Re: BSODs on C2SEA (was Re: Supermicro C2SEA problems with Windows 7)

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/