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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: fuzion23 on January 26, 2011, 02:52:14 am
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Before posting a new thread it is always a good idea to make sure that everything in your system has been re-set to its basic settings. You can do this by entering bios and loading optimized defaults. This makes sure that any overclocking or other changes, you may have made, are back to a standard base line.
If the fault is still there then please post as much information as possible. Make sure to include Motherboard (model, revision* number, BIOS version), CPU (Brand and specs.), Memory that you are using, Hard-disk(s) and if you are trying to setup a raid array or are using AHCI or IDE Mode, Operating system (If 32 or 64 bit) PSU (Power Supply Unit), etc., and if possible, what you were doing when the problem started.
Hi everyone,
I just bought the new sandybridge i7 2600k along with Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 motherboard. The board revision is 1 and default bios was F3. I have G Skill 8GB DDR3 1600 memory. 300GB WD Raptor drive. Windows 7 64 bit. Antec 500 Watts power supply. AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB video card.
The problem for me was I upgraded from my core 2 duo E6750 processor with Gigabyte P35 series motherboard. I replaced it last week with the sandy bridge setup. I didn't have to reinstall Windows 7. Everything seem fine until couple hours later, the computer just freeze and locksup. Basically it randomely locks up and I can't figure what cause it. Someties it locks up when Windows is starting. Other times when I am log in, and move the mouse it locks up. Other times I play World of WArcraft with no problem, and leave my computer on for the night and wake up and it locks up. I even updated to the latest bios F7c. Anyone with an ideas is greatly appreciated.
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I also have the same problem as well.
This was my situation:
Hello, I've got my i7-2600k, UD7, 8gb 1600mhz (2x4gb sticks), 2x6950 crossfire 4-5 days ago. From my old build, I've savaged an AX850, c300 128gb, 1x1tb wd green, 1x640gb wd black.
So I put together my new build and installed W7 Enterprise x64, but soon I started noticing problems. My computer was freezing whenever I idled. It also did as I was installing programs, but now, mostly whenever I idled. So, I decided to do some diagnostics:
I booted into safe mode, the problem was gone (no freeze for 5-6 hours?).
I ran memtest, ram was fine.
I did a clean boot (disabled all non microsoft services and all programs), the problem persisted, so it must be the drivers.
I reinstalled W7 Enterprise x64, left it idle with a clean install. It didn't freeze.
Then, I followed up by installing the following drivers through the download page on GB:
Intel INF installation: 9.2.0.1016
Intel Management Engine Interface: 7.0.0.1118
Realtek LAN Driver: 7.032
Marvell Console Driver (SATA3): 1.0.0.1014
NEC USB 3.0 Driver: 2.0.30.0
I left it idle for 30 mins, it froze.
Finally, I decided to switch to install W7 Ultimate x64, and installed only the following drivers:
Realtek LAN Driver & Intel INF installation.
I left it on overnight, and it froze again.
Now, I installed a fresh copy of W7 ultimate x64 and am letting it idle to for a good 6-7 hours to see if it crashes.
The following things I've done to my installations:
Set power profile to high performance, disabled automatic screen turn-off, disabled hdd sleep after x mins, disabled allowing the LAN to wake computer.
Then if it doesn't freeze, I'm going to just try installing the LAN driver and pray to god that it doesn't freeze.
Does anyone have any other ideas? Could it be a bad motherboard? Perhaps, a bad graphics card? (I doubt it, since I've installed 11.11a and gamed for a few hours on it and nothing happened... but who knows) Or, is there anything else I'm missing?
Thank you!
I have now RMA'd the board. The only thing I have in the BIOS set is AHCI, and logo screen off.
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I also update my drivers from Gigabyte website. I also did the follwoing too:
Set power profile to high performance, disabled sleep, and hybrid sleep.
I dont get it. I help a friend setup a similar build and he isnt having any problems. The only difference is I have a AMD Radeon HD6950 video card and he has an ATI 5750 I think. I am afraid swaping the motherboard and the memory and still end up with the same result.
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can you try disabling the LAN ports from the bios?
and let it idle then reort back results?
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Ok. I can try that. I gonna format my hard drive and reinstall and see if it was due to the fact I didn't do a clean install when I upgraded my computer.
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum both of you.
You have made the fatal error of not formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install of Windows when doing a big upgrade. Even though a large percentage of your hardware remained the same when you install something new and major like a motherboard and processor you must reinstall the OS.
