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Discussion in 'Windows BSOD, Freezing, Restarting Help' started by Niceman199, Aug 27, 2011.

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  1. Niceman199 Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

    The GPU stress test finished with no errors. Tho it was kinda weird because my GPU would go up to 78C and once it hit 79C, the fan would kick in and would stop when the GPU became 72C and it would repeat again.

    Does anyone have an idea of what the problem could be? It can't be the PSU because I just RMA'd it, can't be RAM because Memtest86 show no errors, and I haven't heard a CPU processor being faulty like this.

    So I'm guessing video card or motherboard? Tho that's what I'm thinking and I'm not really good with this stuff.
    Niceman199, Sep 25, 2011
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  2. Niceman199 Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

    Anyone have any idea what the problem could be? I guess I'll call ASUS tech support tomorrow about the problem and if it could be the card or motherboard.
    Niceman199, Sep 27, 2011
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  3. Niceman199 Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

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    Here's the OCCT GPU stress test. On top, it says that my CPU is overclocked to 3666.77 Mhz but I never overclocked.
    Niceman199, Sep 28, 2011
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  4. Niceman199 Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

    Hey guys, sorry for posting so much but I'm trying to fix this problem. I disabled Auto Restart so I could see if I get a BSOD or not and I also removed one stick of RAM so I could test the RAM. While playing, my computer just froze, and I had to manually shut down the computer. Then, the computer wouldn't start up again. Instead, a LED near the RAM labeled "DDRRAM MemOK" would just stay on. I switched RAM sticks and it still wouldn't start up. I put the RAM sticks in ports 2 and 4 instead of 1 and 3 and the computer still wouldn't start up. I put one stick of RAM in port 2 and that didn't work either.

    I thought it was the RAM so I took out RAM from another computer, put it in ports 1 and 3, and the computer did the same thing. Put it in ports 2 and 4 and it still didn't work. I know it can't be the RAM because they are both DDR3 RAM and it worked fine on the other computer. Could it be the motherboard RAM slots that are causing the problem?
    Niceman199, Sep 30, 2011
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  5. klepto12 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,360   +9

    hmmmm could possibly be the motherboard as i have seen them go bad long before a cpu would imo rma the motherboard and see what happens can't hurt as the problems are already bad.
    klepto12, Sep 30, 2011
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  6. Niceman199 Newcomer, in training Posts: 27

    Will do. Is it possible to RMA a motherboard without the plastic cap that covers the CPU slot? I can't find it anywhere and I've heard you need it in order to be able to RMA.
    Niceman199, Sep 30, 2011
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  7. klepto12 TechSpot Paladin Posts: 1,360   +9

    i wouldn't think you would need that you will just have to call asus and find out.
    klepto12, Oct 1, 2011
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