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Since: Mar 03, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:00 am
Post subject: Striker problem
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I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems. One
seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white slots the
machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's for locking the
RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue slots. No machine specs
were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error occurred.
If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20 minutes or the LEDs
just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these. Vista
home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly without a
hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
Robin
Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate |
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Since: Oct 11, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:00 am
Post subject: Re: Striker problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RobinG wrote:
> I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems.
> One seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white
> slots the machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's
> for locking the RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue
> slots. No machine specs were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error
> occurred. If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20
> minutes or the
> LEDs just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
> Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
> XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these.
> Vista home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly
> without a hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
>
> Robin
>
> Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
> Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
> Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate
If your 600 watt PSU is a generic brand, it may be closer to a "real"
400-500 watt PSU. Nothing in a system can run properly unless it has
good, well regulated voltage and enough current for the hardware at
hand. I don't think that's your problem, though a good quality name
brand PSU can head off some odd problems that generics can induce.
Check that you have the 4x4 +12V power plug inserted into the socket
near the CPU. From the picture at Asus, it looks like it's obscured by
a heatpipe. If this is not plugged in, you're lucky if the system even
boots.
It's general practice to use the DIMM slot closest to the CPU (this is
usually DIMM 1, or A1, as in channel A, slot one). The DIMMS should be
plugged into the blue slots. This will give you dual channel operation
(A1, B1).
Plug one stick in. Go into the BIOS, set RAM timings to manual, instead
of "by SPD", or "Auto". Set the timings according to spec (5,5,5,12)
and set the voltage to 1.9V. The "SPD" (default) values are set so you
can be assured of booting (in most cases). The default voltage value is
1.8V, however the sticks require at least 1.9V for stable operation.
Mine are OCed slightly and run rock solid stable with 1.9V and timings
as above. Once you have set the proper values, plug in the other DIMM
module in the other blue slot and you should be good to go. Don't be
afraid to raise it a bit more (especially if overclocking the memory),
up to 2.00V. That should be the limit and only if necessary if OCed. |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Striker problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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RobinG wrote:
> I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems.
> One seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white slots
> the machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's for
> locking the RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue slots.
> No machine specs were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error occurred.
> If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20 minutes or the
> LEDs just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
> Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
> XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these.
> Vista home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly
> without a hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
>
> Robin
>
> Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
> Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
> Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate
There are ~2800 threads over in vip.asus.com . And lots of discussions
about "CPU INIT". Have a look here, and see if your experience looks
familiar.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?board_id=1&model=Striker+Extreme&...nguage=
For power, the Q6600 B3 is 105W. The 2900XT is 161W. And the processor
doesn't go to full power while gaming. And at idle, the video card is
71.7W. To determine whether the power supply is adequate, you might
need to look at the 12V1 and 12V2 ampere ratings, printed on the
power supply label. That label has plenty of info on it, all of
which is useful to know.
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9UM
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/r600-architecture_14.html
I expect your problems are related to the choice of motherboard, at least
based on a quick glance at vip.asus.com .
Paul >> Stay informed about: Striker problem |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:39 pm
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In article <47cbd6d3$0$6499$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, "RobV" <robv RemoveThis @nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>RobinG wrote:
>> I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems.
>> One seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white
>> slots the machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's
>> for locking the RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue
>> slots. No machine specs were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error
>> occurred. If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20
>> minutes or the
>> LEDs just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
>> Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
>> XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these.
>> Vista home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly
>> without a hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
>>
>> Robin
>>
>> Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
>> Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
>> Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate
>
>If your 600 watt PSU is a generic brand, it may be closer to a "real"
>400-500 watt PSU. Nothing in a system can run properly unless it has
>good, well regulated voltage and enough current for the hardware at
>hand. I don't think that's your problem, though a good quality name
>brand PSU can head off some odd problems that generics can induce.
>Check that you have the 4x4 +12V power plug inserted into the socket
>near the CPU. From the picture at Asus, it looks like it's obscured by
>a heatpipe. If this is not plugged in, you're lucky if the system even
>boots.
