K8N Neo4 delayed power on

I've been racking my brain over this issue for the last few days... first my system configuration is as follows.
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (bios 1.D0)
Opteron 165 (and no I have not overclocked this machine)
Corsair XMS 1gb (2x512) dual Channel ram
MSI Rx800 X800xl PCI-E video card
Antec Neo480w PSU
Sound blaster X-FI
2 Maxtor 120 IDE drives 7200rpm
1 52x Lite-on CDRW
1 NEC DVDRW
Windows Xp Service pack 2
What happens is; If I unplugged the computer from power for a minute or two, say to move it.... when I plug the machine back in and press the power button, nothing happens. If I walk away and come back later.. sometimes it will already be running, other times I can simply hit the power button and it fires right back up. Now if I shut the machine down while it is plugged in and then press the power button it fires right up.
I first thought it was a case ground issue, as I had recently replaced the fan on the motherboard. So I took the motherboard, PSU, video card and assembled them on an anti-static bag on the table.... and get the same result. I have tested the power supply in another machine so I do not believe that is the issue. I've swapped power cables, surge protectors, tried different configurations of the ram (tried each single stick by itself), swapped in another video card.
Once the machine actually boots up it runs fine, I have no issues what-so-ever, as long as I don't loose power! I think, though not sure that the longer I leave it unplugged the longer it takes to come back on... though I haven't really tested that. My only thought at this point is that it could be something on the board? Any thoughts would be great.
I just thought that I would post here before trying an RMA as really don't want to send it out unless I really have to.

Quote from: LairdDrambeg on 10-February-07, 07:26:25
I also have a 3rd system which I suspect is getting ready to quit: the symptom here is that the network switch it's connected to looks like it's "chattering" with the computer powered off... again a 5VSB issue I believe.
This is interesting as I just noticed that one of the onboard nic's was flashing though the rest of the system showed no signs of getting power, no fans turning etc. Sounds like a replacement power supply is in order. I appreciate the suggestions, and will post back results once I get one. For the time being it looks like I'm on a short cord

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K8N Neo4 Platinum power on/off problem

Hi all.
I just got a K8N Neo4 Platinum, and have a problem with switching it on and off.
When I switch on the mains to the PC PS(before turning the PC on), the fans start turning, and I hear disks spinning up. The PC power LED is off, but the HD LED is on. There is no picture on the monitor.
If I then switch the PC on, it boots normal, power LED is on, and the HD LED is normal. The PC is working absolutely normal, with winXP.
But when I turn the PC off again, the fans remain on, power LED goes off, HD LED on. And I can't switch the PC on again, till I have toggled the mains supply.
I have tried measuring what comes on the power connector. It looks like there is still 12V when the PC is supposed to be switched off. Don't know if that is right.
There is also 5VSB and PWR OK, but I think they are supposed to be there.
I hope I have been able to explain the problem in understandable english.
Jens G

Quote from: fflex on 02-March-05, 19:21:07
That the comp turn itself on when the different front side connectors etc isnt in, i dont think that's a problem with ur PSU.
Same thing happend to me when i forgot to plug them in a couple of days ago. I got a Tagan 480W, and its flawless!
Have u ever considered unplugging everything, and doing it from the beginning? ......
I have tried from the beginning many times, but it's always failing.
BUT..... Today I got a new K8N Neo4 Platinum from a vendor next door to where I work, and it works perfectly
I had a suspicion that the motherboard was causing the fail, but couldn't be sure without trying a new one. Now the first one is going back to the shop where I bought it.
Thanks to all for all the suggestions you have come up with.
Jens G

HELP!! K8N Neo4/SLI Power Supply problem

Hi. I really need help.
I'm upgrading my computer and using my old case, a raidmax case with a 420w power supply.
The problem is, i discovered that the power supply for the motherboard is only 20 pin, while the motehrboard asks for 24 pin. I discovered that I can fit the 20 pin in theere, but still, 4 pin will be left empty. Is that okay? Or do I need a new power supply.
Thanks!

https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=85543.msg611646#msg611646

