Troubleshooting Ongoing Lockup Issue - 3DO benchmarks

[Paulonius]

I think this is round four of me hitting you folks up for opinions and I really appreciate all of the help I have gotten so far. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to look and offer any insight.

I am still having lockup issues with the system I built a couple of months back.  It ran fine for a while, but then developed a pattern of locking up.  I did some troubleshooting with Mass and found a heat issue that was pretty significant.  Under 35-40% CPU load my temp readings were maxing out at 100C.  I went out and bought and then installed a new CPU fan that appears to have taken care of the heat problem. CPU now runs under 40 on all four cores at load, GPU a bit warmer at up to mid 50s.  However, I am still having the lockup issue.  It seems to happen when I switch windows, often under low CPU load (I have realtemp up all the time now) and I can't figure out a pattern.  Other than the operating system and the IE browser, the only software I have run on the system thus far includes: ICQ 6.5, EUO, UO, ESET, and now some temp monitor programs, 3DO and prime.  I had google earth on it, but removed it. I installed UO Cartographer, but have not used it.

I went to the ASUS site and updated the sound drivers. *UPDATE*  I am pretty sure that I looked at the audio drivers on the ASUS site previously and then didn't update them because Windows had given me an update message on a realtek update and I did that instead and put off the audio update from the ASUS site to see if the update I did from Windows would work. It didn't.  I went back and dowloaded the audio update from the ASUS site today and installed it. Someone mentioned in the shoutbox that this had resolved a Win7 lockup problem they had had. (OMG? maybe).

I updated the video drivers from NVIDIA. Not sure what to do next to figure it out.  I ran a 3DO benchmark and it completed that process, although I don't really know how to interpret the scores.

*UPDATE*  I ran prime again today for a stress test. No errors at half an hour. No temp readings above 65C.  The first core runs hotter than the other three. Top temps consecutively were 65C 61C 61C 59C.  They drop to the low 30s withing a minute after I pull the test. At room temp they run at 35C 30C 34C 30C, sometimes a bit cooler.  GPU usually runs at 48C.

Here are the system components:

Asus P6T Motherboard - LGA 1366, Intel X58, SATA, SLI Ready, CrossFireX Ready, Triple Channel DDR3 support, RAID, Hyperthreading support
Intel Core i7 920 Processor BX80601920 - 2.66GHz, LGA 1366, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, Quad-Core, HyperThreading, Bloomfield,
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD
2 Gold Tri Channel 6GB PC12800 DDR3 Memory - 1600MHz, 6144MB (3 x 2048)
XFX GeForce GTS 250 Core Edition Video Card - 1024MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) DVI, SLI Ready
Ultra LSP650 650-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, 135mm Fan, Lifetime Warranty
Tempest ATX Mid-Tower Case - Clear Sides, Front USB, eSATA Ports
Acer V173 B 17" TFT LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1280x1024 (SXGA), 2000:1 Dynamic, 4:3, VGA, Black
Acer V173 B 17" TFT LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1280x1024 (SXGA), 2000:1 Dynamic, 4:3, VGA, Black
Seagate 1.5TB Serial ATA HD 7200/32MB/SATA-3G

And then I added:
Cooler Master V8 180 Watt Cooling Solution

I planned to run it with the two monitor side by side, but have not hooked up the second monitor yet.
 

These are my 3DO System Scores

3DMark Score
CPU Score 38776  
Graphics Score 6219

Your system previous Score  
CPU Score 37475
Graphics Score 6382


This is the 3DO System Read:

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CPU
Manufacturer Intel
Family Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Architecture 64-bit
Internal Clock 2.7 GHz  
Internal Clock Maximum 2.7 GHz  
External Clock 133.0 MHz  
Socket Designation LGA1366
Type  
Upgrade  
MultiCore 4 Processor Cores
HyperThreadingTechnology Available - 2 HTT Processors per Core
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, PAE, NX, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Version Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Caches  Cache
Level 1  
Capacity 128 KB  
Type Data, Internal
Type Details -  
Error Correction Type Parity
Associativity 8-way Set-Associative
Cache
Level 2  
Capacity 1 MB  
Type Instruction, Data, Internal
Type Details -  
Error Correction Type Single-bit ECC
Associativity 8-way Set-Associative
Cache
Level 3  
Capacity 8 MB  
Type Instruction, Data, Internal
Type Details -  
Error Correction Type Single-bit ECC
Associativity 16-way Set-Associative
 

