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Tiff

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GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« on: October 06, 2010, 08:07:08 pm »
Hi

I recently updated the bios to the latest f14 for my motherboard p43 es3g and now i am having troubles running my ram at 1066,my system will just not boot at all.It just freezes at the gigabyte screen.
If i set the ram to 800 it will boot fine and load into windows fine.
Had no troubles whatsoever with the f13 bios.
Have tried ram voltages of 1.9 to 2.2 and no luck.

The ram is kingston hyperx 1066 2 x 2gig.

Is there a problem with that bios ?

Tiff

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 08:31:50 pm »
Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte forum.

I would say it is one of two things. Either the memory is not compatible with the motherboard or the memory is faulty(at least at that speed).

Firstly check the Gigabyte QVL and see if the exact modules are listed, if not check the Kingston website and see if they list the  motherboard as compatible with that particular RAM.

Secondly download and run Memtest86+ on each stick seperately for at least 10 loops. If you get any errors the memory is faulty.
Memtest86+   http://www.memtest.org/
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Tiff

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2010, 08:41:04 pm »
Hey,thanks for the speedy responce!
The Memory was working fine with the f13 bios so compatability wouldnt be an issue would it ? i'm not sure.
I will try  memtest and post back.

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 08:48:45 pm »
If the memory was working fine with the F13 BIOS was there a reason for updating it?
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
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Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

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i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Tiff

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2010, 09:07:57 pm »
Hi
No reason for updating the bios,i was always under the impression you should always have your bios up to date.
Begining to wish i hadnt now :)

Is there anyway to revert back to the f13 bios ?
« Last Edit: October 06, 2010, 09:09:07 pm by Tiff »

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2010, 09:12:49 pm »
Yes no problem to reflash the BIOS back to the older version. Make sure that you use QFlash though not @BIOS. It is a common misconception that you must be running the latest BIOS version. As long as it's working alright and you are not missing any features then there is no point in updating.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
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Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2010, 09:21:44 pm »
Ok thats good to hear, many thnks for the fast reply's and info dark mantis!

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Re: GA-P43-ES3G & F14 BIOS
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2010, 09:22:22 pm »
You are welcome and don't forget where the forum is ;)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
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Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy