Many problems with Asus P5E3 Help needed :)

m3hm3t

i have a big freezing problems with my specs, especially when i open pc in the mornig after windowsxp logo black screen comes and stucks there, or middle of something it just freezing, making me press the reset button,
here is my specs,

dabsvalue colorit case with 450watt psu
Asus P5E3 mobo
q9650 cpu not overclocked,
4gb ddr3 OCZ 10666 1333mhz platanium series, 1.80volt 7-7-7-20
western dig. 500gb sata disk,
sata dvd rw
radeon x550 pce 16x (im using this for now)

i have set the voltages right as it should be manually, also ram timings,
before i done that , i wasnt able to install windows xp, i had to set everything manually after xp installed, now i get freezing problems,
i dont know what to do next ?

Anti

start off by doing the usual, disconnect and reconnect everything. Then start with the minimum.

1 stick of ram,
primary hard drive,
Onboard graphics (if the board has it, if not the normal graphics card)
No dvd/cd drive.

If you notice the pc will boot here then try adding the rest in untill you get the same issue again. If you notice the issue from there it is either a hardware, or software issue (drivers etc etc)

Silenceisbliss

you couldnt leave voltages and timings as default in BIOS becasue it wouldnt work??? eh...why...whats up with that?

Anti

standard problem with some memory and motherboards, i have to do it with my current build, 0.3v more for the ram and have to tighten the timings a little bit. Usually a new bios sorts it but not always.

Silenceisbliss

oh right. I didnt know that. good to know though.

m3hm3t

Anti wrote: »

standard problem with some memory and motherboards, i have to do it with my current build, 0.3v more for the ram and have to tighten the timings a little bit. Usually a new bios sorts it but not always.

i actually did not leave anyting auto or manual unless it is nesessary, i have checked out asus support page and forum page, find out some good information there, i followed them, it helped me to install windows xp,
there are two black two red ram slots on the board, board has no embeded graphics,
it was recommended to use black ram slots, whic i did use after, and run a memory test on them, it passed very well,
im gonna write down some settings i have made, it is not always freezing at this moment, i have issues with sata hdd drive, i can not defrag it, i order a chkdsk at windows start up, windows just freezing after finishing the count down,

here is the settings,

ai overclock tuner = manual
cpu ratio setting = auto
fsb strap to north bridge = 333mhz
fsb frequency = 333 mhz
pciE frequency =auto
dram frequency = DDR3-1333mhz
Dram command Rate = 2n
Dram clk skew on channel A = Auto
Dram clk skew on channel B= Auto
Dram Timing Control = manual
cash latency =7
ras to cas delay =7
ras pre time = 7
rash act time = 20dram clocks
rash to rash delay = auto
ref cycle time = 88 dram clocks
write recovery time = auto
rest is auto till,
Dram static read control = disabled
Dram static write control= disabled
ai clock twister =ligt
ai transaction booster = disabled
relax level = 1

Cpu voltage =auto
cpu pll voltage = 1.50
fsp termination voltage= 1.34
Dram voltage= 1.80
NB voltage= 1.41
SB voltage = auto
clock over-charging voltage= auto

rest is auto again till
cpu spread spectrum= disabled
pcie spread spectrum= disabled

marwell ide controlled =disabled ( no ide attached )
serial port1 adress= 3f8/irq4

thats is it,

pogcica

You could check your hard drive settings in the bios maybe its a sata driver issue try changing it to IDE mode if possible.

Venom

Check the asus help forums to see if its a common issue with your motherboard or maybe you need different ram timings. Try running with just 1 ram chip (2GB) in and see how you get on as when I upgraded to 4GB DD2 I found XP was crashing a hell of alot but a format and install of Vista 64 solved the problem. XP dosent seem to like 4gb ram for some reason lol.

m3hm3t

At the same time i m following the asus forums, stll i did not find a solution,
removing one 2gb of ram is giving alot more problem,

hdd is at ide mode already,
ram timing is as shown above could it get more tight ? )