Thanks

[MervR]

Hi
I just wish to thank Dark Mantis and others who have posted helpful advice here.  I'm setting up a system for HD video editing/Blu-ray burning using GA-X58A-UD3R, i7-960, 6GB Corsair Dominator RAM, HD 6870 graphics, Thermaltake Toughpower XT 875W power, SATA3 10,000RPM drives, etc.

The system was giving trouble running some programs, lock ups and Windows 7 freezing, etc.  I was beginning to wonder if it was a faulty motherboard after trying many different BIOS settings, software re-installs and a few days of infinite attempts.  Was going to post a question here asking for advice, but searching bought up good results, one of which was to flash the BIOS.  Went from BIOS FB to FC and immediately the motherboard performed perfectly.  Flashed again to FD and still perfect.  Testing with Prime95 shows the system to be rock solid up to 4.3GHz on air cooling (TT Frio CPU cooler twin 120mm fans), but have set it back down to 4.0GHz as default for ultimate reliability and lower temps.

Thanks for the assistance and advice given on this forum! 

[jannie]

hi mervr, merry xmas ..Glad your system is working ok now...Can I ask which programme you are using to edit your bluray..I am using dvd fab, but sometimes have problems and wondered if there was another programme out there.as the price of bd-re 25g are a bit expensive.
Cheers Dave

[MervR]

Hi Jannie
Am using Pinnacle Studio 14 Ultimate Collection for editing and burning 1080HD to Blu-ray.  Also, the software which came with the Panasonic HDC-HS700 video camera which is HD Writer AE.  Studio 14 has more normal editing functions than HD Writer AE, but the latter has the advantage of using the camera plugged in to do rendering, very fast to save using CPU rendering.  Still setting up the new system, haven't completed any long video projects as yet, but they both work fine.

(Was using Pinnacle (Avid) Liquid Edition v6 for years with SD video editing and DVD burning - love that program - but Avid have killed it off so I'm forced to step back to consumer level Studio for the HD.  I do fairly basic editing anyhow, so Studio will probably be OK.)

Happy New Year.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum Merv.

Glad you managed to find what you needed already dealt with on the forum. Most problems have already been covered but often people just don't think of looking or can't find what they need.

Anyway have a happy New Year.