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Possible motherboard problem?

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by xxdeliverance, Apr 16, 2007.

  1. xxdeliverance Newcomer, in training

    Update: I managed to get both OSes to install again with no problems by disabling the IDE prefetch cache in the BIOS, but everything I download is corrupted and I'm getting random BSODs again. So basically I'm back to square one.
  2. xxdeliverance Newcomer, in training

    holy hell, I think I may have fixed it!

    I slowed the DRDY timing in the BIOS and ran SFC which detected some errors and fixed them with a reboot. Been running Prime95 ever since with no BSODs, lockups or restarts. I'll post again if anything arises. Thank you all for your help!
  3. xxdeliverance Newcomer, in training

    bah, Prime95 reported a hardware error about 45 minutes into the test and now it won't test longer than a minute without reporting a hardware error.

    Now I'm getting IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and the like on a barebones install. Just CPU, motherboard and hard drive.

    I know the memory, motherboard, graphics card, sound card, hard drive, optical drives and power supply to be good. Now all I can think of is the CPU, but the temperatures have always been fine and there's no sign of any damage to it.

    I installed it into the old PCChips motherboard and it's working like a charm, though.

    The new board is an MSI PM8PM-V. I've read that it does not support the Pentium D 915, is that true?
  4. Rage_3K_Moiz Sith Lord Posts: 7,245   +16

    You can make sure by checking out the mobo's CPU support list on MSI's website.