Maximus IV Extreme freezing

[niggz]

Hey Guys

So I bought a new rig and it keeps freezing and locking up it does it randomly it happens when I am just browsing or listening to music. I can only use my PC for a couple of hours most before it freezes up. :(

I have re-installed windows 7 and also updated to the latest drivers and bios.
Ran Memtest86 and was fine.
I have also noticed the mouse seems to stutter and freeze aswell its a Logitech G9 mouse that is fine i have tested on another PC and got the drivers for that aswell just in case.

Now I started looking at the QVL and my RAM isn't on there. Could this be the cause for the locking up? or not.. i just dont know what else to try.

When it freezes the only way to fix it is by holding the power button in and shut it down.

PC is OC'd at all.

Any help would be much appreciated it's doing my head in.

Thanks


OS: Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit
GPU: Powercolor AMD 6990
CPU: i7 2600K
RAM: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 RAM - 8-8-8-24 - Vengeance Series (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8)
PSU: 1000W Corsair
MOBO: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Motherboard

[Cody_Irwin]

I would check and see if its ur harddrive first.

[xeromist]

You may want to check the Windows event viewer to see if anything coincides with the freezes. The stuttering would point to something other than memory and your memtest coming back OK says likewise. It could be an unstable program so I would make sure to disable as much as possible from running in the background.

[niggz]

yeah i tested my hard drives they were fine as well.

i use the virus software BitDefender im going to uninstall that when I get home and test that.

So you dont think it would be the RAM then .. hmm that sucks

[jdpg2]

yeah i tested my hard drives they were fine as well.

i use the virus software BitDefender im going to uninstall that when I get home and test that.

So you dont think it would be the RAM then .. hmm that sucks


Let me guess you have a SSD drive..

[Kipper]

I had the same problem using a newer SATA III 6G SSD; removed it and put in a Corsair F120 SATA II SSD and the problem was solved. OCZ, Corsair and others are having problems with the SandForce controller on the new drives. Corsair is doing a total recall on theirs right now and I just did an RMA to OWC on two of their new drives.

[niggz]

nah i dont have a SSD just normal SATA HDD.

so i uninstalled my virus software and still after a while it locked up my PC so it's not that causing the problem.

Im gonna try swap the RAM to one on the QVL if that doesnt work i might install windows on one of the other HDD's

after that if its still not working i dont know what else to try :( new PC and doesnt even work pisses me off. :mad:

[Raja@ASUS]

Hi,

Sorry about the issues. Can you try enabling the "hot plug" setting in BIOS on the SATA port that your HDD is connected to. Also, what BIOS version are you running and do you have the Intel RST drivers installed?


-Raja

[niggz]

so i have 4 HDD's in my PC should I enable hot plug on all 3 or just the one with the OS installed on it?

BIOS version is running the latest one from the asus website.

And if the Intel RST drivers are on the ASUS driver download page for this motherboard then yes i have installed them aswell.

[Raja@ASUS]

so i have 4 HDD's in my PC should I enable hot plug on all 3 or just the one with the OS installed on it?

BIOS version is running the latest one from the asus website.

And if the Intel RST drivers are on the ASUS driver download page for this motherboard then yes i have installed them aswell.


Ok you can enable "hot" plug on all the drives if you wish. But first try this; If you are not running RAID then please roll back the IRST driver to the native MS AHCI driver.

-Raja

[niggz]

So i went ahead anyway and replaced the RAM to some G Skill Sniper 8GB and my PC doesnt seem to freeze and lock anymore.

If i would leave my PC on overnight and check it in the morning if it was d/l something it would alwasy be frozen in the morning . or if i left it any long period of time.

Since putting the RAM thats on the QVL it hasn't frozen im going to test it one more time tonight just using it and see if it freezes up whilst using it.

So do you think I still need to enable "hot" plug? also how to I check if im running RAID on the HDD's.. BTW what does hot plug ennabled do to the HDD's?

I have noticed but my G9 Logitech mouse is still freezing and stuttering. But im going to test a new mouse tonight.. I have already tried differnt USB ports and going into the settings.

[niggz]

double post sorry

[niggz]

The problem is fixed now it was the RAM causing the problem bought some G Skill 8GB Sniper RAM which is on the QVL and PC doesn't freeze anymore YAYAYAYAYAY!!!! ;) so happy.

As for the mouse freezing it was the mouse that needs to be replaced another one worked fine on my PC.

now off to Europe for 3months then wen I come back im good to go and BF3 will be released soon.

Thanks for your help.

peace

[Raja@ASUS]

The problem is fixed now it was the RAM causing the problem bought some G Skill 8GB Sniper RAM which is on the QVL and PC doesn't freeze anymore YAYAYAYAYAY!!!! ;) so happy.

As for the mouse freezing it was the mouse that needs to be replaced another one worked fine on my PC.

now off to Europe for 3months then wen I come back im good to go and BF3 will be released soon.

Thanks for your help.

peace



Glad you got it sorted :)