Hi, I'm posting this here because I'm fairly certain that the problem lies with my motherboard or is related to it. I thought I had it fixed but then...more problems popped up yet again. I've been having problems for a while with a new computer setup of mine. When I turn on my computer it regularly stalls when Im attempting to install windows or linux. If I try too many times the computer will start having frequent stalls at the very first startup screen I get. The only way to get a bit of activity again seems to be to power down everything for a bit and then restart. I've managed to swap out the PSU and hard drive to my old system so I'm fairly certain they arent responsible. That basically leaves my mobo, ram, or video card. The only thing I can really alter much is the BIOS but I dont know enough about the options in it to do too much. Any suggestions? Thanks
Most freezing problems come from the video card, but it could be the ram as well. Try removing the ram around, and try a different video card.
Yup looks like you're right (unfortuneatly, would really like the non expensive parts to be breaking...) Any idea if it is possible to fix? Maybe I'll go check the video card forums... thanks
first try to use the memtest86 bootable version before being sure that it was ram and try to set the jumpers to reset the bios as a precaution for testing the default settings
