Hello all,

Just put new PC together

MOBO Gigabyte EP45-DS3R
XFX GEFORCE 9800GTX PCIe 2.0
Mushkin 2x2 gb=4gb
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 775 3 ghz 6mb 1333 fsb 45nm
PC power and c power supply

Keep getting a blue screen with different errors. ie-- ecache, one processor clock times out...

Downloaded up to date vid card driver and loaded it. My graphics card is only recognized as standard VGA card...

Can't get internet....

Vista pro 64 wont load Aero and I have

Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Has anyone seen a post that would help me out..

I really need to know how to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch but my Vista disk wont allow me to......help!!!
I want to know how to reset my MOBO and start from scratch there too

I know I sound lost because I am...my first attempt at self build...
Thanks in advance

I don't know about you, but I don't install os unless I make sure the pc is stable. it's common mistake. I've seen it a # of times here and in another forum.

On a working pc, google & download memtest to a disk.

On the new build, clear cmos (see manual for how), remove all but 1 stick of ram, power on, go to bios, load defaults, save & exit, run memtest for 5 passes, if it errors out, go back to bios, up vdimm to specs (google), try memtest again, if memtest checks out, install the rest of ram, do memtest for the last time.

If memory checks out, install windows. Vista setup has an "advanced" button on the middle-right before install. That unlocks the tool for formatting/partitioning harddisks.

I had made changes to the BIOS so I reset the CMOS with a jumper. That does seem to help with the blue screen so far....
Will doing this reset of the CMOS require me to load the MOBO drivers again or are they still in there?

I will load from Vista disk and try to reformat the drive. I will load Vista first then MOBO drivers again. I believe I recall seeing the drivers you listed so they will go next.

One problem I notice is when I follow Start-programs-accessories-system info...it will not show me any information. I t says the program is not loaded. Something I have never seen before....

When I downloaded the video driver I simply installed it....not sure if that is path to take...should I find video cared info and update driver somehow?

Thanks again

I downloaded it to a thumb drive, double clicked it while it was in new comp and it loaded... said it did anyways but computer still only sees a standard VGA card, not my 9800

After resetting CMOSI cant get comp to load from cd either.... runs from hard drive first

Total noob...

when comp starts what do I hit to get into BIOS?

I followed the order you gave me and once the up to date video driver was installed my screen is blank....... it is on but there is no image.....also no startup sound....

all went well until nvidea driver update

anyone else have this prob?

I checked the device manager. With the new driver I can see the 9800 GTX and not the standard VGA device that was there. The driver is dated 5/16/2008 and is version 7.15.11.7519 that I downloaded today. Driver from nvidia was dated a few days ago, maybe I am still not loading it correctly.


I rolled back the driver to test to see if it was the driver and I can see my desktop again.......

Any pointers now?

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