build:
mobo: asrock p67 extreme4
cpu: i5 2500
ram: 2x4gb corsair xms3 ram
HDD: western digital 1 TB
gpu:gtx 550ti
so basically, I put together this new build and I kept getting 0x1A blue screens. I figured it was probably a ram problem, so i ran memtest86+ and found that one module was corrupt, so i replaced both modules. The new modules however, continue to give me blue screens. The bsod message varies. I get messages such as:
0x1A
0x34 - "cache manager'
"Page fault in non-Paged area"
and others, which point to faulty ram.
Also, when i turn the computer on explorer.exe often "experiences a problem" and crashes. This occurs repeatedly every time explorer restarts.
I have tried re installing windows and reformatting about 4 times. Sometimes i get a bsod during the install and it fails.
I ran memtest86+ for hours on my memory and it seems fine (except for the module i replaced).
installing the memory in different slots does not help
clearing cmos does not help
I can't upload a dump file because windows blue screens out almost immediately. Safe mode doesn't help.
2. Should've gotten no more than 2 HDD's. Unless you need 3 at once, which I have no idea why you would need that, it would've been better to get 2 of higher capacity.
why? i mean, if he put them in a raid configuration he could get faster speeds by having more hdds.
well even putting gml as part of your skill set kinda tags you as a mediocre programmer at best. Not saying you are, but its kinda like a graphic designer listing ms paint as one of his skills. it doesn't always mean he is a bad artist, but generally a good artist wouldn't use ms paint if he could use Photoshop due to paint's severe limitations in comparison, and if he did he wouldn't think it was worth mentioning.
1. probably just the metal hinge was slightly off or something. As long as the cpu was placed properly and the heatsink is on good its really not worth it to try and reset it imo.
2. not sure about colors, but you should put on in the slot closest to the cpu and then skip a slot and put the other one in the third slot. (they are always in same-colored slots)
3. not sure, but thats the way its done
4. yea that should work, and you aren't gonna hurt anything else.
5. yep, that's perfectly normal.
6. yea that should be all of it. if there was a second plug on the gpu it would be directly next to the first, so if you don't see it its not there.
There's a little arrow on all of the little plugs. Does that mean the positive hole, or the negative hole?
Also, the power LED plug had three holes, and there were only two left on the 1st plate of LED's, and it wasn't on the edge so it couldn't hang off. The other plate (which apparently was not compliant to some intel standards or something) had two ports available on the side, so I just had it hanging off. Probably wrong, but the power button didn't work. The speaker that came with the case(?) had a 4-pin, and only the second one had 4 pins.
...is it normal for the case to come with that?
yea your wiring is a bit off. The plugs aren't defined by the horizontal plastic strips like you would think...
The three pin LED plug goes on pins 1, 3, and 5. the plug should be labeled so oyu know what direction to put it in, but if not generally the odd colored wire going into the plug connects to the ground (or -)
so then the four pin speaker goes from 2 to 8 as well. Your power button probably isn't working because you have it from 8 to 7 or from 6 to 5, when it should be on pins 8 and 6. The reset should be on 7 and 5, the hdd LED on 1 and 3, and the power LED on 4 and 2.
You shouldn't have anything hanging off then and it should work just fine
Well, not a 100% success, but we're troubleshooting more tomorrow. Read the OP!
You most likely didn't pug the power button in right. Just read the manual that came with the motherboard closely.
if you can't get it to work you can always start it without the case button, to verify that the problem is with the power button. If you're lucky your motherboard might have its own power button on it (though most lower end models don't. Otherwise, you need to find the right pins and jump them (google a tutorial if you need to).
Okay, so the computer is 100% compatible. If I could travel back in time and change anything, what would you say i change? I really just want this info for future reference. I've been learning how to do this kind of thing rapidly thanks to you guys.
it will all work, but I generally would get a better motherboard. It is tempting to cheap out on the motherboard in favor of getting a better cpu or gpu, but it can cause some annoying problems, especially during setup.