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I agree. I just finish formatting my drive and did a clean install. Thought everything was going well then my comp froze when I tried moving my data from one drive to the other. I still hear the hard drive working for like 10 seconds after the freeze. After rebooting, my comp tried to load up windows. I got in and one minute later, it froze again. Now I just tried disabling the network card and see what happens later
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Oh, it's a common enough mistake and often one which catches us out as we expect people to have already done that before moving on.
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No, I have formatted it... in fact, I've formatted it like 100 times.
Read the above post as I described -v-;
Anyway, I hope my RMA will turn out fine.
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JakaKxl - I wonder is it due to our video card. We both have the same video card. I wonder is it some how the drivers from our video card is the problem. I have a friend that has almost the same build machine but just different video card. I also ran a hard drive check and it pass
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One more thing, I also disabled the network card in windows. Will report back later
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Anyway, I hope my RMA will turn out fine.
Well we shall soon see when you get your board returned and hopefully everything will be working again. ;)
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JakaKxl - I wonder is it due to our video card. We both have the same video card. I wonder is it some how the drivers from our video card is the problem. I have a friend that has almost the same build machine but just different video card. I also ran a hard drive check and it pass
Nah, I thought of that at first, but then I switched to my old 6870, which was confirmed to be working, and it still froze.
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One more thing, I also disabled the network card in windows. Will report back later
Try to do it from the BIOS. I did it on windows it still crashed. I was reading some thread about disabling it in bios and it worked.
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Ok I will give it a shot when I get home. I still don't understand why would our network card cause it to crash unless it is a defective part in the motherboard. My friend has the same motherboard and everything else and his is running fine. The only difference is the video card and you and I have the same reference model. Amd Radeon HD 6950. I will try the network card though and I also RMA my board. I hope it is my board and when I swap it later on, I hope I won't have the same problem again. =[.
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I did notice this on my event viewer. Can this be the cause for the freeze?
"The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort10 -------How can i go about this. I also have a crash dump file but I dont know how to read it or can i attach it here and someone help me out? Its not part of the allowed file type though. =(
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I am having similar lockup issues and would definitely be interested to know what happens with your RMA.
My setup does not seem to be as bad as the two stated here, but it might be related. The system seems to lockup after having been idle for a long time (3+ hours). I don't like letting my machine sleep, but don't like turning it off if I can help it. I have made sure I was using the Optimized Default settings in the bios. Currently running bios F5, Windows 7 x64 Pro. Complete clean install on a formatted HDD. Other specs with my setup: P67A-UD3, nVidia GTX 460 (also from Gigabyte), i5 2500K, 8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM (4GBx2). Thankfully the system has never locked up during use.
Any more information on this issue is greatly appreciated.
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@fusion, try to disable your IDE controllers/slots in your bios?
I thought I was the only one with this problem, but I guess I'm not the only one.
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Our board dont come with IDE controller no? I did have an extra pci-e card for my extra sata ports along with one IDE port. I took it out because I thought that was the problem, but it still crashes. What you think Jakalxl most likely the motherboard is just bad? I just can't understand how we have to disable everything to make the computer stable. =) I even thought it could be the PSU, but dobut it.
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I doubt it's the PSU... I used mine with my previous build and it was fine.
I mean, just try disabling the sata controllers and see if it fixes it... perhaps we can pinpoint the issue and hope GB fixes it. I don't want other people to spend like 6 days trying to figure out what was wrong...
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Ok. Thank you. But if I do disable my sata controller, my computer wont able to load up my hard drive no? sorry if i sound stupid. Just want to make sure.
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Well, just disable the Marvell one and see...
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Hi Jakakxl,
I just got my replacement board today along with the memory. I am currently running on my new board. I going to see if this board running more stable. I will report back tomorrow on how it goes. Keep me updated with your new board too please. I would like how this all shakes out.
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You have made the fatal error of not formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install of Windows when doing a big upgrade. Even though a large percentage of your hardware remained the same when you install something new and major like a motherboard and processor you must reinstall the OS.
With all due respect this is not exactly true. The main requirement for upgrading the motherboard for an existing Windows install is to change the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller in Device Manager to Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller. Shutdown, change the motherboard, then restart Windows. It will boot normally and then you can load the Intel INF file for the new motherboard to re-detect the updated SATA storage controller for the new motherboard.