DirectX InfoVersion 10.1Long version 4.09.00.0904DirectDraw Info
Version 6.1.7600.16385
Primary Device NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Linked Display Adapters 1  
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Description NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Total Local Video Memory 1010 MB  
Total Local Texture Memory 1010 MB  
AGP Aperture Size 3.00 GB  
Driver File nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version 8.17.11.9621
Driver Details  
Driver Date 1-11-2010
Driver WHQL Certified true
Max Texture Width 8192 px
Max Texture Height 8192 px
Max User Clipping Planes 8  
Max Active Hardware Lights 8  
Max Texture Blending Stages 8  
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8  
Vertex Shader Version 4.0
Pixel Shader Version 4.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices 0  
Max Texture Coordinates 8  
PCI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 2500x10de0x06150x260116820x00a2
Bus Type: PCI Express
Revision: 2.0
Enabled: true
Rate: 16
Sideband Addressing: Not Supported 0x00000001
Fast Write: Not Supported 0x00000001
 
Texture Formats 32-bit ARGB [8888], 32-bit RGB [888], 16-bit RGB [565], 16-bit RGB [555], 16-bit ARGB [1555], 16-bit ARGB [4444], 8-bit A [8], 8-bit YUV [800], 16-bit AYUV [8800], FourCC [DXT1], FourCC [DXT2], FourCC [DXT3], FourCC [DXT4], FourCC [DXT5],  
Capabilities AGP Texturing, Hardware Transform and Lighting, Positional Lights, Subpixel Accurate Rasterizing, Stencil Buffers, Range Fog, Table Fog, Vertex Fog, W-Fog, Specular Gouraud Shading, Anisotropic Filtering, Bilinear Filtering, Point Sampling, Trilinear Filtering, Additive Texture Blending, Dot3 Texture Blending, Multiplicative Texture Blending, Subtractive Texture Blending, Environmental Bump Mapping, Environmental Bump Mapping With Luminance, Cube Mapping, Factor Alpha Blending, Vertex Alpha Blending, Texture Alpha Blending, Texture Clamping, Texture Mirroring, Texture Wrapping, Guard Band Support, Mipmap LOD Bias Adjustment, Projected Textures, Volume Textures, Point Primitive Support, Full-Screen Anti-Aliasing, DXT Compressed Textures, Two Sided Stencil Test, Mipmapped Volume Textures, Mipmapped Cube Textures, Texture Border Color, Spherical Mapping, Automatic Mipmap Generation, Hardware Rasterization, Shading, Transform and Lighting, Scissor Test, Legacy Depth Bias
Min GPU Memory Clock 1000.0 MHz  
Min GPU Core Clock 738.0 MHz  
Max GPU Memory Clock 1000.0 MHz  
Max GPU Core Clock 738.0 MHz  
 
Multi GPU Devices  

DirectShow Info
Version 6.6.7600.16385
Registered DirectShow Filters AC3 Parser Filter, ACM Wrapper, AVI Decompressor, AVI Draw, AVI Splitter, AVI/WAV File Source, BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter, Color Space Converter, DV Muxer, DV Splitter, DV Video Decoder, Decrypt/Tag, Default DirectSound Device, Default MidiOut Device, File Source (Async.), File Source (URL), File stream renderer, Internal Script Command Renderer, Line 21 Decoder, Line 21 Decoder 2, MIDI Parser, MJPEG Decompressor, MP3 Decoder DMO, MPEG Audio Decoder, MPEG Video Decoder, MPEG-2 Demultiplexer, MPEG-2 Sections and Tables, MPEG-2 Splitter, MPEG-I Stream Splitter, Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder, Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder, Mpeg4 Decoder DMO, Mpeg43 Decoder DMO, Mpeg4s Decoder DMO, Multi-file Parser, PBDA DTFilter, RDP DShow Redirection Filter, SAMI (CC) Parser, VBI Codec, VBI Surface Allocator, VGA 16 Color Ditherer, Video Port Manager, Video Renderer, WM ASF Reader, WM ASF Writer, WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO, WMAudio Decoder DMO, WMSpeech Decoder DMO, WMV Screen decoder DMO, WMVideo Decoder DMO, Wave Parser, iTV Data Capture filter, iTV Data Sink,  

