Help Request for someone new!

Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,

*Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard
*1 x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
Unbuffered 1.8V*
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB Back up Drive out of
old computer, IDE.
Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU

Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
bar, is this normal to use so much ram?

Also when using the internet and several other files this morning like
my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not Responding"
go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I had
connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.

Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal? Also
had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
itself.

Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
maybe trying a reinstall?

On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in Sata
3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?

I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
would be seriously gratefully recieved?

Nick


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Nostralls

Nostralls wrote:
> Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,
>
> *Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
> Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
> Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard
> *1 x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
> Unbuffered 1.8V*
> Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB Back up Drive out of
> old computer, IDE.
> Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
> Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
> Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
> EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
> Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU
>
> Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
> itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
> its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
> bar, is this normal to use so much ram?
>
> Also when using the internet and several other files this morning like
> my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not Responding"
> go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I had
> connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
> still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.
>
> Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
> monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal? Also
> had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
> itself.
>
> Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
> Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
> maybe trying a reinstall?
>
> On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in Sata
> 3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?
>
> I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
> would be seriously gratefully recieved?
>
> Nick
>
>

Get the latest motherboard drivers from Asus.

What video card do you have ?

Hobbes wrote:
> Nostralls wrote:
>> Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,
>>
>> *Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
>> Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
>> Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard *1
>> x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
>> Unbuffered 1.8V* Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB
>> Back up Drive out of
>> old computer, IDE.
>> Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
>> Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
>> Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
>> EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
>> Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU
>> Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
>> itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
>> its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
>> bar, is this normal to use so much ram?
>>
>> Also when using the internet and several other files this morning like
>> my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not Responding"
>> go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I had
>> connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
>> still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.
>>
>> Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
>> monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal? Also
>> had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
>> itself.
>>
>> Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
>> Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
>> maybe trying a reinstall?
>>
>> On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in Sata
>> 3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?
>>
>> I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
>> would be seriously gratefully recieved?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>
> Get the latest motherboard drivers from Asus.
>
> What video card do you have ?
NM... get the video card drivers here >
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...5.19_whql.html

"Nostralls" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:cf660074f0c773c8a1fdb0c2424ca8f9@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,
>
> *Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
> Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
> Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard
> *1 x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
> Unbuffered 1.8V*
> Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB Back up Drive out of
> old computer, IDE.
> Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
> Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
> Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
> EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
> Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU
>
> Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
> itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
> its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
> bar, is this normal to use so much ram?
>
> Also when using the internet and several other files this morning like
> my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not Responding"
> go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I had
> connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
> still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.
>
> Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
> monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal? Also
> had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
> itself.
>
> Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
> Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
> maybe trying a reinstall?
>
> On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in Sata
> 3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?
>
> I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
> would be seriously gratefully recieved?
>
> Nick
>
>
> --
> Nostralls


It is typical for Vista to use a significant amount of ram. 2GB and above
is not unusual. Keep in mind that Windows is designed to do that when ram
is available. It is a good thing. The speed problem is another matter and
follow Hobbes's advice to update your drivers. Also insure that all your
memory sticks match including latencies.

Right yeah thanks, I logged onto the Asus site and they are very hard to
find the drivers for them - not exactly sure why but I shall keep
looking! All the memory is the same as purchased it from the same place,
is Kingston ram good? Is it worth having 4Gb or above or ram to make
sure thats its running to its highest ability?

I will download the drievrs for Graphics though.

