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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #165 on: October 26, 2010, 02:24:53 pm »
Oh I am sure that you are right. There must be many happy users out there or the company wouldn't still be in existance. ;)
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #166 on: October 26, 2010, 02:53:29 pm »
Hi theboyfold - sounds like you are having the same type of issues which all seem to lead back to the bios. I have not yet heard back from the supplier about the RMA. They would have received it on Thursday last week and as they have to test it overnight I would expect to hear back from them towards the end of this week. GTS have been slow and they only suggested trying bios FC3 (which I did not do as I had already packed up the board and RAM by then). Have you had any luck with bios FC3?
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #167 on: October 26, 2010, 04:01:13 pm »
Hi theboyfold - sounds like you are having the same type of issues which all seem to lead back to the bios. I have not yet heard back from the supplier about the RMA. They would have received it on Thursday last week and as they have to test it overnight I would expect to hear back from them towards the end of this week. GTS have been slow and they only suggested trying bios FC3 (which I did not do as I had already packed up the board and RAM by then). Have you had any luck with bios FC3?

Not tried it yet, as I'm working away from home for the start of this week. Back tomorrow so should give it a try then. It's a real pain to be honest as I'm not sure if I'm suffering from a BIOS issue or hard drive corruption.

The fact I can boot once I've repaired the machine either points to the fact that it's 'warm' by the time I've run Windows Startup Repair or that the HDD keeps corrupting stuff.

If I'd not spent so much money on the thing I'd be tempted to chuck it in the bin and buy a motherboard bundle that's already been tested by the vendor :( With the fact I've been away so much since I've bought it I've had it for nearly 3 months now and without it fully working, apart from when I had the missing RAM issue.
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #168 on: October 27, 2010, 08:28:56 am »

I did RMA the mobo cpu and memory but the reseller found no fault and charged me for the joy of it, they ran the bloody tests in IDE mode and the cold boot issue only plagues me in AHCI mode :(

Are you using a SSD for booting then?  If not you are not really gaining anything much in the way of speed over IDE mode and you would benefit from the stability.

Yep, running the vertex LE SSD as boot so want to stick with AHCI.  Oddly enough the B18 bios has nowresorted back to the behaviour of FC3 after I tested it so Im wondering it it actually took hold when I flashed it back.  There are quite a few people with this cold boot issue so it has got to be something with the mobo or bios as memory and other parts do not seem to be the common factor.
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #169 on: October 27, 2010, 08:33:55 am »
Yep, running the vertex LE SSD as boot so want to stick with AHCI.  Oddly enough the B18 bios has nowresorted back to the behaviour of FC3 after I tested it so Im wondering it it actually took hold when I flashed it back.  There are quite a few people with this cold boot issue so it has got to be something with the mobo or bios as memory and other parts do not seem to be the common factor.

I agree with that statement, there doesn't seem to be a consistent issue with memory or any other factor. When I picked the bits I wanted, I made sure I checked on Corsair and with various vendors as to the package they put together in motherboard bundles and the kit I went for was used by plenty of good vendors. Plus the fact I've used 2 different sets of RAM, both have issues I can't believe that I've managed to buy two duff RAM kits...

I'm still waiting on an answer from Tech Support
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #170 on: October 28, 2010, 12:46:22 pm »
Got home last night, tried to boot up the machine. It hit a BSOD.

Booted this morning, straight into the BIOS, set the default fail safe settings, enabled Profile 1 in the RAM (I forget the acronym!) and it booted straight into Windows and passed a Very High setting Intel Burn Test.

Will try booting from cold tonight to see what happens.
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #171 on: October 29, 2010, 12:10:04 am »
So, just tried again 14 hours later and guess what. BSOD!

I'm going to try the latest BIOS tomorrow and if that fails I'll be RMAing the board. It's just not good enough really 
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #172 on: October 29, 2010, 05:45:55 pm »
FC3 still does the same for me  ???  :'(

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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #173 on: October 29, 2010, 05:48:45 pm »
No I am sure it is down to a poorly written BIOS code as everything points that way but I just can't see what is taking so long to rewrite a few lines of code. ???
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #174 on: October 29, 2010, 05:59:15 pm »
FC3 still does the same for me  ???  :'(


Rubbish, I was going to try and install that version tonight.

I've got an RMA agreed with the company I bought the MoBo from.

No I am sure it is down to a poorly written BIOS code as everything points that way but I just can't see what is taking so long to rewrite a few lines of code. ???

I work with developers daily and wonder this very self same question all day long...
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #175 on: October 29, 2010, 06:10:21 pm »
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I work with developers daily and wonder this very self same question all day long...

Well they don't want it to appear too easy do they? A good code writer can write in excess of 20,000 lines a day.
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #176 on: October 29, 2010, 08:33:30 pm »
Just installed the new BIOS and it booted right away, after 4 attempts on the old BIOS, so I'm not sure if that means that it's warm!

Could anybody confirm what the voltages I would need to set for Corsair TR3X6G1600C9

From here it would suggest 1.65v but I don't have an option for that: http://www.corsair.com/products/corei7/faq.aspx

Also, I've set the timings to match those in the doc I've linked to, but that's all. Is there anything else I can look at?
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #177 on: October 29, 2010, 08:50:32 pm »
1.65 is the recommended voltage but that is not an option on a lot of BIOSes so 1.64 will normally do. It is possible to go up to 1.66v but that will get you a red warning. Quite a few people do run at this voltage though when overclocking heavily.

If it's the Corsair Dominators they normally come with an XMP attached so it is just a case of enabling that and choosing profile 1
« Last Edit: October 29, 2010, 08:52:41 pm by Dark Mantis »
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #178 on: October 29, 2010, 09:08:25 pm »
OK, I'll turn it back down to 1.64, although it seems to be happy running a max Intel Burn Test. However, that's never really been an issue in the past.

Is there anyway of replicating a cold boot?
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Re: Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB
« Reply #179 on: October 29, 2010, 09:17:08 pm »


How do these voltages look to you? I'm a little lost to be honest outside of what I should set apart from what's printed on the sticks themselves
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