Re: BSODs on C2SEA (was Re: Supermicro C2SEA problems with Windows 7)
Mike S <[email protected]>
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On 7/2/2010 8:50 AM, Bolwerk wrote: > Bolwerk wrote: >> Gene E. Bloch wrote: >>> Some motherboards require special Windows drivers (or at least that was >>> true for me a few years ago). You might have to check into that at the >>> manufacturer's site. >>> >>> As I recall, Windows provides an opportunity to install drivers during >>> installation of the OS - which might not be what you want to do. If >>> there >>> are drivers needed, and if you're lucky, the manufacturer might tell you >>> how to install them without reinstalling Windows. >> >> Well, I've had some success. It's definitely a BIOS problem. I mass >> disabled some BIOS features. I'll see if I can isolate what the >> problem was and report back. > > It looks like having Core Multi-Processing enabled in the BIOS was the > show-stopper for Windows. So I am able to get back into Windows again. > > I'm still getting blue screens. They're much less frequent (every few > hours, instead of a few times an hour). I'm not sure what the culprit > is. It seems upgrading the video driver improved things, but daily > BSODs is still a bit much. > > Anybody have any ideas? Memory? > > Thanks! Char Jackson mentioned Hiram's Boot Disk with a memory test program in a previous message, another option is an Ubuntu Linux Live CD, which comes with Memtest86+, also you can download and run the utility (free) cpuburn to stress test the CPU. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16666/diagnose-hardware-problems-with-an-ubuntu-live-cd/