The only exception is when running a custom RAID setup. Then it is best to backup the hard drives and reinstall Windows from scratch.
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You have made the fatal error of not formatting the hard drive and doing a clean install of Windows when doing a big upgrade. Even though a large percentage of your hardware remained the same when you install something new and major like a motherboard and processor you must reinstall the OS.
With all due respect this is not exactly true. The main requirement for upgrading the motherboard for an existing Windows install is to change the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller in Device Manager to Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller. Shutdown, change the motherboard, then restart Windows. It will boot normally and then you can load the Intel INF file for the new motherboard to re-detect the updated SATA storage controller for the new motherboard.
The only exception is when running a custom RAID setup. Then it is best to backup the hard drives and reinstall Windows from scratch.
I do appreciate that there are ways around it but as a general rule of thumb what I was advocating is right. A lot of people on here have enough trouble doing some of the more basic things without trying to complicate matters further. ;)
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new ud7... left it on overnight and it still froze ~_~
what could be the problem?
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it seems like the only thing we all have in common is 8gb ddr3 ram at 1600mhz
are you guys all using 2x4gb sticks?
it concerns me because the bios detects it as 1333mhz... could this be a problem?
i just checked out that my ram (gskill sniper 2x4gb) is only listed as a p55-supported ram; what ram are you guys using?
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trawling the forums to see if there was others having similar problems to me, and here we have a thread :)
Having exactly the same issue (build specs in my sig).
It locks up 100% if idle, keep it active and it'll keep going for most part but eventually will lock up even though temps, are looking good.
I've disable every power save utility I can find in windows, BIOS, everywhere.
Yet, if I open explorer I still have to wait for my harddrives to power up?!
I have more than 8GB of DDR - but notice that there are very few 4GB sticks on the memory list :(
memtest is ok for all sticks
I also have difficulties with BIOS updates (have gotten to F5, but can't move beyond that with @BIOS or QFlash despite downloading about 20times at this stage - keep getting this flash isn't for this board!).
Have been going nuts - removing this and that, and trying to figure out what is going on...
I'll look into the LAN option - but seriously - this is my only connection to the outside world.
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I also have difficulties with BIOS updates (have gotten to F5, but can't move beyond that with @BIOS or QFlash despite downloading about 20times at this stage - keep getting this flash isn't for this board!).
Have you tried using FlashSPI instead to run the updates. It comes with the BIOS files when you download them.
I've disable every power save utility I can find in windows, BIOS, everywhere.
Yet, if I open explorer I still have to wait for my harddrives to power up?!
Are your hard drives the "green" power saving versions ?
it concerns me because the bios detects it as 1333mhz... could this be a problem?
Of course it only detects them as 1333 s that is the top speed rating for JEDEC memory. Anything over that is an overclock.
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I doubt it. I'm using a C300 ssd, OP is using a raptor. So it's definitely not that.
I used qflash to upgrade my bios... and I've tried at least 4 different BIOS versions, so I doubt that's it.
I'm starting to wonder if this is a board design/bios problem that has yet been fixed, since there are multiple cases of the same problem across different boards. I mean, freezes like this don't happen very often... and the fact that we've all just upgraded to a newly released board make this worrisome/confusing. I'm going to call GB and ask for some advice, as I'm sure it's not about my other parts.
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I used qflash to upgrade my bios... and I've tried at least 4 different BIOS versions, so I doubt that's it.
That is precisely why I asked if you have tried FlashSPI because the @BIOS was faulty and the QFlash wont work on these boards until the BIOS has been updated.
If you want to talk to Gigabyte Technical service you can contact them here:
Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS http://ggts.gigabyte.com/
or
Worldwide :
http://www.gigabyte.com/language.aspx
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Yeah, I just called. They told me they're sending me a beta bios, and told me to set my ram at 1066, instead of 1333.
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I'm really starting to suspect the ram. My current modules, 2x4gb gskill sniper (1600mhz ones), are not "certified" for p67, only p55.
Edit: my ram isn't on the memory support page: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-p67a-ud7.pdf
are your rams on this page?
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Most memory modules wont be on the list as there are far too many to check each one. Often it is better to check the list of the memory manufacturer for compatibility.
The main thing with the P67 boards is that the memory is 1.5v not 1.65 like on a lot of the X58 boards.
