BlueScreens left and right!

Major problems with my DSO system.

This thing has never been stable. When I got it just under a year ago, I was super excited - when it runs, its blazing fast. But besides not coming with the DVD burner I ordered, the thing crashes all the time. In a year I've tried over and over again to get DSO to help me but haven't had any success. My recent messages to customer service haven't even garnered a call back. I've been using my work laptop to do stuff at home but it irks me that I spent so much money on a system that's just sitting there with no help. So I figure you guys might have some insight.

Here are the BSOD message's I've received in the last few days. Sometimes it runs for hours without crashing, sometimes it crashes over and over again every 10 minutes:

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
DIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
MODIFICATION_OF_SYSTEM_CODE_OR_A_CRITICAL_DATA_STRUCTURE_WAS_DETECTED
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
INTERRUPT_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
PNF_LIST_CORRUPT
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
CACHE_MANAGER

Looks like fun, right?
I thought it might be the overclocking - went in and set the computer to it's default 1333 FSB and 9x multiplier, still seeing problems.
Thought it might be Vista 64, but I haven't heard of anyone using it that has this many issues. Is 32-bit still available for free when you bought 64?
Could it be bad RAM? I've got 4 sticks in there - do I just take one out at a time to test stability?

Here's the setup:

nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad A1
IntelCore 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz
4GB DDR2 Corsair 1066MHz Dominator
2 150GB Western Digital Raptors
nVidia Geforce 8800GTX 768MB

Thanks guys..

Go into the BIOS, select Advanced Chipset Features, select FSB & Memory Config, set your RAM clock to 1000.  Hit ESC, select System Voltages, set your DRAM Voltage to 2.200.  Hit ESC until you are back into the main screen and then select Save and Exit Setup

This might help, if not you probably have a bad stick of memory.  You can test your memory by downloading this: http://www.memtest.org/download/2.01/memtest86+-2.01.iso.zip

Extract that file and burn the .iso using Nero (Make sure you select Burn Image from the Burn menu at the top).

Reboot, and hit ESC after you hear the POST beep, a menu will come up shortly and ask what device you want to boot from.  Select your cd/dvd-rom drive.  A blue screen will come up and start testing your memory.  Let it run for atleast 5 passes, you can let it run through 10+ passes to ensure it is good.

If no errors appear, your system doesn't freeze, no odd characters or colors appear, or no Unexpected Interrupts appear, then your memory is most likely good.

The second test if memtest passes would be to download Prime95 and run a Blend Test for 12-24 hours.

Hope this helps!

run memtest and check your HDD as I suggested

if you keep getting that C1 error then have a look here



Edited by DST4ME - 10 Nov 2008 at 7:58pm

have you tried?

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=169747&mpage=1&key=𩜓

That should fix it!

While it seems to be operating (for the time being), it has started saying "Floppy disc(s) fail (40)" during post.

I can just F1 through it and boot normally, but it's one more loose thread.

The floppy issue is a simple fix.

When first booting. Press Delete rapidly. Or press delete when it ask you to "select F1 to continue or delete to enter setup" The bios will pop up. (IE. Big blue screen). Then go to "standard cmos features". Then go down to "Drive A". Put that to "None." Then press F1 to save and exit. That should clear that up.


Edited by Randy - 14 Nov 2008 at 12:17am

Ten days later - no email, no help. You would think a company that allegedly cares about customer service would respond to a phone message. But phone calls, email, and forum posts have not resulted in an email back.

I guess you can invest in providing quick and thoughtful answers to order and shipping questions, creating enough goodwill to counteract the few people who's four-thousand dollar investments in your company you decide aren't important enough to warrant response.

You've lost one potential (and very loud and willing) evangelist.

Thanks.

Chris

Their communications are less than stellar.... once you get their attention it is cool, but it can be a challenge to get that attention in anything less then a hundred calls.

Dave

Originally posted by jtspectra2 i never have a problem getting in contact with DS . i dont see were everyone is getting this from

I'm not "getting it" from anywhere. This isn't anecdotal - I'm posting my own experience - and it sounds like a few others have had the same experience..

Chris

Originally posted by DST4ME update your bios, make sure you got all the latest drivers for your mombo and GPU. check your HDD with chkdsk command from the recovery console of vista and also check your ram by running memtest. you got an error upthere for just about everything.

Hi all,
I just found this thread and am having almost the exact same BSoD issues over the past year or so.  Weekly if not daily BSoD's and reseats doesn't sound like a $4-5k system. 

So, to indulge, first how can I update my BIOS?

Not sure about your mobo, cj, but for all out there with xfx790i Ultra saw this when googled...http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/249422-30-790i-ultra-nvidia-control-panel-bios-flash