K8N Neo4 Plat. boot delay with Canon MP390

Hi everyone!
My problem is the following:
My K8N Neo4 Plat. based computer got a huge delay (5mins!) on POST at boot (right after CPU name listing) when my Canon MP390 multifuntion USB printer is connected. I already know its caused by a conflict between the printer's card reader and the mobo, something maybe related to the mobo trying to boot on the card reader. Could be something else, but for now that's the only explanation i could find.
I red all post here concerning USB boot problems (or delays) and tried everything i could and red without results
Things that have been done (and much more!) :
- Flashed to latest v1.5 BIOS
- Disabled booting to other devices in BIOS leaving only floppy, cdrom and HD as bootable devices
- Disabled support for USB KB/storage devices in BIOS
- Unplugged Mitsumi floppy/cardreader combo drive (USB internal)
- Unplugged front panel USB and D-Bracket2
- 2 days of various tests with other computers, printers, psu, USB devices I had in store
I'm about to give up on this one! .. Anyone got ideas other than buying a new multifuntion printer? Could it be a defective mobo?
Thanks!
Rivendell
Computer specs are:
Athlon64 4000+, MSI K8N Neo4 Plat.
2x512MB PC3200 (OCZ 1GB KIT PN: OCZ4001024PDC-K)
Sapphire X850XT PCI-E 256MB, WD Raptor 74GB SATA
Thermaltake Silent Power 480w PSU, NEC 16X DVD-+RW
Mitsumi floppy/cardreader combo drive (unplugged for testing purpose)

It might be related with BIOS. The BIOS 1.65 seems to resolve the quick boot issue. You can get it from MSI to try it.

Strange power-on (issue?) with K8N Neo4 Platinum

Hi all, i have a new K8N Neo4 Platinum, non-sli.
My rig:
A643000+ winch, no overclock
2x512MB Corsair XMS DDR400MHz
2x200GB Seagate mirroring
Plextor PX-708A
BenQ DVD Burner
AN OLD Matrox Mystique 4MB PCI (new pci-e gfx card later...)
A powerfull enermax coolergiant 600W ATX 2.0 power supply
Latest official nforce4 drivers and bios
It seems to be ok: installed winXP pro sp2 and updates, installed two Seagate in raid-mirroring with the nforce4 controller, installed some progs and utils, firewall is ok, prime95 go without problems for 1 our (more tests later), cpu temp is 34°C and sys temp is 30°C.
CoreCenter Say:
Vcore -> 1.41V
3.3V -> 3.39V
+5V -> 5.13V
+12V -> 12.26V
memory volt -> 2.60V
FSB -> 200MHz
PCI-E -> 100MHz
cpu volt -> By-VID
Apparently no weird things...
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Hi all my friends
@JER101 >>> Ehrr i mean post, sorry
I had unplugged the optical drives, but the problem persist. When plugged, they blink for some times and after blinking the machine go into post-phase and after it boot in the correct manner. I think the PCI card is the problem, like some of you said... I will buy one pci-e card (obviously), but i hope things are not dangerous for now
In the mean time, i have a new problem: emule+firewall=BSOD. I know, there are tons of post about this issue around, but the solution is unclear... Tried to disable DEP, patched WinXP SP2 with latest things from winupdate, but nothing work for me, emule and the firewall generate a crash&reboot. Tried with the Marvell LAN, too, without success.
Any suggestions? Usefull links? If i uninstall the "NVIDIA Forceware Network Access Manager" it will work without problem with a thirdy part firewall, like sysgate?
P.S.
What's the problem with nvidia drivers? C'mon nvidia, solve this damned issue!

Power Supply Selecton for K8N Neo4 Plat. Ultra

I am looking at 3 PSU's for this MotherBoard and following setup below.
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Ultra Socket 939
MSI NX6600GT PCIE Video Card
2- WD Raptors 36 GB
1- DVD/RW
1- CD/RW
2- Sticks Crucial Ballistic 1GB Matched Pair
1- Floppy Drive
2- 120mm Case Fans
2- 80mm Case Fans
Windows XP Pro SP2
Power supplies in question:
OCZ45012U 3.3v Rail=28a 5v Rail=45a 12v Rail=26a INPUT 10/6a
OCZ52012U 3.3v Rail=28a 5v Rail=45a 12v Rail=26a INPUT 12/6a
Rosewill RP550 3.3v Rail=30a 5v Rail=50a 12v Rail=35a
The only difference I can see in the 2 OCZ's, is the INPUT. The 450 OCZ is about a $30.00 cheaper than the 520 OCZ.
Can someone tell me what effect the INPUT amp would make??
Thanks for any and all advice.
Modified by workknot to complete the Post.
Regards; Pop's

Thanks to all that have responded to this topic. I did some more searching and was able to determine some more facts on both of the OCZ PSU's.
OCZ45012U 3.3v = 28a 5v = 45a 12v = 26a Peak Load 60 Sec. 550W INPUT 10/6a Price: $89.99
OCZ52012U 3.3v = 28a 5v = 52a 12v = 28a Peak Load 60 Sec. 620W INPUT 12/6a Price: $108.99
Now I can clearly see that the OCZ52012U is stronger on the +5V rail and the +12V rail. For less than $20.00 in the prices, I have for now decided to go with the OCZ52012U and it looks as though it will suit my needs just fine. The confusion to start with was some information on the NewEgg site that had some specs incorrect. I found the correct specs by looking directly at the power supply stickers on both units.
Regards; Pop's

K8N NEO4 new old power supply died new power supply installed will not boot

This is an old build. The K8N NEO4 powers up and is followed by a long beep. The lights on the back of the USB card (4 lights( indicate 3 greens and one red in the upper right corner. According to the instruction manual, this means that Initializing Floppy Drive Controller
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I flashed the CMOS both using the red button and removing the motherboard battery to confirm the power supply was bad. In hindsight, I wish I had not.
I switched from a 500W power suppply that died to a 430W thermaltake power supply. I've disconnected a hard drive and a burner to see if power was an issue, it was not the cause.
I'm pulling my hair out here, please help!

"Is it possible the power supply took the CPU with it when it died?"
Yes it's possible that it did that. It's also possible that other components were killed also, that's why changing and trying different parts are required until you find everything that may have been damaged. We can only suggest what might be bad and you or someone else will need to do the actual work, there is no getting around that. We can give the serious advice, you need to do the serious labor.
"...don't want to take the Tuniq tower 120 off if another processor will not work"
Anybody that repairs PC's would need to swap parts to be 100% sure of what's wrong.
Pin #20 is where -5V would be if newer PSU's still had -5V. The only the reason you would need the -5V is if you had an older K8N MB that had Creative sound on it instead of Realtek.

K8N Neo4 Platinum hard disk didn't return after power save mode

I use 6 seagate 300G hard disk on nForce SATA and Sil3114 channel and power option is [turn off hard disks After 20 mins]
on nForce SATA when hard disks turn off they are never return till i restart my PC,
and sil3114 SATA channel [turn off hard disks] option didn't work they are not going to sleep.
(nForce EIDE channel works fine disks go to sleep and wake up well)
anybody have solution for this problem? (it's our new office file server)
(system : K8N Neo4 Platinum AMD64 3000, 1G ram, ATI radeon 7000 PCI, 6 Seagate 300G SATA HDD, 2 WD 250G EIDE HDD, Windows 2003 std edition)
nayuta

Hi Baz, thanks for your reply.
POST still fails when PSU is in combined mode. I don't have a second stick of DDR available right now (am trying to borrow some from a friend) , but i have tried just using one stick (once with each stick in case one was faulty) and still I got the 4 red LEDs on the D-LED panel.
could try the other ram slots on the mobo i guess in case that makes a difference.
regards
Tom

K8N Neo4 JPW1 Required? No Post, power light just blinks

When I try to turn on my motherboard, it just shuts back down (1/10 sec.) My SilenX powersupply doesn't have a 4 pin 12V aux connector. Just the main 24pin and an 8pin aux. So I'm guessing that's my problem.
So this board won't post without the JPW1 Aux 12V connector?
Plus does anyone know what it's trying to say with a blinking power led?
I've unplugged everything external. Just 1 OCZ memory stick plus the cpu cooling fan.
What other PS's that is working with the K8N Neo4 Platinium?
Thanks for any info.

FastEddie: Thanks you for the update. I wasn't sure if it was required, since the manual just says for stable operation.
Tiresmoke: The power supply is a top quality 600W, so with just the MB/CPU/1 stick of memory, no external devices I dought it's overloading. Until I can get power to the Aux connector nothing is for sure.
If people can post what brand/model of power supplies (has the 4 pin 12V connector) that works consistently with the K8N Neo4, that sure would help others.
Thanks, -Joseph-

Garbled display on 1st Power on. K8N Neo4 SLI & 6600GT. 4 green leds

I assembled my 3700 San Diego, K8N Neo 4 Platinum SLI, MSI 6600GT with OCZ 520W PS. On my first power on, following occurred.
1. Got 1 beep & went through all LED lights winding up with 4 green LEDs finally hanging with a totally grabled display CRT screen. Could only make out a couple of letters V
2. When I removed the Raptor HD connection & restarted, it loaded Win 64 setup (from DVD ROM since it couldn't find HD)winding up with a garbled screen but I could barely make out the familiar Windows setup continue words, so I'm at least at a point when I could start installing Windows.
3. The 6600GT has no power pins, so it can't be that. CRT connection is tight. I took out the card & put it back in. Same garbled display.
I tried a LCD display...same garbled look. All else looks okay. Forum searches only gave a clue that initial display drivers all come from the 6600GT card to get one started. I can't do anything in BIOS as I can't tell if del is getting me into BIOS and even if it is, I can't read it to do anything. I can't do anything with driver updates as Win 64 isn't installed. I haven't tried resetting BIOS
Anyone have a similar experience?
Regards, Ron

No solution yet. What model CPU are you running? You might want to add your signature sytem so people on this board can know what you're running in the way of cpu, power, mobo, etc. I ordered another MSI 6600GT td128e from ZipZoomFly. It should arrive Monday. If it also fails, then it must be the K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI.
I tried a 3d monitor and tried another Power Supply, took out 1 memory card. Nothing works. I have an RMA in to ZZF. If it fails Monday with the 2d card, they said I could send the whole assembly of mobo, graphics cards and 3700 back for them to check out. If it works, it means it's the intial 6600GT & I'll just send that back. This makes 3 of us now that have this problem. Other guy has an RMA in also to ZZF. See my post at https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=81206.0 I talked to MSI by phone; they couldn't offer anything except possibly defective card or graphics slot on the mobo. They never did answer my problem submission from their web site
I posted a question that if both LED checks #6 and #9 are green and these appear to check for VGA, does this mean it's unlikely that it's the mobo. No answer yet.
I have an uneasy feeling, though that it's not the 6600GT & that the 2d one will fail also. I tried to find a computer repair shop in White Plains, NY that might be able to test out the card for me for a fee, but amazingly most have gone out of business, and few others only repair full systems you bring in. Also, AMD64 and SLI are pretty new technologies so maybe nobody has a system around.
Regards, Ron

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI sound needs -5V; newest Antec 550W has no -5V rail

I came within a whisker of ordering a non-returnable 3700 Venice, MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI mobo and an upgraded Power Supply, Antec's newest 550W PS the TP2-550 EPS12V ($117). This has dual 2x24pin 12V 19A rails and is touted as the new V2.0 EPS12V/ATX12v compatible power supply for high performance SLI systems. By accident I came across a page at MSI for this mobo
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mai...ail.php?UID=641
At the end is this warning: MSI Reminds You...
• For this model, you must use a Power Supply which has a -5V pin supply. Also, the users manual which I downloaded on Pg 2-10 says the same thing
The above Antec PS specs do not show a -5V rail, nor does an Enermax 600W I looked at. The V2.0 specs for ATX12v which added 2x24pin 12V rails dropped -5V rail from the spec and it appears MSI is not conforming to the spec (See Antec response at end) None of the web sites selling these PS & mobos contain any warning. I vaguely recall from a forum a while back it may have something to do with the Soundblaster system in the mobo.
http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=22551 (click specifications)
Isn't this a major showstopper which is going to cause a lot of grief for those of us upgrading to SLI systems using this mobo and upgrading our PS to the newest & best power design? We won't know the PS won't work until we build the system.
Regards, Ron
Antec reply to me:
>>>>Thanks for the link. Since MSI's website does state the motherboard needs the -5v, the True550EPS12V will not work with this motherboard. The Standard (http://enhanceusa.com/documents/atx12v_v2.01.pdf) has removed the use for the -5v rail and it is no longer needed. MSI has not manufactured that motherboard to the Standard. Finding an ATX12V v2.0 power supply with the -5v might be hard to find. You should contact MSI for a compatibility list of power supplys that were tested to work with the K8N SLI Platinum.