You will probably be ok, and it will work out fine, but you also have risked receiving a DOA board or getting a board that dies prematurely.
isn't it free? How about instead of asking us to figure out if your half completed specs can run a program that just came out, and then waiting possibly hours for someone's rough guess, you just install it and find out?
If you need to reliably run .exe files (wine is good but not perfect) go with windows. If you can get by on all the smaller but mostly free collection of software for Linux, do that.
The best plan imo is to just install linux, and if a while later you find that linux doesn't work well for you, just buy windows.
Sunday to Wednesday? how about you make it the entire week, or at least make the window overlap a weekend so those of us with work/school during the week will have enough time...it makes more sense to me.
so what i owe bethesda 25 cents everytime I say the word scroll? I mean the scrolls mojang is making isn't even related from what I know, if it was an rpg that takes place on a far off island called sorrowwind they would have a point, but really?
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build:
mobo: asrock p67 extreme4
cpu: i5 2500
ram: 2x4gb corsair xms3 ram
HDD: western digital 1 TB
gpu:gtx 550ti
so basically, I put together this new build and I kept getting 0x1A blue screens. I figured it was probably a ram problem, so i ran memtest86+ and found that one module was corrupt, so i replaced both modules. The new modules however, continue to give me blue screens. The bsod message varies. I get messages such as:
0x1A
0x34 - "cache manager'
"Page fault in non-Paged area"
and others, which point to faulty ram.
Also, when i turn the computer on explorer.exe often "experiences a problem" and crashes. This occurs repeatedly every time explorer restarts.
I have tried re installing windows and reformatting about 4 times. Sometimes i get a bsod during the install and it fails.
I ran memtest86+ for hours on my memory and it seems fine (except for the module i replaced).
installing the memory in different slots does not help
clearing cmos does not help
I can't upload a dump file because windows blue screens out almost immediately. Safe mode doesn't help.
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If the computer is used for heavy rendering you cuold actually use most or maybe all of that.
why? i mean, if he put them in a raid configuration he could get faster speeds by having more hdds.
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not sure how this is going to work yet, but think it would be cool.
what do you guys think?
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2. not sure about colors, but you should put on in the slot closest to the cpu and then skip a slot and put the other one in the third slot. (they are always in same-colored slots)
3. not sure, but thats the way its done
4. yea that should work, and you aren't gonna hurt anything else.
5. yep, that's perfectly normal.
6. yea that should be all of it. if there was a second plug on the gpu it would be directly next to the first, so if you don't see it its not there.
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yea your wiring is a bit off. The plugs aren't defined by the horizontal plastic strips like you would think...
The three pin LED plug goes on pins 1, 3, and 5. the plug should be labeled so oyu know what direction to put it in, but if not generally the odd colored wire going into the plug connects to the ground (or -)
so then the four pin speaker goes from 2 to 8 as well. Your power button probably isn't working because you have it from 8 to 7 or from 6 to 5, when it should be on pins 8 and 6. The reset should be on 7 and 5, the hdd LED on 1 and 3, and the power LED on 4 and 2.
You shouldn't have anything hanging off then and it should work just fine
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You most likely didn't pug the power button in right. Just read the manual that came with the motherboard closely.
if you can't get it to work you can always start it without the case button, to verify that the problem is with the power button. If you're lucky your motherboard might have its own power button on it (though most lower end models don't. Otherwise, you need to find the right pins and jump them (google a tutorial if you need to).
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it will all work, but I generally would get a better motherboard. It is tempting to cheap out on the motherboard in favor of getting a better cpu or gpu, but it can cause some annoying problems, especially during setup.
You will probably be ok, and it will work out fine, but you also have risked receiving a DOA board or getting a board that dies prematurely.
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delete it?
I'm sorry, but there's really no reason to post this except laziness imo
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I am probably worse off than either of you. My Desktop Folder:
size: 5.11 GB (5,487,634,883 bytes)
Contains: 23,305 Files, 6,519 Folders
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What is the point of posting this?
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The best plan imo is to just install linux, and if a while later you find that linux doesn't work well for you, just buy windows.