>
>It's general practice to use the DIMM slot closest to the CPU (this is
>usually DIMM 1, or A1, as in channel A, slot one). The DIMMS should be
>plugged into the blue slots. This will give you dual channel operation
>(A1, B1).
>
>Plug one stick in. Go into the BIOS, set RAM timings to manual, instead
>of "by SPD", or "Auto". Set the timings according to spec (5,5,5,12)
>and set the voltage to 1.9V. The "SPD" (default) values are set so you
>can be assured of booting (in most cases). The default voltage value is
>1.8V, however the sticks require at least 1.9V for stable operation.
>Mine are OCed slightly and run rock solid stable with 1.9V and timings
>as above. Once you have set the proper values, plug in the other DIMM
>module in the other blue slot and you should be good to go. Don't be
>afraid to raise it a bit more (especially if overclocking the memory),
>up to 2.00V. That should be the limit and only if necessary if OCed.
>
>
PS, make sure you have the PC unplugged while plugging in ram, cards etc.... >> Stay informed about: Striker problem |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:25 pm
Post subject: Re: Striker problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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I have the ram installed in the first 2 slots closest to the CPU and I'm
using Crusial Ballistix, the timing is 4-4-4-12. The sytem has been rock
solid for about a month and a half now. I turn my system on at 6am and it
runs until 10pm everyday.
Don't try to match the ram in the same colored slots.
The power supply I'm running is made by ABS, Tagan 900 watt.... it seems to
do the job.
Hope this helps.
"RobinG" <mr.roadie.RemoveThis@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:g6WdnYr9bfanUVbanZ2dnUVZ8tChnZ2d@pipex.net...
>I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems. One
>seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white slots the
>machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's for locking the
>RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue slots. No machine specs
>were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error occurred.
> If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20 minutes or the LEDs
> just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
> Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
> XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these.
> Vista home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly
> without a hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
>
> Robin
>
> Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
> Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
> Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate >> Stay informed about: Striker problem |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:33 am
Post subject: Re: Striker problem [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:00:25 -0000, "RobinG" <mr.roadie.TakeThisOut@googlemail.com>
wrote:
>I was building the new PC this weekend but had a few minor problems. One
>seems to be that if I put my TwinX Corsair RAM into the white slots the
>machine refuses to POST. The only difference is the Tab's for locking the
>RAM in with are twice as wide as those on the blue slots. No machine specs
>were changed but the dreaded CPU INIT error occurred.
>If I shut the PC down I must leave it for at least 20 minutes or the LEDs
>just blink and the PSU trips out. Why?
>Is my 600W generic PSU just not up to the job of driving my system.
>XP (even SP3) wants HDA audio bus drivers but alas I cant find these. Vista
>home premium is very unstable yet Ultimate 32bit runs smoothly without a
>hitch. Is this because of the Striker and it's chipset?
>
>Robin
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>Intel Q6600(b3), Freezer7 Pro, ASUS Striker Extreme, 2x 1024MB TWINX
>Corsair DDR2-800 ram, Hitachi 500GB SATA HDD and ATI 2900XT vga card.
>Onboard SupremeFX sound and 32bit Vista Ultimate
I have a Striker board (2 years old) and few days old Formula II board
that were a snap to install. I agree with the comments about
installing the ram in the blue slots. The latest board was incredibily
simple to place and install WinXP Pro.
I don't believe the power supply should be a concern with just the
mobo, a single drive and a video card. By themselves, they should not
draw enough power to cause a problem. I'll have to stick a "clamp-on"
my computer power line to measure the amps sometime, but my computer
with 4 large hard drives and several toys doesn't have a stability
problem, though it has blown several APC power supplies. Sometimes I
wonder about APC quality. >> Stay informed about: Striker problem |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:02 am
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Thanks to everyone. I have RAM running at 1.9V and all seems well (No BSOD
or anything). All is running perfectly but the quick turn-around shutdown
is an issue so a new PSU is called for.
Stability issues seem to have been resolved via a fresh install of Vista and
then let Windows Update install its own drivers. The drivers on the Striker
DVD seem to be causing more problems than they fix.
Cheers
Robin >> Stay informed about: Striker problem |
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