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http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=338
Not listed there...
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Well the thing is that just because it isn't listed doesn't mean that it can't be made to work but it is a good indicator and unless you know a lot about how memory is configured it is better to steer clear of anything not on the lists.
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"I have attached you the F7f bios to test with, please use the @bios to update and load the defaults upon completing. Do attempt to only test with one memory module installed and test the memory configure to 1066mhz." is what a GB technician told me to do. Trying that now.
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Just to clarify here that just updating the @BIOS program isn't enough. You must uninstall the original version and then install the latest one.
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I've installed the latest one, and successfully updated to F7f.
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Cool! ;D
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I've found my RAM in the list: F3-12800CL9D-8GBR. I also noticed that the motherboard defaulted the memory to 1333 but this makes sense with what DM said. My machine successfully made it through the night last night without freezing. I made a few minor changes (what I think are minor) to the BIOS settings so if it makes it through the weekend I'll post what my settings are.
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I have the exact same model as well... the gskill sniper 2x4gb at 1600mhz. Maybe that's the culprit
edit: yours is the ripjaw and mine is the sniper... argh -3-
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Hi guys,
My replacement board seem to be pretty stable so far. I replaced the memory and motherboard. I will give it couple more days Amd see what happens. So for us that had te problem, it's gotta be the board or the motherboard
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what was your old memory and what is your one?
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I have ripjaws series 8GB 1600MHz memory. 2x4GB sticks. I just RMA the motherboard and Memory for the same models. Been stables for couple days and coming out from sleep with no problem.
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what settings did you change? anything related to RAM?
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Everything was stock. Came to conclusion it was either a bad board or memory. I haven't got the chance to overclock
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Interesting to see that RMA seems to have worked for you. My machine made it through last night without a problem. I'm starting to get optimistic that my BIOS settings have finally clicked. I'd rather not go through opening this rig up and pulling everything out if I don't have to. Will post later today what settings I'm currently using.
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Well at least things are looking a bit more hopeful for both of you. ;)
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looking forward to seeing what settings you change omnidragon.
still struggling here with my UD4...
It got through last night, but I powered down and re-added my capture card and it's unstable again. removed the card and it's still unstable. The only other thing I did was install a 3rd party firewall - and yes I've tried removing that too....
At this stage I'm convinced it must be the board/BIOS itself... I've put everything into my 1366 system and it's stable (although I can't quite put in exact same config).
Also had issues with F7B - for some reason after a few resets I will get a BIOS checksum error and be pushed back to F3. So have stopped at F6 for now.
I've run memtest twice on every DIMM stick, once separately, and then 1 by one adding to the system.
I've disabled LAN and Audio in the BIOD to no avail - they are both now back on so at least I can enjoy them when the system doesn't idle.
I've also disabled Turbo Mode, USB3, eSata3 and removed some of the wake events.
Is very frustrating - only happens when it's idle - and nothing in the logs.
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It would certainly seem like it was the motherboard that was at fault in your case.
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Hmm... the fix that guy gave me worked.
I flashed the BIOS to F7F and then downclocked the ram to 1066mhz.
So far 2 days no freeze yet.
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Thing is with these new boards and BIOSes there are bound to be problems and even though it can be annoying it is the price we pay for being early adopters of this technology. I am sure it will all be ironed out within a matter of weeks.
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My machine made it through another night so I went and looked at my BIOS settings. What I changed (that I can remember) is below. I started with the Optimized Default Settings option and then set the following:
Extreme Memory Profile - Profile 1
All settings on Auto, Turbo
H.D.D. S.M.A.R.T. - Enabled (was disabled by default)
Init Display First - PCIEx16 (used PCIE)
ACPI Suspend Type - S1 (was S3)
From what I can remember, those are the things I changed from the defaults. Everything else seem to be set to Auto (if it could be). Another interesting thing is the board seems to be automatically determining 1600 as the speed for the RAM now though it didn't do that when I first got it.
I'm hoping to let it run a few more days before I attempt to overclock anything. Hopefully these setting changes make sense to someone. One other note is that I chose the optimized defaults, let it run for a while (until it froze), and then came back and changed the settings. So, in essence I changed only a few things each reboot.
