Startup trouble with GA-P67A-UD4

[Dark Mantis]

if it gives you the same problems as well....then duff disk!

[Per.C6]

Well it's not the powersource my system has been tested on a different (and bigger) 750Watt PSU and the problem is still there.
My system is now undergoing a full checkup at the store, so we'll see what they find.

[Dark Mantis]

Once they have determined the problem please let us know as it would be interesting to say the least.

[Per.C6]

Well the problem was in one of my four memory banks. I don't have my system back yet, but that is the story I got from the repair guy.
They put in different memory and it was all gone he said.

[Dark Mantis]

That is entirely possible as I have just been back over the entire thread and I never got you to test the memory. My bad. Got sidetracked by other things.

[Per.C6]

Thats okay, I had also discussed that with a friend once but then we dismissed that idea, because we thought the problem started too early for it to be the memory. Apparently not.

[azzbarb]

anyone found a fix for the startup problems yet? i've done the bios sync, everything is at stock settings, i've tried setting voltages, enabling/disabling options, latest bios but nothing works,
i've got a 850w bfg power supply that i know works well, ADATA ddr3 1600 ram,
i've heard that there is a problem with the sata ports for the harddrives failing on these boards, could the startup problem be something to do with that?
i'm thinking about contacting gigabyte to get a replacment as its getting beyond a joke now,  i'd rather wait for a bios update to fix the issues but i'm not sure when that could be.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Firstly I would advise you to register for a board update as they are starting already. The SATA2 ports are the ones that are affected so try and stay to the SATA3 ports for now.

How much memory are you using ?

Have you run Memtest86+ on it to make sure that it is 100% ?

Latest memtest86+ is here, that works with P67

Memtest86+ V4.20 Beta 13

.Bin :http://www.memtest.org/download/beta/420b13/mt420b13.bin
.Iso :http://armstrongcomputer.ca/mt420b13-jasonacs.iso

Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 loops and if there are no errors then swap it over with the next one and continue untill you have checked all  modules.
If you have any errors the module is faulty.
If you have any faulty modules you will have to return the whole kit as they are matched.

Post back when you have done that with the results.

[azzbarb]

hi dark mantis, i have 4gb of ram, i will test the ram and post results, what do you mean by a board update? thanks

[Dark Mantis]

Well because of the Intel chip problem (Cougar Point) there is a swap of the old boards for an updated version defined as B3 stepping. Check out here for the form and info.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,4382.0.html

[azzbarb]

cool thanks for the info, i just used the sata check uttility and its telling me to move one of my harddrives to a sata3 port, i already have my win7 harddrive on a sata3 port, i think i will just fill in the form and try and get a replacement to see if that fixes my problems.

[RatsAss]

I had a similar issue with my new board. Power up,then shut off then power on again.

I fixed it by going into bios and changing the memory( EMP?) setting from default to profile. I cant remember the exact setting name.

My memory speed changed from 9-9-9-24 to 7-7-7- 21. No more problems.

I hope this might help.

[Dark Mantis]

Yes but I think you meant XMP though as EMPs are a bit disasterous around computers! The BIOS setting is Profile 1. Sometimes that won't work either though and you need to manually set the timings and voltage.

[Welshman]

Hi all, I have just built a system for a friend of mine with the GA-P67A-UD4-B3 and I can confirm that the cold boot problem still exist with this new version, the only way to get it to boot is to remove the power cable for a few minutes and if I am lucky it will boot, if not I have to remove the power cable and try again.
The bios version is F2 dated 2011/02/22 this is the initial release of this bios and the only one as yet on the site.

Regards, Welshman..

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

Yes there is no option for updating the BIOS yet but  doubt if it will be long before one is available.

Have you run Memtest86+ to make sure that your memory isn't at fault?

Memtest86+ V4.20 Beta 13

.Bin :http://www.memtest.org/download/beta/420b13/mt420b13.bin
.Iso :http://armstrongcomputer.ca/mt420b13-jasonacs.iso