Problems with July 2011 ODE 3

I ordered one of my rigs back in July 2011. It has been running very strong except in the past 2 months. 1st, here are the specs:

System Configuration:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Pre-built Digital Storm ODE Level 3
Exterior Finish: White Exterior Paint Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth P67 (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair XMS3 Series (High-Performance)
Power Supply: 800W Corsair GS (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: Blu-Ray Player/DVD Writer (Play Blu-Ray and Burn DVDs)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: Corsair H70 Liquid CPU Cooler (High-Performance Edition)
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard)
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)


This rig is having two problems.

1: The computer takes inconsistent amounts of time to boot. Sometimes it hits desktop quickly, and other times it hits it 2 mins slower. This is odd, and not something I have seen commonly.
When the computer boots, I have to give it a "warm up" period before I start using it. For instance, if I let it hit desk top, and click chrome and then outlook, thats it, im on a 10 minute time out and the computer just sits there doing nothing, being un responsive and then boom, everything will open all at once when whatever is clogging it up goes away.
I have noticed that windows updates (ones since June) will trash the system. I have had to turn windows update off. If windows updates run, it will basically brick windows as close to dead as possible, and then I will have to image the computer back to a point prior to those updates to get it back to life (and it will still have the warm up problems).

2: Computer freezes up with loud buzzing noise. This typically only happens with video/games (BF3 or guild wars 2). This has been going on for a while. Computer 100% freezes with ear piercing buzzing. Force computer off with power button to restart. I was reading that this could be an overheating problem. The room we play in never exceeds 75º, all the fans look to be working. CPU is factory over clocked, GPU's are stock speed.

also, as a side note, i have tried to flash the bios and update the chipset. I have done this a zillion and one times at work on various dell and HP's, but I cant seem to get either the BIOS or the chipset updates to run. I keep getting messages implying that the patch is the wrong version or incompatible.

I also want to add one more 3rd problem that i forgot to mention. During gaming computer will restart itself.

bprat22, I will do the things you've mentioned and get back with updates. Thanks

heat problems on GPU looks to be confirmed.

SLI 1 maxed out at 89º(C) before I stopped playing (under 10mis normal game play on highest settings). the 2nd 570 maxed out at 86º(C). I have the air conditioner in the room on high so I know it's not ambient room temp causing this problem. I'll take the cards out to make sure the fans on them aren't being blocked. I cleaned the case out recently so I suspect outside of the GPU coolers there are little problems.


CPU temp never went over 73º(C) for the hottest core.

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