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GA-Z68X UD4 BH3 will Only Run RAM in Certain slots, Won't POST if in Others

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The shipping box was sealed but the actual motherboard(box) was not sealed. The motherboard itself was in it's customary bag that is also unsealed. Not sure if that's the norm or not, I would not have even noticed if you hadn't mentioned it.

Dark Mantis

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I think it depends on which production line it comes off as some are sealed and some are not. Obviously if it is not sealed it doesn't prove anything one way or the other.
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Jakk89

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 No luck with the CMOS, it's back to NCIX tomorrow. I can't wait to be done with that place. All i want is or my computer to work!

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I can understand your feelings towards them and don't expect anyone else would be different. Let us know how you get on though.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
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6970 2GB
HX850
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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
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Jakk89

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My computer finally works! I brought back the crappy board they sent me and they gave me another one which also didn't work. They had one more in stock and i made them test it for me. Everything is now working finally! It's only been 3 weeks! Thanks Dark Mantis for going through all of this with me!

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Hooray!!! That is great news and I think you deserve it after all that! Well at least it worked out in the end even if it was a bit of a battle and long and drawn out. ;)

Enjoy using your new toy now for a while.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
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

I have the same problem with the same CPU, RAM, and similar motherboard (GA-Z68XP-UD3). I bought everything from Direct Canada, a sister company of NCIX (pretty much the same company, just different storefronts). Perhaps they received some bad stock from Gigabyte, who knows.

EDIT: I decided to check the CPU socket. It turns out it was 1 (read: ONE) pin that was off by mere microns, JUST barely noticeable to the naked eye. For some reason, it was shinier than the other pins - I probably wouldn't have been able to notice it if it wasn't. I was able to gently nudge it back into place. I knew how delicate these pins were the minute I lifted the plastic cover for the first time, so I know for a fact that I installed the CPU *very* gingerly. Thus, I'm reasonably certain that the socket arrived like that. It also appears to me that a majority of people with this exact problem have Gigabyte motherboards; perhaps Gigabyte needs to enforce better quality control on their CPU sockets. Of course, it's certainly possible that the bent pin was of my own doing, but considering that it was ONE bent pin, somehow shinier than the other pins, and that the socket was exposed for all of maybe thirty seconds before I gently put the CPU on top of it, I find this unlikely.


I have the GA-Z68XP-UD3 also.  Bought it just before Christmas.  I had the same problem.  I checked out my socket after reading the post here and found a bent pin on mine too.  I got some reading glasses on and used an exact-o knife to straighten mine out.  Works great now. THANKS FOR THE FORUM POST!

Seems suspect that the same single pin would be bent on so many sockets.  Maybe we all just bent it the same way, but what are the chances that ONLY that one pin that impacts the same thing would be bent by end users and none of the others.  Seems like a QA problem to me too.

Anyway, happy I didn't have to RMA it.  I did cross-ship RMA more memory before I found it was a slot problem.  I guess I will just keep the extra 8 gig and use it.  :sigh:   ;D

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Hi and welcome.

Glad to hear that you managed to find the thread useful and it's a bummer that you have to find somewhere to put that extra memory but we all have our crosses to bare.  ;)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
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