DirectSound Info
Version 6.1.7600.16385
Speaker Configuration Stereo
Speaker Geometry Wide
Primary Device Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Sound Devices  

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Free Physical Memory 10.44 GB
Total Pagefile Memory 23.98 GB
Free Pagefile Memory 22.24 GB
Memory array
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Use  
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Supported Speeds -  
Supported Types -  
Supported Voltages -  
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Form Factor DIMM
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Type  
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Manufacturer Manufacturer05
Type  
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Storage DevicesST31500341AS ATA Device
Device Drive Type Hard Disk
Name ST31500341AS ATA Device
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST31500341AS ATA Device
Vendor ID String ST315003
Product ID String ST31500341AS
Product Revision String CC1H
Serial Number 9VS2ZGXQ
Interface Type IDE
Device Bus Type SATA
Capacity 1.364514262
Drive Letters  
CD Max Read Speed 0  
CD Read Capabilities -  
CD Write Capabilities -  
DVD Read Capabilities -  
DVD Write Capabilities -  
SMART Supported (enabled)
Acoustic Management Supported (enabled)
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Serial Number  
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Drive Letters  
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Drive Letters  
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Operating system infoName Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7600
PlatformId 2  
Service Pack  
Suite 256  
Product Type 1  
Product Version 48  
Media Center true
Windows Environment 64-bit
ReadyBoost Devices  
Locale US
Desktop Width 1280 px
Desktop Height 1024 px
Desktop BPP 32 b
Internet Explorer Version 87600
System Drive Letter C:
Windows Experience Index Information
State 2  
Description Windows Experience Index : Unrated
Rating 5.900000
Date 20100207010204
Sub Indices Memory 12.0 GB Memory (RAM): 7.500000
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz Processor: 7.500000
HDD 1353GB Free (1397GB Total) Primary hard disk: 5.900000
Gaming Graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory Gaming graphics: 7.000000
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 Graphics: 7.000000
 
 
Applications  3DMarkVantage
Real Temp 3.40
NVIDIA - Download Drivers - Windows Internet Explorer
ORB - Result Analyzer - Windows Internet Explorer
Start new topic - Windows Internet Explorer
 
Processes  Name PID Memory usage
System Idle Process 0  24 KB  
System 4  764 KB  
smss.exe 328  1 MB  
csrss.exe 416  4 MB  
wininit.exe 492  5 MB  
csrss.exe 516  12 MB  
services.exe 556  11 MB  
lsass.exe 576  11 MB  
lsm.exe 584  6 MB  
winlogon.exe 700  8 MB  
svchost.exe 732  11 MB  
svchost.exe 832  10 MB  
svchost.exe 896  22 MB  
svchost.exe 936  124 MB  
svchost.exe 984  49 MB  
svchost.exe 580  16 MB  
svchost.exe 1140  16 MB  
spoolsv.exe 1336  14 MB  
svchost.exe 1396  15 MB  
ekrn.exe 1500  53 MB  
svchost.exe 1552  9 MB  
svchost.exe 1672  6 MB  
taskhost.exe 2364  8 MB  
dwm.exe 2460  4 MB  
explorer.exe 2488  50 MB  
egui.exe 2632  11 MB  
SearchIndexer.exe 2880  18 MB  
wmpnetwk.exe 2984  4 MB  
CLMLSvc.exe 408  8 MB  
RealTemp.exe 2868  9 MB  
svchost.exe 3804  25 MB  
iexplore.exe 2120  19 MB  
iexplore.exe 3752  70 MB  
iexplore.exe 3244  27 MB  
iexplore.exe 568  67 MB  
iexplore.exe 3228  38 MB  
FlashUtil10c.exe 3008  5 MB  
nvvsvc.exe 440  5 MB  
nvvsvc.exe 3612  10 MB  
nvSCPAPISvr.exe 460  5 MB  
sppsvc.exe 764  9 MB  
TrustedInstaller.exe 468  7 MB  
audiodg.exe 2968  15 MB  
3DMarkVantage.exe 3512  80 MB  
dllhost.exe 1316  16 MB  
WmiPrvSE.exe 308  7 MB  
WmiPrvSE.exe 2896  6 MB  
 
