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step #1; Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
run all day/night. if pass; set voltage to 1.9 --if you haven't already
if still bluescreening with both in, drop the speed to 667
if still no, loosen the timings --some crappy boards can't drive the ram the way they need to be-- to say, 5-6-6-15 or maybe even 18
w7, being beta still, is a touch more sensitive to the little quirks of hardware configs, as such it tends to harf on the slightest little thing xp (now into sp3) will overlook and ignore.
then again, i've never been a biostar fan myself.
on a side note as well; motherboard makers don't make the bioses, they get a single base set from whatever chip makers they have in the board --ie; intel for chipset, realtek add-in from realtek (for audio and lan, etc)-- and then combine them into a single file they flash after making sure it at least mostly works. the main chunk of code however, still comes from the chip makers.
asus, msi, and gigabyte all do inhouse board manufacturing, and i think asus might do code from the ground up, unsure
evga just sources everything from nvidia and foxconn and rebadges with their logos and manufacturer strings, while editing the code in the bios files to provide bugfixes if needed/warranted
dfi is mostly foxconn
ecs is complete trash. fun fact 80+% of all ecs boards get returned and stuck back out on the shelves for the next noob.
everyone else? no idea, but try the tips at the top of the list and if nothing, then i'm out of ideas. :/