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<blockquote data-quote="Banyon" data-source="post: 145531" data-attributes="member: 49407">As the title says, just built a new computer for Media Center purposes (specs at bottom), and I have a really weird issue. When I boot the computer a blue or red matrix like screen appears (picture below).&nbsp; Now all the connections on the board are right, the parts are compatible.&nbsp; I've never run into this issue before, never even heard of it.<a href="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/banyon/DCP_0002_1.jpg" target="_blank">Blue Screen</a><a href="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/banyon/DCP_0002.jpg" target="_blank">Red Screen</a>By moving 1 stick of RAM from bank 2, to bank 3, it went away till about half way through the Windows install when I get the red screen.&nbsp; Tried even taking them out of Dual Channel setup and putting them in banks 2 and 3, also tried the rest of the combinations, 1-4, 2-4....ect.Now my best guess is probably DOA RAM or a mobo with defective memory banks...&nbsp; But knowing me its probably something stupid like and incorrect voltage.<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735" target="_blank">AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131172" target="_blank">ASUS M2A-VM Socket AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220143" target="_blank">Patriot eXtreme Performance 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415" target="_blank">Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banyon, post: 145531, member: 49407"] As the title says, just built a new computer for Media Center purposes (specs at bottom), and I have a really weird issue. When I boot the computer a blue or red matrix like screen appears (picture below). Now all the connections on the board are right, the parts are compatible. I've never run into this issue before, never even heard of it. [URL="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/banyon/DCP_0002_1.jpg"]Blue Screen[/URL] [URL="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e138/banyon/DCP_0002.jpg"]Red Screen[/URL] By moving 1 stick of RAM from bank 2, to bank 3, it went away till about half way through the Windows install when I get the red screen. Tried even taking them out of Dual Channel setup and putting them in banks 2 and 3, also tried the rest of the combinations, 1-4, 2-4....ect. Now my best guess is probably DOA RAM or a mobo with defective memory banks... But knowing me its probably something stupid like and incorrect voltage. [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735"]AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131172"]ASUS M2A-VM Socket AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220143"]Patriot eXtreme Performance 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415"]Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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