Owlie's Monitor Freezing Up Time To Time

[GrayDuck]

In my professional opinion, you need a new system.

That'll be $50.

[BobTheJanitor]

Hah! I'll give you my professional opinion for our diagnostic fee cost, which is only $25. And I'll waive that fee if you buy the new system from me. Of course, if not then I'll need that money up front or you'll never see your precious computer again.

[Satiagraha]

Oh Noes! We've got a hostage situation here! Call in the Negotiator!

Professional oppinions are overrated. How hard is it to learn to do it yourself?

[Niteowl]

ok i THINK the ram is borked as well. but i'm worrie dthat whatever would cause ram to go bad will cause my new ram to go bad as well. questino is, what sorta stuff screws up ram? i want to make sure when i buy new ram that it's not borked again.

i KNOW its bad ram since i've tested it with a ram tester, and have been having some errors that seem to be ram related (your .bsp differs from the one on the server, etc).

so. how do i find the type of ram i'm using to replace? i know it's ddr, that's it. and what sorta stuff messes up ram?

tia.

[BobTheJanitor]

Bad mobo overpowering the RAM perhaps. Unlikely, but I've seen it sometimes.

[Satiagraha]

Make sure you haven't messed with your memory voltage levels. If you're trying to stabilize your system, it might be a good idea to reset your CMOS (bridge 2 jumpers on your mobo, see manual for location)

[Sancho]

Actually, I've been having a very odd problem myself.  Ever since I got a new motherboard/processor/RAM (same vid card) and reformatted my comp, any time that I right-click or try to delete, or copy/cut/paste a video file like .mpg or .avi (of any size), my monitor shuts off and turns back on real quick, like my monitor is changing video modes or something, and also windows makes a beep at me.  Not that big of a deal, I can still delete or modify these files, its just kind of annoying and weird.

[Niteowl]

Bad mobo overpowering the RAM perhaps. Unlikely, but I've seen it sometimes.

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hm, but the mb i bought was pretty solid. a very reputable MSI mb with good reviews.. so i shouldn't worry about that.. should i?

Make sure you haven't messed with your memory voltage levels. If you're trying to stabilize your system, it might be a good idea to reset your CMOS (bridge 2 jumpers on your mobo, see manual for location)

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er, i haven't touched my memory voltage lvls, since i have no idea how to scew around with it. do i still need to reset my CMOS?

[BobTheJanitor]

Well resetting the CMOS shouldn't hurt anything anyway. If you did change anything, just readjust after you reset. And MSI is usually a good board, I think that's what I'm using. You might check and make sure you didn't get unlucky and get a board with leaky capacitors. ABIT's been the manufacturer with the worst problems in that area, but a lot of others have been affected to some degree. Just see if your capacitors have crusted deposits on top, or any sort of darkish fluid marks coming out near the bottom. Leaky caps has been a problem I've seen a lot lately. (due to a whole lot of bad ones being made based on a bad formula a couple years ago)

[Niteowl]

er.. which doohickey is the capacitor? and not a FLUX capacitor right?!? cuz then i'd have to put it in my Dolorian..

[BobTheJanitor]

The can looking things. Round little cylinder thingys. See here for an example. They're the things all around, standing straight up. And here is an example of what they look like when leaking.

[Niteowl]

The can looking things. Round little cylinder thingys. See here for an example. They're the things all around, standing straight up. And here is an example of what they look like when leaking.

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most EGGSCELLENT!! i'll take a looksee later!

[Satiagraha]

Haf Haf Haf. Leaky Capacitors

OGM MY MOBO IS TEH BLEEDZING!!1!!1