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Monitor infoMonitor
Name ACER V173 (Analog)
Manufacturer ACER
Max Width 1280 px
Max Height 1024 px

Mainboard infoSupported Slot Types PCI, PCI Express
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Model P6T
Version Rev 1.xx
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Version 0707
BIOS Release Date 08/18/2009
BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash
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Designation PCIEX16_1
Type PCI Express
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME Signal
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Short
Card Slot
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Type PCI Express
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Card Slot
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Type PCI
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Details Available, Short
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Order 5  
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Type PCI Express
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME Signal
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Short
Card Slot
Order 6  
Designation PCI2
Type PCI
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME Signal
Data Bus Width 32 b
Details Available, Short
 
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Manufacturer NVIDIA
Location PCI bus 2, device 0, function 0
Type  
PCI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PCI Device
Manufacturer Realtek
Location PCI bus 6, device 0, function 0
Type  
PCI Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
PCI Device
Manufacturer VIA
Location PCI bus 5, device 0, function 0
Type  
PCI VIA 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
PCI Device
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Location PCI bus 4, device 0, function 0
Type  
PCI Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
Location PCI bus 0, device 30, function 0
Type  
PCI Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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Manufacturer Intel
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
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Type  
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PCI Device
Manufacturer Intel
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PCI Device
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System Device
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System Device
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PCI Intel(R) 5520/5500/X58 I/O Hub Control Status and RAS Registers - 3423
System Device
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System Device
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Edited by Cerveza - Code tags, not just for code.

[Xclio]

I would recommend stress testing your CPU as it sounds like you might have been lucky enough to damage your CPU with those extremely high temps.  Download Prime95, it is a CPU stress testing software that will load out all of your cores at 100% running calculations.  Do not have anything else open while this is happening.

I didn't read what your configuration was in particular so I am assuming your not overclocking thus this stress test should comfortably run without failure.  If one of the cores throws an error then you have found your problem.

[Paulonius]

I ran prime twice, once looking for the problem, and once again after I installed the new heat sink.  I don't think it produced errors either time, but I am not 100% sure I would know what it would look like if it did, so I will run it again.

The second time I ran it I did it with the RealTemp program that cycled the CPU load and tracked performance at 10% load increments.  Not sure what the scores meant, but I didn't get any error message.

[Pyargy]

Are you manually confirming all of the various memory timing settings in your BIOS match the chips? Try setting the voltage manually to 1.65 and the timings to the higher of the two sets of ram. The higher numbers run slightly slower, but this may stop the lockups.

Looks like voltage can be a huge issue for the i7 chip. Visit the MFG website for you memory to verify settings that are in BIOS.

[Paulonius]

Thanks for the feedback Py.  I am sure these are great suggestions, but I am not sure where to begin to do what you are suggesting without some further clarification/direction. I see three headscratchers in your post for someone with my lack of skillz.

1. Manually confirming memory timing setting in my bios match the chips. No clue how I would do this.

2. Set the voltage manually to 1.65 and the timings to the higher of the two sets of ram. *Scratches head again*

3. Verify MFG website for memory chips to verify settings in BIOS. I think I can figure out how to get to the MFG website. *vacant look...* Where do I look for settings in BIOS? Is it in that ream of crap I put in the first post?

I am an untapped wealth of ignorance in this area. I suspect I am lucky that when I put this thing together and turned on it didn't ignite into a ball of fire.  

[Paulonius]

Thanks for the edit Cerv, nice use for that code setting.

[Pyargy]

Ok let me see if I can help you through some of this.

