Re: Ok so I'm having issues
Hey D.
Create a memory dump.
Might give you some data to work with.
No idea what to do about your daughter.
I'd recommend death but you seem kind of attached to her, so I suppose that's not an option.
Re: Ok so I'm having issues
That's pretty cruel.
I don't think your PSU is the issue, it should be just fine and its from a good company.
I would try logging your BSOD's and googling them on a laptop or something, that might be a good way to start.
Re: Ok so I'm having issues
Hit it with prime95 for a couple of hours and see what happens?
If that does nothing, move on to furmark or similar. Try flipping around between benchmarks that are harder on different bits of hardware. Might help narrowing things down.
Also, if the psu is going wobbly, it might be noticeable on your voltages, especially if you put a bit of pressure on your stuff. Dunno.
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I'm not sure about your blue screens but I know you can change what the power button does in the control panel under power options. This should stop her turning it off. Then again if she is really smart she may just turn it back to how it was. :)
Re: Ok so I'm having issues
disconnect the power button. Put some sort of small push button on the back that she won't see.
Or see if your bios has an option for power on with a certain keyboard combo. One of my older mobos had that option.
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Thanks so much guys. I knew I could count on you guys for support. I do recall a bios option for the power button somewhere, I'm going to check that out asap. I have been trying to read around for answers here and it seems that this, as well as many other, boards have odd issues when 4 sticks of ram are installed. Some of the symptoms are similar to mine. Apparently there isnt much to be done as of yet about it either. Meh I think I'm going to get a new board anyway. Looking at the ASUS P5Q Deluxe, ASUS P5Q-EM or maybe the ASUS P5Q Turbo I still have to check some features out a bit, but at a glance they seem to have what I'm looking for. You guys have any suggestions on a good Mobo at all?
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Detale
I have been trying to read around for answers here and it seems that this, as well as many other, boards have odd issues when 4 sticks of ram are installed.
Oh pish.
I'm running 4 x 2GB in that very same board with nary a hiccough.
If you think that's what's going on, pull two sticks and see if the problem goes away.
Bet it doesn't.
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Meh was just coming back here to say that exact thing didn't help much :frusty: Ahhh I can usually diagnose issues like these fairly easily. This one has no rhyme or reason to it though. I'm going to try one more install of Win 7 X64 and format my drive again. I'm even going to use another newer drive just in case and see what happens then. This shit is killing me damnit!!
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What build of W7 are you using?
No particular reason to know, just morbidly curious.
About the power button...just disconnect the damn thing and let Little Miss Sunshine push it to her heart's content.
You could hang a temp button out the back where she's less likely to find it and use the Sleep function from a taskbar shortcut to kill the PC.