New build, vista woes, please help

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creationzero

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new built system. fresh everything.
hardware:
amd 9950 phenom
2x2gb crucial 4-4-4-12 balistix
gigabyte motherboard
saphire 4870 512mb
seagate 640gb 32m cache
ocz 600watt psu

OS: bought from newegg. win vista 64 bit

problem: I assembled the system no problem and began with installing the OS. Once vista was installed I started loading the Mobo drivers for audio and lan. That all went fine but soon after all my apps and programs started randomly crashing...constantly, and couldnt keep up the system very long w/o a bsod. So I installed my graphics drivers and couldn't get through that with out a crash. Tons of software/OS crashes later I decide to reinstall vista. Same experience 2nd time so I was about fed up with vista and decided to try windows XP. Format HDD and as soon as I got to the windows loading page it bsod's... i've tried 3 times and same result. Please help me. Any suggestions? My main issue is I just want to run vista, so I don't care too much about running XP.
 
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The 4870 doesn't use 500w, it's the suggested minimum PSU rating.

I would try allowing the motherboard to auto-configure the ram timings or slow them down and try again, I'd also check the settings and make sure you've sent the modules enough voltage.
 

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  • CPU
    AMD Phenom x4 9600 Agena
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A-H/HDMI
    Memory
    8GB OCZ Fatal1ty PC2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Powercolor Radeon HD4830
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP W2408h, Gateway VX1100
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200, 1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    Maxtor 200GB IDE (x2)
    WD Caviar SE16 640GB SATA (x2)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
    Case
    CoolerMaster ATCS 210
    Keyboard
    MS Wireless Keyboard for Bluetooth
    Mouse
    MS Wireless Mouse for Bluetooth
not sure what you mean about the vid. card. and as for the ram i've tried it at default voltage and timings, as well as setting it to what the manufacturer recomends. i've ran memtest86 for 8+ hrs with no errors.
 

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Any one of those components could have issues even if new...
Start by borrowing another PSU and swap it in there.
This is going to be a process of elimination so let's do the easy ones first.
No BSOD messages at all ? ?
If you do get one write it down and post it here.
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
ya lots of bsod's next one ill write it down. never thought of the psu causing problems. im assuming at this point if it's hardware then its the motherboard. already tested the ram, and switched the hdd out for an ide one that i know is good and got same results. took out the vid. card and am running the machine off the onboard graphics. i know cpu issues are rare. so i thought maybe motherboard is bad.
 

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You may have already tried trying one stick of memory at a time. Random restarts could happen because there is a bad sector in the memory you have. Thus, every time the computer tries to access that memory sector, your computer is restarting. It would be worth trying different sticks of memory before going with a new PSU.

Also, one sad note to add: this issue of constantly having the computer restart could have an adverse effect on other components [such as your PSU, VideoCard, etc].

Let me know how it goes! Good Luck!

-DirtyData
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775
    Motherboard
    Foxconn P45A-S LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel
    Memory
    OCZ Fatal1ty Edition 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI N9800GT 512OC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
    Sound Card
    On-Board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hanns·G HG-281DPB Black 28" 3ms Widescreen LCD HDMI Monitor 500 cd/m2 800:1
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
    PSU
    BFG ATX12V 2.2 650Watt
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
    Mouse
    Logitech 904353-0403 Gray 3 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB or PS/2 Wi
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