[Cew27]

i have a 720 wat ernemac infinity and also it isnt the ram i have tried both 2 gig sticks on their own both in the slot closest to the cpu and still getting freezes and small artifacting

[Carbon]

It's either a hot motherboard, a bad CPU, or bad RAM.

CPU would explain freezing but not the "won't show anything" issue - these seem to be mutually exclusive. My question here is this: do you get any video at all?

[Cew27]

i do, if i lea\ve the system and power it on or occasionally it works but freezes after 30seconds to 2 minuits, i tried both ram sticks by them self and it was the same so it all seems to be the mobo

[Cew27]

ok major progress
i have 4 slots on the motherboard
if i have 2/1 gig of ram where should i have the ram ?
slot 1 slot 2 slot 3 or slot 4 ?
at the moment i have one in slot 2 and its working fine however when i try the other ram stick in any slot i get the freezing ect, and the stick im using wont work in slot one when on its own ?
i hope that made sense

[Carbon]

They should be in the same color coded (on most motherboards) slot for dual-channel. Usually that's 1/3 and 2/4.

[Cew27]

indeed i think one ram stick is bad i am going fine now in all channels with my good stick, i will need to send them back to ocuk :) i'm 85% sure this is the problem, i will get some cheap ddr2 ram from the computer shop down the road until mine are returned :D