Hey guys, i recently built my comp and it works for the most part, after i do some tweaking. The tweaking im talking about has to do, i think, with ram. I got 2x2 sticks of ram and the two that came together had problems. One of the sticks was dead. When i loaded my os, vista 64, i got a bsod before the load screen. I assumed it was ram because the screen appeared for such a short amt of time that i couldnt even read the error code.

With one stick or ram it was working so i sent it in and got a replacement. However, now i got the new stick and the same problem happens. The only way around, which i think is really weird, is if i clear CMOS and restart the comp. Then i dont get an error with anything and it loads perfectly. However, i dont want to keep having to clear CMOS everytime i turn off the computer.

So, as i said in short - the only way to bypass the BSOD is to flash cmos. I noticed also that as long as i dont do a startup and only a restart, i have no problems loading the os.

Anyone have suggestions? My specs are :

MSI P45 Neo3-FR LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core


Could i have a wrong type of ram? or something

You could try bumping the ram voltage to 2.1 volts if you haven't already.

ive never tampered with voltage for ram or cpu yet, but if this could help id be willing to try...once i read up on how haha

upping the voltage to 2.1 didnt do anything? = (

any other suggestions from anyone?