BSoD 0x7E Windows Vista Ultimate x64

Animenia

I'm recieving a BSoD on every 2nd or 3rd boot after I installed Windows
Vista Ultima x64.
Here are the specs of the system.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6GHz
Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme
Chipset: Nvidia SLi 680 SPP
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX (x2 SLI)
RAM: A-Data 4x 2GB PC2-6400 400 MHz

I've tried booting without SLi.
I've tried to rule out faulty memories and faulty memory slots on the
motherboard and from that I noticed that whenever I boot with only 1 ram
memory from the first slot the boot works every time without a BSoD
appearing.

However if I were to plug in a 2nd memory the BSoD appears and same
with the 3rd and 4th.
This happens no matter what slots I put them in.

I've tried flashing the bios with no success.
I've tried newer drivers for the chipset.
The diagnostic tests I've run on the memories has all passed.

I also considered the video card drivers might be the cause of the
issue but seeing how everything works as long as I only one memory stick
at a time I doubt that's the cause for it.

I read around on the web and found that in general this BSoD could
point towards a faulty harddrive but I have a hard time believing that
the harddrive could be causing this issue due to the memory part.

Any ideas?
All I can think about at this moment is that the motherboard can't
handle the pressure from working 8 GB of ram and SLi.
But then again... It should be able to handle 4GB but it doesn't.

Could it be that the hardware isn't compatible with a 64 bit version of
Vista Ultimate? I've never heard of hardware working with a 32 bit
version but not a 64 bit version tho.

Fred

Did you apply the kb929777 patch with just one stick of ram installed or
install the latest service pack to overcome the problem?


Animenia wrote:
> I'm recieving a BSoD on every 2nd or 3rd boot after I installed
> Windows Vista Ultima x64.
> Here are the specs of the system.
>
> CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6GHz
> Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme
> Chipset: Nvidia SLi 680 SPP
> Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX (x2 SLI)
> RAM: A-Data 4x 2GB PC2-6400 400 MHz
>
> I've tried booting without SLi.
> I've tried to rule out faulty memories and faulty memory slots on the
> motherboard and from that I noticed that whenever I boot with only 1
> ram memory from the first slot the boot works every time without a
> BSoD appearing.
>
> However if I were to plug in a 2nd memory the BSoD appears and same
> with the 3rd and 4th.
> This happens no matter what slots I put them in.
>
> I've tried flashing the bios with no success.
> I've tried newer drivers for the chipset.
> The diagnostic tests I've run on the memories has all passed.
>
> I also considered the video card drivers might be the cause of the
> issue but seeing how everything works as long as I only one memory
> stick at a time I doubt that's the cause for it.
>
> I read around on the web and found that in general this BSoD could
> point towards a faulty harddrive but I have a hard time believing that
> the harddrive could be causing this issue due to the memory part.
>
> Any ideas?
> All I can think about at this moment is that the motherboard can't
> handle the pressure from working 8 GB of ram and SLi.
> But then again... It should be able to handle 4GB but it doesn't.
>
> Could it be that the hardware isn't compatible with a 64 bit version
> of Vista Ultimate? I've never heard of hardware working with a 32 bit
> version but not a 64 bit version tho.

Paul

Animenia wrote:
> I'm recieving a BSoD on every 2nd or 3rd boot after I installed Windows
> Vista Ultima x64.
> Here are the specs of the system.
>
> CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6GHz
> Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme
> Chipset: Nvidia SLi 680 SPP
> Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX (x2 SLI)
> RAM: A-Data 4x 2GB PC2-6400 400 MHz
>
> I've tried booting without SLi.
> I've tried to rule out faulty memories and faulty memory slots on the
> motherboard and from that I noticed that whenever I boot with only 1 ram
> memory from the first slot the boot works every time without a BSoD
> appearing.
>
> However if I were to plug in a 2nd memory the BSoD appears and same
> with the 3rd and 4th.
> This happens no matter what slots I put them in.
>
> I've tried flashing the bios with no success.
> I've tried newer drivers for the chipset.
> The diagnostic tests I've run on the memories has all passed.
>
> I also considered the video card drivers might be the cause of the
> issue but seeing how everything works as long as I only one memory stick
> at a time I doubt that's the cause for it.
>
> I read around on the web and found that in general this BSoD could
> point towards a faulty harddrive but I have a hard time believing that
> the harddrive could be causing this issue due to the memory part.
>
> Any ideas?
> All I can think about at this moment is that the motherboard can't
> handle the pressure from working 8 GB of ram and SLi.
> But then again... It should be able to handle 4GB but it doesn't.
>
> Could it be that the hardware isn't compatible with a 64 bit version of
> Vista Ultimate? I've never heard of hardware working with a 32 bit
> version but not a 64 bit version tho.
>

Knowing the detailed message of the BSOD would help. Is the
BSOD type the same in each case ?

Have you followed a tweaking guide for your motherboard ?

The Asus forum has a sticky posting at the top, "CPU Init", with
some suggested tweaks. Sometimes the RAM needs a little extra
voltage, to be stable. Undoubtedly, your motherboard has
lots of settings to adjust.



Paul

Animenia

I haven't tried either of your suggestion but I will as soon as I can,
Thanks for the answers and I'll get back to you if these steps will work