Quote from: ccve3 on 21-May-05, 07:27:40
Wow!! syar2003 thanks for that post. I've spend an hour going through it & fasteddies links. Now I are a power expert. The dual rail argument is enough for me to go back to the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI with one of the single rail PS -5V units listed by fasteddie. The only question left now refers to computerpro3 recommendation on ultra power supplies for SLI
>>I quite simply wouldn't dream of putting anything else in my machine. Keep in mind, this section is for 2x 6800 models, not the 6600's which most any good psu will handle (like Antec Neopower, ocz 520, etc). . Pc Power and Cooling 510 Deluxe SLI edition (refer to list)
2. Zippy/Emacs 550-700w models
3. OCZ 600w (personally I would get the pcp&c for the price, but it's been proven here, so I'll be fair...).
These are really high end, expensive and only 3-4 choices. Since I'm getting one 6800GT and eventually another & possibly eventually a 4800 X2, I was hoping the OCZ 520W would do it but computerpro3 says Powermaster 520 isn't good enough for SLI. I found that there is an OCZ 600W ATX12 dual rail which surprisingly has a -5V rail needed for K8N Neo4 SLI Soundblaster. Will this meet computerpro3's preference for a high end PS for SLI systems even though I'm losing the 1 rail advantage. Maybe the 600 Watts just overwhelms the 1 rail/2 rail question.
Thanks again for the teriffic help
Regards, Ron
Wondering what you settled on. I got the Antec TP550 and it's flawless on the board. I even have the older 20pin model which works perfectly (including sound). If you really wanted what I would consider to be a top dog (pcpower and cooling), and find the -5v rail missing, all you have to do is place a phone order and request they add a -5v rail. It's a minimal cost and a total solution for having everything. Just my $0.02

MSI K8N Neo4 FI Compatible with AMD 3800+ X2?

I just bought:
MSI K8N Neo4 FI
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ X2
Gainwood 7800GT Golden Sample
hec Pb-480PB 480W
Problem is that i don't get a picture when i start the computer.
Everything seems to work, all the cables are plugged in.
The gfx has power from the cable.
Can it be that the motherboard dosen't recognize the CPU, and that won't give my a picture?
Help would be appreciated.

That should be enough to start the computer. It has two +12V rails, which are of good enough ampage.
Now it looks to me like it needs a newer BIOS version to recognise the CPU.
See: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/bios/bos/spt_bos_detail.php?UID=651&kind=1 I think this is your motherboard?!
You'll need another A64 CPU to flash the BIOS though.
Just to settle akhille's mind, you could also try a better PSU.

K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) and AMD 64 3800+ X2

Help!
I have a K8N Neo4 Platinum (PCB 1.0) and it had an AMD 64 3200+ single core CPU.
Now I've upgraded to an AMD 64 3800+ X2 dual core but the BIOS and MS Vista are seeing only the one core.
The BIOS is at the latest version - 1.D.
Whats' going on?
Hitch.

Quote from: hitchhiker on 20-April-07, 08:44:57
This motherboard does support the X2 CPU right?
It's listed as supported on the MSI website but has nayone else got both cores running on it?
Hitch.
Yes it does support X2
Did you clear cmos with power cable disconnected from psu?
Look at my signature for link to proper method.

Newly Built System. MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Plat with AMD X2 3800 Crashing in all Games

I just built this system yesterday..
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Plat with AMD X2 3800 latest BIOS 3.7 amd MB drivers
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WINXP SP2 latest stuff.
DirectX 9.0C
I have 2 512 DDR3500 Memory Sticks.
SATA 160 Hard Drive
DVD 8X NEC Burner
All 3d games lok it up. 3DMark2001 SE locks it up too.
I ran Memtest and everything passed fine.
Anyway all 2d video works fine. but any 3d video screen goes black and the system locks up solid.
Any help work be appriciated
DaaDoctor

Welcome to the forum DaaDoctor
If you creat a signature (in profile) it will save you having to type your spec's out each time or us looking for it. Use mine as a template.
What PSU are you using ? Can you list the power output ? (writen on side of psu)
Going from your specs you listed your graphics card is very hungery on power so I would suggest your psu isn't up to the job under load.
Post the spec and we will know for sure.

