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news update going to try another motherboard if i can

well, the bios is as far as it goes, i think its like F06 or F09 ill cheak later when it boots, anyway once my OS was installed the first thing was my chipset drivers then i restarted, and i insatlled my soundcard then restarteed then my grafix card and restarted then my lan drivers then restarted, then once all my drivers where on i poped my anti virus on and sorted that out, then i pluged my pc in to my network and updated it and enabled the firewall properly.

Drivers...?.. for cpus.. i tought it was more just a architecture.. anyhow.. no i guess not, tryed googling a QX9770 Driver .. no info.. went on the site and looked for what they have on my cpu.. and its just this " Processor Idenifcation utility "

New info, i have disabled 2 of the cores, so im only useing core 1 and core 2, core3 and core 4 is disabled and so far.. i mean it still locks up... just not much.. i can leave it on almost 5 - 10 hurs with no lockups and playing games with no lock ups for ages.. but it still locks up.. just not as quick.. any idears?...

@Match as for under load i use Prime95 and Burnintest with the MAXUIM HEAT SETTING on, and witch ever one gives me the hottist temps after 30 mins i post, (not running togeather oviusly, so all 4 cores are at about 97 - 100% @Dirtpolo Yeah i got a hunch that its the motherbaord... i realyl do. im going to put some cash aside from work this week and see if i can get one, was looking at this board, do you think it will do the job?.. its not where as good as the one i have.. but then again mine seems broke.. So anything seems better.. ^^ i couldnt really find a decent review on it.. but it seemd OK in reviews, (wanted one for about £100 - £130) Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3LR I Quoted the link because on some forums they ask ppl to quote it :) cheers, Puregreen

OK. News update its a lot more random now, it has locked a few times in Bios and evan when Starting windows, its defiantly a hardware issue.. no way its anything software based. Ill cheak another PSU if i can. Ill let you know once i have tested the PSU, got a feeling its the motherboard tho... but Hey, one Step at a time! Cheers, Puregreen

It Almost seems random.. sometimes when im doing something like a game, Sometimes i can not evan be useing it.. and it just LOCKS.. i Recently installed windows 7 to test (im still useing windows XP as a duel boot) and its not been as BAD.. but it Still locks up, Vista just hated my Whole System.. i cant help feel Frustrated, that i have such a high Sped machine and its not working Properly.. lol :( Cheers, Puregreen

Also What is the most Common Coruse of Lockups i mean it cant be the ram, its Fie, Passed memtest (windows one and dos one) pluss its new ram CPU seems fine i think, might sit it on a PRIME 95 unless theres a better CPU tester?...... Grafic Card is fine i think i have always wanted to ask but never fought of the right way to say it.. cheers guys Puregreen

OKIES update, got 4 gigs of Ram now worked a treat.. Sorted lag problems out Straght away. Still Lock up now and then, pluss sometimes when it locks up, and then i restart, the pc lights just Flash REALLY quick.. i mean like Flash (all the lights) evan the mobo lights, Soundcard, Grafic card.. almost like my PSU is givng the issue.. What do you think?... i still have a hunch it might be the mobo since the water damage.. I might try another PSU and see how it goes, anyone have any idears?.. :) cheers guys thanks for all the help so far.. Cheers, Puregreen

oh yeah not that it matters, but i forgot, The PSU wouldnt give me this problem would it?... its a Silverstone 1.3Kwat.. cant remember the model number .. but it was about 260 when i borught it, Cheers. Puregreen

Thanks for your input Dalo, Yeah i have tryed both, i normal use the driver cleaner anyway but i have tryed the bog Standard way Too, still no luck, i would have guess the ram could be buggering it up, i ordered 4 gigs of OCZ platanum last night anyway just to be on the save side i will use them anyway evan if it dosent HELP my problem, i miss not having loads of ram lol, Yeah.. i think it may be the HDD.. i have a SDD but i stuffed it in my ps3 because it only had a 30 gig (and the SSD is 64 gig) my main intention was just more space, it wasnt to go "MY PS3 has a SSD HARDDRIVE!!! WOOGHOO" i was gonig to pull it out and put it back in my machine just to install the OS and a few games, and have this Drive (750) as a Data dump but i managed to loose track of where the 'Safe' place i put it was lol... Cheers for everyones input, ill keep you updated how it preforms when i put the 4 gigs of ram in (its DDR3 too)

Yeah done that already i built it and Maintain it, every 3 - 4 weeks i do a clean out no dust anywhere CPU temps IDLE: CORE 1 22 CORE 2 21 CORE 3 14 (odd i know..) CORE 4 23 LOAD: (left it for about 20 mins) CORE 1 30 CORE 2 25 CORE 3 28 CORE 4 26

@Maynardvdm First of all Thank for for such a fast Reply! i knew there is somthing i forgot to post! Sorry, Yeah All drivers are up to date, i have used some old drivers and the New Drivers and some beta drivers and the Omega Drivers for my Grafix card in Attempt to See if it was the Grafic Card, And i get the same issue with all of them, it Dosent help, as for my Mobo im useing the lateist chipset Drivers and the Lastist soundcard drivers, (when i take my Sound card out it dosent make a Diffrence it still dose the same thing (lagging) but i just dont hear the sound Cheers! Puregreen

First of all, Thank you to The administrators of this forum Very Fast Activation thought i was going to waiting a while, anyway to the point, First my Spec, QX9770 3.2 (not OC'ed) 1 GIG OCZ DDR3 (14400 not OC'ed)asus stiker II extreame Mobo Geforce 9800 Gx2 Creative X-fi Pro sound card im running on a Dell 3008 WTP 30" screen and at Desktop i run at 2560 X 1600 and on games i tend to run at 2560 X 1600 also, the issue i have and i have never really found my Anser i sometimes when im playing a game sometimes i have Sorta like lag everything somthing BIG happens like for EG i will be playing L4d and a Tank Apears or a Boomber Blows up, i get like almost a second where it just sorta locks.. and the sound can sometimes loop for that second, its not inoprable .. but its annoying and when im in windows xp i if i have 2 or more transfers going at the same time lets say i have like 4 going, (like yesterday) they dont just go up by like 10 mins (so like from 14, to 24) they All go Sky Rocket! to likke 120 mins and dont Apear to copy anything, and if i try click any Progame it dose nothing and i cant click any Windows at all untill its loaded the progamme i clicked, and the only way to get it to normal is cancelin some of the transfers, i mean i know most ppl dont transfer like 5+ items at a time but i mean i didnt have a problem with my old P3 pc or my P4 pc.. my main guess would be that i only have 1 gig of ram, but at the same time a while back i had a water leek on my Water cooling, but i apeared to solve it all. i dryed it ages ago like 4 months ago i toke it all apart and Dryed it and used a hair Dryer on the low Setting at a Distance And it Dosent appear damaged... anyway if i remember anything more that could help ill Post it.. thats it for now. got a dog To look after.. So yeah ill cheak when i get home, or maybe in a lil bit if i get the chance to get on the pc again, Cheers guys! i really hope you can help, Anything you think could help please post it anyway i dont care! anything to help, .. So yeah my hunch is mobo.. or Ram Maybe cpu... but i dough it... no Lockups... at all really the occausnal BSOD that makes no sence and is Random.. ( like Every 2 - 3 weeks) anyway Cheers!! puregreen PS Sorry For my REALLY bad Spelling... im a Awful speller.. i have a Broad Vocabulary but when it gets to spelling them instead of saying them.... well, yeah cheers.