1. Get manual for mainboard and read through to learn how to access BIOS and find the section where it talks about RAM settings.  Usually towards the back of the manual is where is breaks out the info about getting into BIOS and what each sections means.

2.  Go to MFG website of memory and look up settings for Timing and voltage, although with i7 cpu we already know voltage shold not be above 1.65

3. Use information from step 1 and 2 to manually verify the BIOS settings of your RAM to MFG specs. keep in mind about the known voltage issue with cpu needing to be 1.65 or lower.

We will get into actual adjusting if you need to, but first lets just verify.

[Masscre]

If you run into any problems with getting into the bios and checking any of this post a message here or pm me and we can try to walk you through it paul.

[Cerveza]

Search the interweb for your motherboard and this same issue. One thing we've all discovered is that we are not that unique in the world. Chances are someone (or many) have had the exact same problem. It's just a matter of searching for the information correctly.

[Paulonius]

Update:

So I read the User Guide for the motherboard, a bunch of articles online, and I familiarized myself with the BIOS utility.  I think I figured out how to overclock my system, but I couldn't find enough information in the manual or online about the initial setup to make me comfortable, so I called ASUS tech suppport.  

When I spoke with tech suppport I got a BIOS tech and he told me that their boards go out without being enabled to sychronized memory and CPU at intel's request. He said lockups on new systems are an industry wide issue as manufacturers are all doing this. Whatever.  He said that all I had to do to get the memory timings properly set was to enable the built in Ai Overclock Tuner by setting it to X.M.P..  I am going to run it for a while to make sure the system is stable.

Thanks for all of your help everyone!

-P

[Masscre]

I looked over your manual quickly before and never seen a auto up setting so sorry about missing that paul.

[Paulonius]

No worries Mass, BECAUSE IT STILL DIDN'T WORK!!!

Pretty funny at least.  I downloaded CPU-Z to verify the fix and it was still wrong, so I went in and manually changed the memory settings to 8-8-8-24 and 1.65V per the manufacturer specs.

By the time I figure this out I might actually know something.

[Paulonius]

I got the manual settings to run and have stress-tested my system with six iterations of UO running fully automated with various scripts plus the overseer. Way beyond what was freezing me up 100% of the time in less than five minutes before this change.  Thanks for everyone's help!!

Next project for this system: OVERCLOCK!!!

[Masscre]

Before over clocking. Please Read, read and read some more. Also read!  Over clocking is fun and time consuming.  Anytime over clocking is concerned you will do one thing. For every action there is an opposite and opposing reaction. so when you get more speed and work out of you CPU you also will get more HEAT !!!  There are 3 ways of getting around this Air cooled, Water Cooled, and professional liquid coolant systems. Air cooled being the cheapest and Liquid cooled being the most expensive. With Water cooling coming some where in the middle. Air cooling is dependant on your power supply and case.  You want an air cooled system to be as areo dynamic as possible. You want air convection to be happening inside your system. You want cooler outside air coming in your system and cooling everything from CPU, HardDrive, Video Card, and also North and South Bridge chips and then the hot air being pushed back out in another direction.  With Water and Liquid Cooling systems.  Think about those words for just a minute. Water and Electricity!? Not a good combination!  You have a resevoir, pump, and 1 or more cooling blocks(they look similar to a heatsink but move water through them).  The resevoir hold cool water plus helps cool returning water. The pump moves the water or liquid through the system to keep it cool.  The cooling blocks move the water or liquid through them and cool the system much better than air because of the way the system is designed.  The one big negative of Water/Liquid cooling systems is every connection/rubber hose has to be a super tight connection or you get a condition I like to call 'Fried MotherBoard' or FMB.  There are prebuilt Liquid and water cooling systems several made by Cooler Master and other brands also, just the first that comes to mind. But I recommend you build your own much more fun.  If you decide to go full blown and wish to try some of this out give me a pm or place down a post and i will put up links and much more data.  I used to have a web site on all this.  I have a lot to share in this area and it is a wonderful hobby.

[Paulonius]

Thanks Mass, if I do decide to give overclocking a go I will definitely reach out.  For now I am going to play with the system until I am comfortable that it is really stable.  Thanks again for all of your help!