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[ionicle_old]

my computer recently had been going really slow, stallin, and crashin, with no reasonable explanation, i turned folding off, as i thought it was maybe processor overheating...but it made no difference, it is gettin worryin now...any ideas?

even SX is slow...and it aint my internet...

maybe its my graphics card?

or my processor...?

it is depressingly slow...it is slower than my 3000+ system...it seems slower than my 233 cellery....

 

[Dav0s]

spyware or virus.....the obvious ionicle

 

[ionicle_old]

checked...nothing...that was the first thing i did

 

[Dav0s]

both spyware and virus?

which programs did you run? definitions updated?

run pi or prime and see if you crash.

are you overclocked?

any processes hogging your ram?

 

[ionicle_old]

not overcloced...and not acordin to task manager there aint nothin, i used AVG and Lavasoft ad-aware, both are fully up to date

that pi thingy always makes it crash, then windows error reporting ses driver problem, but it wont tell me which one...and i havent installed anythin new recently

 

[Dav0s]

pi always crashes? with a rounding error or a bsod?

try prime95. get it from the download page

 

[ionicle_old]

yea, that pi thing makes the comp crash...it seems to get to loop 9 or somthing n crashes...prime 95...gotcha...wil do...altho i can guarntee it now, it wil make it crash if it is demanding...anythin that is demanding does...aside from folding...from what i have seen that is the ONLY exeption

 

[Dav0s]

*sigh*,

ok so you arent stable at stock lol. try prim95 and get back to us. put it on torture test or blend mode.

 

[ionicle_old]

no, it aint stable at stock...should i underclock it?...and i wil do...it is downloading...once done i wil try it, and as you sed...report back

 

[Dav0s]

if you are willing to underclock...you dont deserve to be on SX

now run the damn test lol

 

[ionicle_old]

it ran a bit...then it crashed...n my comp wouldnt start....i kept gettin a blue skreen with summet like REG_KEY_INVALID on it...n dump of memory to core...or disk...somthing like that

 

[FragTek]

Loosen up ur ram timings a bit and maybe try bumping the vdimm up .1 or so and see if that makes a difference.

 

[ionicle_old]

ok, but i thought the tighter the timings the better

 

[JN]

Do as the man says Ionicle

if it aint stable @ stock then ur running something too hard (most likely ur memory) - so u will hafta loosen it a bit to check.

 

[ionicle_old]

wil do! - what should i change em too?

 

[NickS]

Hold up...the problem IS his ram, but he fried it I suspect.

He said he never unplugged/turned off the PSU when switching ram sticks.

Now we all know (cept ionicle) that ram slots still have power going to them WHEN the computer is "off."

So, I think he fucked up his ram.

Ionicle, I vote RMA the RAM. Stop fucken with it. AND REMEMBER, TURN OFF/SHUT OFF PSU BEFORE TAKING ANYTHING OUT/PUTING ANYTHING IN, ON THE COMPUTER.

& Also, 2.8v is more than enuf for TCC5 @ stock speed. Dont raise it.

2-2-2-5 is the rated timings, but..you can try 2.5-4-3-7. I'll help you with it later.

 

[ionicle_old]

i never have turned off the power when i ever took any componant out....wel.. not the PSU power anyway...its always worked fine...

 

[NickS]

your new stuff is very very sensitive. thats why its busted. rma it and remember to unplug/turn off and count to thirty before changing parts

 

[ionicle_old]

it works now...its fast too...i just bumped the voltage up to 2.9.....and i overclocked the proccy....205 FSb...so 2460 because it is on a x12 multiplier...

 

[deepfried]

wait for the small shockwave as a fresh explosion issues forth from ionicles bedroom