BSOD's on my x64 K8N Neo4 Platinum based PC, Any ideas what's wrong? Help!

Over the past few month I've been getting BSOD's. There is no real pattern to their occurence and it's not something which is constantly happening (It happened around 5 times in the past 2 months), but I've really grown to hate them. You see, after getting one what has happened in the past is that when I go to restart my pc after getting a BSOD, I find I need to re-install my whole OS! What happens is that after booting (which oddly enough doesn't work well after a BSOD, It freezes on the boot screen and I need to restart several times), a black screen appears telling me that certain files in the C:Windows\ direcotory are corrupt or missing.
So the real problem is that the BSOD's cause me to re-install my whole OS. One will happen, then it will be ok, I turn the system on, log into windows, then it might happen again, after which I'll need to re-install. The files that go missing are always different too, and when I run scan-disk (after plugging in my main drive into another computer) it finds corrupt files and deletes them.
At first I thought it was Azureus (p2p client) which was causing the problems because it seemed to happen when I was runing that. I stopped using it, and the BSOD's still occured...sometimes randomly when browsing...etc. I figured that since files got deleted and corrpupted, it must be a problem withthe Hard Drive....So I bought a new one, and I've still had the BSOD error (although files haven't been deleted yet).
So yeah, I really need to solve this problem as it is taking away from my productivity and causing me to re-install far too often. I will post the BSOD info as well as my system info below (and a screen shot):
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MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
*** STOP: 0x0000009c (0x0000000000000004,0xFFFFF80000113BC0, 0x00000000B2000000, 0x0000000000070F0F)
I looked that up on the net, and it seems the first part seems to indicate, or at least COULD indicate overheating. I checked CPU and System temps and they seem acceptable.
I am running Windows XP x64 Edition with the following hardware (please note that all of the hardware drivers I'm using are written for x64, MSI is so good:)). I have had this PC before it started having these problems, it could be related to using x64 I guess, but the error doesn't show that does it?
Quote
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Socket 939 (Venice Core) w/ stock heatsink/fan
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum S-939 nForce4 Ultra
OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Premier Series 1GB (2x512MB) Dual Channel Kit CAS 2.5
Ati Radeon x800xl 256MB gddr3, PCI-E
LG 17" L1720B LCD monitor 16ms, 1280x1024
Western Digital Caviar 120GB SATA
Western Digital Caviar SATA II (WD1600JS) 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer
Western Digital Caviar SATA II (WD2500KS) 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Buffer
Pioneer DVR-109 DVD-RW
Pioneer DVR-110D DVD-RW
Antec Sonata II Mid tower ATX black power supply 450 Watt ( ATX12V 2.01 )
Creative I-Trigue 2.1 L3450 speakers
Sony 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Microsoft multimedia keyboard and Microsoft optical mouse (PS/2)
My OS and drivers are fully updated. As for my BIOS I've been running the version I'm using now forquite some time and I believe it is version 1.5. Also in another bad turn of events, my northbridge fan seems to be on its way out of this world (this just happned so I don't think its related to the BSOD). I haven't been able to find a replacement, and since its not spinning very fast, and sometimes stops...It's causing the heatsink to get quite hot. I need to get a new one, and I can't find them anywhere...I wonder if thats covered under warranty... I looked into getting a different heatsink, but my Graphics card is so colse to this heatsink, that theres no room for a bigger one at all.
Do you think this problem is motherboard related, I cannot understand what the technical info the BSOD gives me means, can anybody understand it? I don't think its my HD's, or Ram, or CPU...could it be a motherboard problem? And if so, its under 1 year old, can I get an RMA?
Thanks for the help in advance.

At one time I had a weak 450w psu that had only 18a on the 12v rail. When I overclocked my cpu and gpu, I was getting bsod's every once in a while and couldnt figure it out until I read a similar post like yours on this forum. I decided to upgrade my psu and havent had that problem since.
Power supplies can be deceiving. I now have a 480w psu but its has 30a on the 12v rail. So what we need to know is the ratings of your psu (see my sig) just to see if your psu is the culprit. Just my 2 cents.

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