threading wich would have made u have 12 cores

[Thulack]

Now while i know not every motherboard is perfect going by the 1 star comments on newegg for that board things such as bad memory controller, bad memory slots, CPU getting overvoltage i would probably put the blame on the motherboard as you have basically done everything but changed power supplies.

[Rogean]

Ok got some interesting information.

First, my friend lives far away so I'm helping him figure this out remotely. I just built it and shipped it originally.

Ok so, we had another freeze just a minute ago and he mentioned that, typically if he hits the reset switch when the computer is working, it resets instantly, as any computer normally would when you hit the motherboard reset. However, when the computer freezes, hitting the reset switch isn't doing anything. He has to cut power to reboot it. I'm almost convinced at this point that it's motherboard related.

[Rogean]

As a side note.. would newegg take a used motherboard (it's going to have thermal grease smeared on it at this point) on RMA as a refund so we could get a different board, or would I have to get RMA for just replacement?

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As a side note.. would newegg take a used motherboard (it's going to have thermal grease smeared on it at this point) on RMA as a refund so we could get a different board, or would I have to get RMA for just replacement?

That item only has a Replacement warrenty on it through newegg. couldnt refund it even if you just opened it. And to previous post i would just get a replacement and hope for best. Not sure how the shipping is going to work between you guys though. That's alot of travel for stuff.

[Myth]

You said you built it and shipped it to him. Have you tried reseating the video card ?

[Ambrotos]

I have major issues with my i7 with integrated/amd/ video card, with the nvida video card. Either I freeze, or I just bsod due to drivers not playing nice. I've been trying to figure out what to do for the past month, and dell isn't any help.

This integrated cpu/video processor fad is bullshit. If I would have known the issues it would cause I would never have gone this route.

As for newegg, I had sent back a used motherboard. I had it for a week, and had issues. I decided to skip RMA process and just returned it. Just clean it up and send it back. Some stuff is labeled not returnable by newegg. So you may or may not be able to go that way.

[nilbog]

Things I would check:

-Power Supply
-[if kernelbase.dll is in your eventlog] Windows 7 related user profiles. (Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile?), java, etc.
-Motherboard

[Thulack]

The Asus version of that board just went on sale today on newegg:

http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail...x-_-E0-_-Item&