Hi,
Thanks for posting back. Hope you don't be offended, but we need to make certain that some basic things are done to move on and troubleshoot different areas.
First of all, make sure your heatsink clamps are clear down and snapped in. The new boxes are so hard to get snapped in properly and that causes errors. Might be a good idea to remove the clamps and resnap them down to make sure.
Did you use Artic Silver or the thermal pad to put the cpu and heatsink together?
Is your heatsink fan blowing DOWN as it should be, or is it blowing up?
If you have one fan blowing out the back of the computer and others blowing cool air in, then that should be sufficient to do the job with this board and unit.
You talk about temps and that could be a concern. YOu need to take a look at the PROBE program on your computer and report your temps (also can look in BIOS setup menu) for both at-rest and under-stress temps. That should tell us if that is an issue. Please report to us what they say.
You listed your power supply and from what I can find, that might be a suspect in this issue. This is not a major brand supply, and I am not saying it is bad, just that it is suspect at this point. We will try to rule that out as a cause of your problem. There are many no-name supplies out there with 500 watts that can't match the power output of even an Antec 350 or Enermax 350. The PROBE program also lists power to each rail of the computer, so you need to check that out and report those voltages to us. Also, look on the side of the power supply and report the amps on each rail. That should give us an idea about the power aspect of your unit.
For the earlier mentioned heat and voltages conerns, if you don't want to use the PROBE program, here are a couple free downloads that will help to monitor these areas:
Sandra Lite Utility
http://www.download.com/3000-2086-10018691.html
or
Speedfan will tell you the temperatures and a whole lot more. It's free
http://www.sofotex.com/SpeedFan-download_L4655.html
Have you tried your computer yet with only one stick of ram to see if that makes a difference. If that helps, then will give you a program to test your ram. Oh, your ram is on the motherboard QVL list for memory, isn't it?
This should give you some things to look at and report back. The results you get should assist us in locating the problem. No guarantees, but those of us on this team will sure try to help you get it going.
