Venocide Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 (edited) Okay, I helped a friend build a new rig and I'm having some problems. We chose a 775 intel core 2 quad, evga 740i mobo, 8 gig of ocz ddr2 ram, evga 260oc edition gpu. Put Vista ultimate 64 bit on it. 1st problem: I cannot boot up with the 8 gigs in. It does this weird post screen restart. Starts to post for literly 3 seconds and reboots. Keeps doin this untill I turn off the computer. Works with 4 gigs in, in the correct ram slots of course, but not the 8. 2nd problem: The board does have built in graphics, even hdmi, but obviously we want the 260 to be the graphics. The drivers from disc and web site downloaded fine. It does its normal restart and when it boots back up, no nvida graphics. As-in, drivers are there and I have the monitor connected to the card but it is not using the drivers for the graphics. 3rd problem: So he has had a samsung 20" 2370 monitor, awsome monitor. It is not showing full screen. I adjusted the resolution and it still wont fill the screen. It adjusts the icon sizes and all that jazz but the monitor still is displaying with a 2" black bar all the way around the window. I did the self test on the monitor and it is working fine. Full screen. I really appreciate it guys if ya could help me out on this. He's jonesing to play WoW and I dont like being stabbed. lol. Edited June 15, 2009 by Venocide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOverclock Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 Are you sure the Mobo can support 8 gb of ddr2? For the rest of your friends problems i have no idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertxz18 Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 (edited) Okay, I helped a friend build a new rig and I'm having some problems. We chose a 775 intel core 2 quad, evga 740i mobo, 8 gig of ocz ddr2 ram, evga 260oc edition gpu. Put Vista ultimate 64 bit on it. 1st problem: I cannot boot up with the 8 gigs in. It does this weird post screen restart. Starts to post for literly 3 seconds and reboots. Keeps doin this untill I turn off the computer. Works with 4 gigs in, in the correct ram slots of course, but not the 8. 2nd problem: The board does have built in graphics, even hdmi, but obviously we want the 260 to be the graphics. The drivers from disc and web site downloaded fine. It does its normal restart and when it boots back up, no nvida graphics. As-in, drivers are there and I have the monitor connected to the card but it is not using the drivers for the graphics. 3rd problem: So he has had a samsung 20" 2370 monitor, awsome monitor. It is not showing full screen. I adjusted the resolution and it still wont fill the screen. It adjusts the icon sizes and all that jazz but the monitor still is displaying with a 2" black bar all the way around the window. I did the self test on the monitor and it is working fine. Full screen. I really appreciate it guys if ya could help me out on this. He's jonesing to play WoW and I dont like being stabbed. lol. 1st problem: Make sure the motherboard support 8 GBs of DDR2 RAM, also go into the bios and see what you can figure out in there. 2nd problem: Try and go into device manager and disable the built-in graphics and see if that works, if it doesn't, simply start in safe mode to enable the built-in graphics again, but I'm sure it will work. 3rd problem: What kind of cable are you using to plug in the Samsung? as you mentioned before, its hooked up to the video card, so chances are its some error due to the integrated video, or because it won't use the Nvidia Drivers. EDIT: If your monitor has an auto feature, run it. That's all I can come up with for now, so try it and tell me how it goes, if it doesn't work, give me more information about your specs. Edited June 15, 2009 by ertxz18 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venocide Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 (edited) here is what he has: Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198548 GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198548 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115041 Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227291 CPU cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835106102 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198114 Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811144205 Monitor: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218063394621 So, the mobo does support 8 gigs. I did disable the onboard graphics. Safe mode doesnt help. Using dvi to monitor. Auto doesnt do a thing either. Monitor did work on old comp before he got a real nasty of a virus. Q: A virus cant effect a monitor, right? lol. Sorry if it sounds dumb but I'm searching for any explination on this. Edited June 15, 2009 by Venocide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertxz18 Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 here is what he has: Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198548 GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198548 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115041 Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227291 CPU cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835106102 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.198114 Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811144205 Monitor: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1218063394621 So, the mobo does support 8 gigs. I did disable the onboard graphics. Safe mode doesnt help. Using dvi to monitor. Auto doesnt do a thing either. Monitor did work on old comp before he got a real nasty of a virus. Q: A virus cant effect a monitor, right? lol. Sorry if it sounds dumb but I'm searching for any explination on this. Your right, a virus cannot affect the monitor directly. So one thing I thought up of, the motherboard could be faulty. If you have any other left other RAM sticks, put them all there and see if it detects all of it.So when you disable the onboard graphics, does it now detect your Nvidia drivers and stuff? Im thinking that's the same problem with the monitor. But yeah, if the driver detects the Nvidia Control Panel and stuff, go in there, and look up the settings of your monitor. Also, what resolution are you displaying? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeock Posted June 15, 2009 Posted June 15, 2009 On the monitor. Often times, once i set my resolution, i need to stretch the video to fit the screen. Go into your monitor settings, on the monitor menu( physical hardware) and stretch to remove the black bars. Sounds like it was configured from the factory at a lower resolution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venocide Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 The monitor is fixed. Somehow, nvidia updated their drives twice in the past few days. That was the fix. Still having problems with the ram tho. We have tried all 4 sticks of ram, 2 at a time, in all combonations, with memtest and they are all working pereferctly. we try to put all 4 sticks, 8 gigs, it does the weird post for 2 seconds and reboot thing. Over and over till you shut it off. I'm about to pull teeth and hair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 8GB is very hit or miss Try increasing RAM/Northbridge voltage a little Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 gonna have to tickle the chipset volts and maybe loosen the subtimings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venocide Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 grr... I really dont want to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9KRacing Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 grr... I really dont want to... Thats pretty much your option... or just run 4 gigs and sell the other 4. Running 8 gigs is well known to be finicky, it is rarely plug and play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankeyluke Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 BIO's update?????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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