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Everything looks fine in your settings apart from the XMP setting. Unless you purchased memory that was specifically designed for the P67 boards by using the XMP it will increase the memory voltage to 1.65v which is over what this board will be happy with. It would be safer to write down the XMP settings in the BIOS and then turn off XMP and manually apply all the other settings apart from the voltage.
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Seems like it's the ram.
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Well most of the memory being used on these board was designed for the X58 motherboards and is not ideal for these . There is more gradually coming onto the market amd so it should sort itself out.
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Hm, I'll change those settings in the BIOS and see what happens. Will post the results. Since my RAM was found in the "good" RAM list I wouldn't expect that it would be incompatible.
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It's not exactly a case of being incompatible just may not be perfect.
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So I went to change the XMP settings away from Profile 1 and back to Disabled, but I noticed that the voltages for the RAM was already set to 1.5v. Looking over the rest of the settings they all seemed accurate for my hardware so I decided to leave them alone. I'm going to let this run for a few more days and see if it freezes. If not then I'll assume that all is well and begin overclocking. Hopefully my posts have been helpful to someone.
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Well I wil keep my fingers crossed for you and please let us know how you get on. ;)
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Hi there,
I seem to have the same problem, but I haven't got a respons yet from the guys at ggts.gigabyte.com.
My setup:
Model Name : GA-P67A-UD3(rev. 1.0)
M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : F6a
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VGA Brand : ATi Model : HD 6950
CPU Brand : Intel Model : 2300 Speed : 2.8
Operation System : Win 7 64-bit SP : none
Memory Brand : Corsair Type : Vengeance
Memory Size : 2x 4GB Speed : PC3-12800 1600MHz
Power Supply : 650 W
Any tips for me ? I really looking forward to get the latest bios version.
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.
I think it might help if you could list your exact problems as you see them as sometimes these things can be more specific than you think.
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Although random locks/freezes can be due to multiple reasons.... This hotfix fixed it up for me (mine were just random locks that lasted 2-5 minutes and then the system returned to normal, ie. they did not involve blue screens or perma freezes)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2265716/
You can get the file at http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?showtopic=14921 if you don't want to wait for it to be emailed.
Also found these hotfixes on random "locks"...
http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?showtopic=15289
http://thehotfixshare.net/board/index.php?showtopic=15257
All of these are integrated into the supposedly final Windows 7 SP1 (not the RC1) if you know where to get it.
p.s. The other thing I have found that "locks" my system for a few minutes is utorrent for some reason when it's saving to one particular hard disk of mine. I have checked that drive countless times for surface errors, changed sata ports, sata drivers, etc and it still happens. Just passing up my exp/info. Hope it helps.
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.
I think it might help if you could list your exact problems as you see them as sometimes these things can be more specific than you think.
I got a series of freeze-types:
1. I boot up my computer and after the windows logo appears and windows loads, the screen which sais Welcome with that nice blue background. Mouse hangs and my USB keyboard hangs (I test that with pressing NumLock and isn't responding). Sometimes my reset button isn't working then so I need to hold the power button for 8 seconds to turn off the system, and the leds of my roccat kone are still on. So I would say the Mobo isn't shut down correctly. Turning of the CPU makes my USB ports go offline. I tried it in SP1 and SP3, both same result.
Back to the other freezes:
2. After playing some CoD Black Ops, going back to windows and just use firefox to browse the internet, or just do nothing and leave the computer IDLE while i let the dog out. I set a timer on the computer, and it freezes after 8 till 15mins.
3. When booting up the computer fails to start at all, after loading the first screen of the bios, and goes black screen en reboots itself.
4. While loading a map playing CoD Black Ops, computer hangs.
When it's frozen and I do a boot-up sometimes it sais that Overclocking fails.....and set to basic (Standard Bios "Pop-up").
Those fixes for windows 7 I allready installed about a week and a half ago.
Is this what you were asking for ? Hope it helps to sort out where it might be wrong.
please if you think it don't belongs here please place it where it should, and sorry for my bad english.
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Hey, your English is fine no problem.
There are many things that could be causing your problems so we will just have to try and cover them all and see where that takes us.
Disable all the power saving settings in the BIOS. C1E, C3 etc EIST, Si, S3.
Check the power options in Windows and make sure that you select High Performance Power setting and make sure that the put computer to sleep is set to never.
Try them first and see what happens.
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Disable all the power saving settings in the BIOS. C1E, C3 etc EIST, Si, S3.
