here comes another bsod thread

hi-
tried running at a few different timings but still the same problem
people at g.skill also sugested i rma the board, will check the pins on the cpu when i get to it

ok so heres a funny thing
as i was had nothing much else to do i formatted my hard drive and installed my copy of windows xp
lo and behold, no problems at all!

so whats that all about?

got both sticks of ram in, not showing the full 4gb as its a 32-bit windows but even so i would have assumed: dodgy motherboard=dodgy motherboard regardless?

Dave76 said:

If you D/L'ed it you might have gotten corrupted files when burned to DVD or put on memory stick.

it's a kosher version, well sort of, its a student license which is like the real thing but for layabouts :)

ickymay said:

windows 7 stresses ram and motherboard more than XP ever did and I still reckon your issue is mismatched ram ?

for explanation of some of the changes/differences maybe take a look at this blog

i did ask on the gskill site and they pointed the finger at the motherboard but then again i suppose i would if i was them!

thats just a wall of words to me at the moment, just heading to bed now so will have a read in the morning when my brain is refreshed :)

Dave76 said:

That's good, but what I meant is if you D/L then burned it to DVD, how did you do it?
If you put it on a memory stick, which method did you use?

i see, its on the original disc, not a downloaded copy.

happy to inform that i switched on the pc this morning and the problem came back! now i can rma the board with a certain degree of certainty thats where the problem lies

hi again, thought i would update, rma'd the motherboard and had it properly checked, nothing wrong with it apparently so i have now also rma'd the memory, cpu, grahics card and hard drive to get them all checked together. hoping it wont take too long even though i have found a whole new world without computers exists!