Colin Barnhorst;780237 Wrote:
> "Nostralls" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:cf660074f0c773c8a1fdb0c2424ca8f9@xxxxxx-gateway.com...> > >
> > >
> > > Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,
> > >
> > > *Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2
> > 8MB
> > > Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
> > > Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard
> > > *1 x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
> > > Unbuffered 1.8V*
> > > Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB Back up Drive out
> > of
> > > old computer, IDE.
> > > Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
> > > Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
> > > Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
> > > EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
> > > Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU
> > >
> > > Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
> > > itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
> > > its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
> > > bar, is this normal to use so much ram?
> > >
> > > Also when using the internet and several other files this morning
> > like
> > > my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not
> > Responding"
> > > go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I
> > had
> > > connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
> > > still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.
> > >
> > > Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
> > > monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal?
> > Also
> > > had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
> > > itself.
> > >
> > > Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
> > > Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
> > > maybe trying a reinstall?
> > >
> > > On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in
> > Sata
> > > 3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?
> > >
> > > I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
> > > would be seriously gratefully recieved?
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Nostralls > >
>
>
> It is typical for Vista to use a significant amount of ram. 2GB and
> above
> is not unusual. Keep in mind that Windows is designed to do that when
> ram
> is available. It is a good thing. The speed problem is another matter
> and
> follow Hobbes's advice to update your drivers. Also insure that all
> your
> memory sticks match including latencies.


--
Nostralls

Does anyone know where I can get the bundle download for my motherboard?
Thanks in advance


--
Nostralls

Nostralls wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get the bundle download for my motherboard?
> Thanks in advance
>
>

All I saw was the above ^^^

How would you answer the question?

this link should be what your looking for ...

'ASUSTeK Computer Inc.-Support-'
(http://support.asus.com/download/dow...map&mapindex=2)

scrooge


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scrooge

You can probably get it from the motherboard company.


"Nostralls" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone know where I can get the bundle download for my motherboard?
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> --
> Nostralls

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:C09C5A81-8CE4-4C22-8EF0-7B51F1111134@microsoft.com...
> "Nostralls" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
> news:cf660074f0c773c8a1fdb0c2424ca8f9@nntp-gateway.com...
>>
>> Hello just built a brand spanking new PC, quite a nice spec,
>>
>> *Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB
>> Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair)*
>> Asus P5N-E SLI 650i Socket 775 PCI-E Onboard Audio ATX Motherboard
>> *1 x Kingston 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory Non-ecc CL5
>> Unbuffered 1.8V*
>> Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB SATAII 8MB Cache + 160GB Back up Drive out of
>> old computer, IDE.
>> Zotac 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
>> Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.
>> Samsung SH-S223F 22X DVD±RW/RAM/DL Serial ATA Black Bare Drive
>> EV Black Mid Tower Gaming Case with Massive
>> Hi-Power Black 700W 14cm Blue LED Fan PSU
>>
>> Since I put it together I have had a few problems with the system
>> itself, being a lot slower than I expected it to be, and in idle mode
>> its using approx 30%-50% of the Ram according to the file in my side
>> bar, is this normal to use so much ram?
>>
>> Also when using the internet and several other files this morning like
>> my computer & my documents, it would stop and then say "Not Responding"
>> go pale then come back 20 - 30 secs later. This was the first time I had
>> connected it to the internet so was downloading lots of updates, but
>> still, a nice spec PC, I expected to deal a lot better.
>>
>> Also sometimes when I boot up Windows, it takes ages, sometimes my
>> monitor goes into standby mode it takes that long. Is this normal? Also
>> had a blue screen fatal error message this morning, but it restarted
>> itself.
>>
>> Could this be either a memory or a software issue? Too little memory?
>> Or could this be basically Windows upto its old tricks? Is it worth
>> maybe trying a reinstall?
>>
>> On my boot up screen it also says that my primary hard drive is in Sata
>> 3 or something, could this be an issue? Or would this not matter?
>>
>> I am very new to this building game so any advice you could give me
>> would be seriously gratefully recieved?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nostralls
>
>
> It is typical for Vista to use a significant amount of ram. 2GB and above
> is not unusual. Keep in mind that Windows is designed to do that when ram
> is available. It is a good thing. The speed problem is another matter
> and follow Hobbes's advice to update your drivers. Also insure that all
> your memory sticks match including latencies.

and if the board supports dual data rate, the ram that you described must
be in bank 1 slot 1 and bank 2 slot 1 to enable it.
so if 4 slots, the ram would be in slot 1&3 or 2&4 not 1&2 or 3&4.