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GA-Z77X-D3H running very sluggishly

GA-Z77X-D3H running very sluggishly
« on: September 25, 2012, 10:19:26 pm »
Hi, I put together a machine using the motherboard in the title recently. It's been running fine for two weeks now, but today it suddenly started booting up really, really sluggishly. I've tried entering BIOS, which also moves fantastically slowly - it's nearly impossible to navigate due to the slow speed.

Strangely, once Windows 7 is up and running, only a few things are noticeably slow - such as minimizing windows, which happens in slow motion.

I've run a variety of different virus checks and system check utilities, none of which have diagnosed anything. I've run the Windows memory diagnosis utility, with no clear results, and have tried disconnecting and reconnecting the memory in a variety of different configurations with no change. I've also disconnected all the peripheral devices and the CD drive (in case of some other hardware error), with no effect.

I'm starting to run out of ideas. Anyone got any advice?

Re: GA-Z77X-D3H running very sluggishly
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 10:22:58 pm »
Oh, and the other bits and pieces:

CPU: I5-3570k
Graphics:  Radeon HD7770
Memory: These - http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-4gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz4gx3m2a1600c9-288.html - totting up to 8gb.

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Re: GA-Z77X-D3H running very sluggishly
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2012, 10:49:59 am »
Hi and welcome.

Please  post a complete list of your components that are attached at present and the settings, O/S you have installed.
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