Random BSOD and memtest

[yannickhk]

Hi guys,

I just finished my build and have been plagued with problems.

I've installed windows 7 64 bits ultimate, every goes well until I start installing the drivers, or just leaving the computer idle, i keep getting random BSODs. I couldn't run memtest, as soon as i booted into it, the screen appeared for a split second and back to post !

Anyway i tested the sticks on my htpc and thay are all working, so I unstalled only one of into my new build, into different slots, kept gettings BSODs every 15 minutes or so. So i deduced that ir wasn't the RAM.

Every other piece of hardware works, tested everything one by ond on my old rig, so only the MB and the PSU remain.

Refusing to believe that my brand new rive could be the culprit, could the psu be causing random lockup, reboots and BSODs? The Pc is unusable, it crashes too frequently.

The BSODs were:
- system_service_exception
- driver IRQL Not less or equal
- nothing specified

Now i can't even jumpstart my psu, flickers on for a fraction of a second and shuts off, with a single fan connected to it.

Please guys help. This PC is really my greatest project and I'd really like to fix it.

Could the MB be giving me random freeze, bsod? And most importantly, could it have fried my psu?

CPU: i7 3960x
MB: rive
Ram: gskill ripjawz 1833
Hdd: vertex 3 240gb
Psu: platimax 1500w
VGA: 3xGTX580
Water cooled by EK, aquacomputer and koolance

[HiVizMan]

Hello and thanks for starting your own thread my friend it will make resolving your issues so much easier and maybe even help someone who has a similar problem find a solution when they use the search function. Oh and welcome to the forum. 🙂

For now I am going to focus on your PSU.

When you say you can not jumpstart my PSU. Do you mean shorting-out pin 13 (Green wire) and any neutral (Black Wire).

If that is not what you mean could you try using your PSU the 1.5Kw Platimax to boot up your old rig.

I will check back in a short while to see.

[yannickhk]

I'm talking about jumpstarting the psu using a wire. I think it fried. I used it to fill my loop and for the past couple of days when i was getting BSODs after BSODs. A couple of hours ago I couldn't boot my PC so I thought that the MB had given up but when I tested the PSU by jumpstarting it I realized that the PSU wasn't working anymore. It turns on for a sec and then turns off.

I am talking about the1,5kw platimax btw. Brand new 😞

Could it really be the cause of all those BSODs?

Ps: i'm using my phone to post so please excuse the mistakes

[yannickhk]

So I received my brand new PSU, AX1200, and I still get random BSODs. I tested each ram stick separately, in different slots to no avail. I use only one GTX580 for now, that didn't solve the problem either. I'm running out of options.

Please guys, I really need help.

I am attaching the dump files it that helps.

Scratch that, I can't upload them. I can send them by email though.

[Shamino]

1. d/l and flash the latest bios http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/Rampage_IV_ExtremeBATTLEFIELD_3/#download
2. use just 1 stick of ram in any red slots.
3. disable the other 2 gtx580 with the pcie disable switches
4. load defaults
5. start monitoring stability from there
6. post updates here

[InnervateD]

I think when you fried your PSU and you plugged it into your R4E that you may have caused some damage to the board, from the sounds of it. I just hope when you had everything plugged into it that it also didn't cause any further damage to any of your other components. I would check and test each component on another rig if you have one.

I would try this. Take out the CMOS battery, plug everything from the mobo, no power nothing, not even the CMOS battery. Then press the START button the R4E to try and start the motherboard with no power. It should drain out any remaining power and reset the board completely. There maybe some jumper settings you need to set or remove, I would check the motherboard manual.

I would never jump start a PSU that you intend to use on your main rig to do a test run a loop on a custom watercooling job. I would just an old PSU to do that, you don't exactly need 1500watts to run a watercooling loop, also too many things could happen, so it's always best to use an older PSU.

If all else fails, I would consider sending back the board.

[yannickhk]

Hi guys,

I'd like to thank you for the help but it turns out that I can't figure out how to fix it.

I checked every single driver with the help of zigzag, JMH and dave from the sevenforum with verifier, nothing got solved.

I ran 6 pass of my RAM with memtest86 (turns out mine was outdated), no errors.

Tested each graphic card on my old rig with combustor, no problems there.

Tried another SSD as there have been pb with the vertex 3, that didn't work. I even installed windows on a normal HDD, same issues.

Installed only the Intel LAN drivers and the chipset drivers, left everything else uninstalled. It was stable for a while and the BSOD started all over again.

I noticed something weird though, the multiplier in BIOS is always different that the one given to me by CPU-z. Like 39 in BIOS, CPU-z shows 36.

Anyway I'm getting a new RIVE tomorrow, hopefully it will fix all those issues because if it doesn't then it can only be the CPU which would really piss me off.

Does anyone of you use the NZXT internal usb hub? Could it add to the pbs?

Oh and btw, the PSU didn't fry, it just suddenly stopped working. It wasn't under load then. Besides the BSODs were happening long before it died.

Did you guys have any drivers problems when you installed all that stuff in win7?

[Karl-Johan]

I see you have a Vertex 3. Take a look in this thread @ OCZ. Installing Intel Enterprise SATA driver might help.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?96135-Intel-Enterprise-drivers-seem-to-solve-...

[HiVizMan]

Is the NZXT internal USB hub powered?

[yannickhk]

Ok, I'll take a look at the thread and yes, the internal hub is powered. It wasn't that though, I've disconnected it for now.