Those power settings were done allready. But what do you mean with those settings "C1E, C3 etc EIST, Si, S3.".
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They are all power saving settings in the BIOS. If you look through Power Management Setup and MIT you should find them.
Another thing to check for is if you are suffereing from Vdroop. It is a problem that seems to be coming to the fore at the moment. And no you can't take anti-biotics for it! ;D
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Thanks, this is what I've done till now:
M.I.T. -->Advanced Frequency Settings --> Advanced CPU Core Features:
* Disabled: CPU Enchanced Halt (C1E); C3/C6 State Support; CPU EIST Function.
In Power Management Setup I set ACPI Suspend Type at S1(POS)
The only setting I couldn't find was the "Si"
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Little update, system stayed stable for 20mins. Then I turned it off but what did I see, even though I disabled all the wakeup event. (PME Event Wake Up; Power On by Ring; Power On by Mouse; Power On by Keyboard and ErP Support is disabled as well.) I still can press NumLock on my PS/2 keyboard and it's responding ???. Even when the computer is powered down.
Ok while I was typing this post the computer got frozen again... so it's not solved yet unfortunately.
Don't you think it's weird that the mouse which is USB and the secundairy PS2-keyboard (to get in the BIOS) are still powered? I also can charge my phone trough the USB.
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Well the On Charge is a feature of these Gigabyte motherboards and as such it does supply power by design to the USB ports even when powered down.
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Well the On Charge is a feature of these Gigabyte motherboards and as such it does supply power by design to the USB ports even when powered down.
Ok, any way to disable that as well ? And any other idea's on how to get the system stable in IDLE state?
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Well you can always turn off the mains power and that will cut any power still going to the machine.
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Hello everyone! Im new to this forum and unfortunately i've been experiencing same issue.
System:
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 @ Stock F3 Bios
Intel Core i5-2500k @ Stock
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 2x4GB CL9
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2gb
Corsair CX 600W PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I have random reboots & freezes. I noticed tho in the beginning the system just rebooted randomly, after a few days it started to just freeze instead.
I have been trying the following solutions:
1. Enabling High Performance in Power Options, disabling all windows sleep/hibernating issues.
2. Running Windows Memory Diagnostic tool = 0 errors, as well as running Memtest86+ and same result, 0 errors.
3. Reinstalled Win7, installing most recent drivers.
4. Checking temperatures in Bios, Hwmonitor and everything looks fine. Besides pc usually freezes when browsing web, listening to music or watching movies.
Since the problem doesnt occur that often its not easy to find solutions, I dont even get any dump file in my windows folder because it just freezes. Checking Event Viewer all i can see is: Kernel power error 41 and that doesnt say much.
I have been trying to avoid updating bios since i know its risky, but it seems like i have no choice. I guess i have to try another version, It safe using a Beta BIOS (F6A)? and from what i have understand i cant use Q-Flash to update from f3-f6a? I have to update in OS with @BIOS first then i can use Q-flash right?
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Hi guys, I dont know if you've heard yet, but Intel has identified a flaw in the Sandybridge chipset SATA controllers.
Specifically, Intel says "In some cases, the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time, potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives.".
From the article:
"The symptoms are pretty simple to check for. Intel says you’d see an increase in bit error rates on a SATA link over time. Transfers will retry if there is an error but eventually, if the error rate is high enough, you’ll see reduced performance as the controller spends more time retrying than it does sending actual data.
Ultimately you could see a full disconnect - your SATA drive(s) would not longer be visible at POST or you’d see a drive letter disappear in Windows."
See http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall
But: It’s Limited to 3Gbps Ports Only
So try disconnect all your drives except your boot drive and plug that into one of your 6Gbps SATA ports and see if that fixes it.
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So try disconnect all your drives except your boot drive and plug that into one of your 6Gbps SATA ports and see if that fixes it.
Been there done that, didn't work, still freezes. Besides it's funny that I do got the same setup as Cez
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Just wanted to check in with my latest. My computer has been running like a champ since making those BIOS changes. Have not had a lockup since. FWIW, I have had the exact same lockup issue in the past on a different build. For that machine it was because I was running 4x1gb memory and the motherboard didn't support it. For anyone that is having the issue where your machine locks up during idle periods (my previous machine would lockup while idle even though I could play games on it all day), first check the RAM compatibility. Make sure your motherboard supports not just the type of RAM, but the configuration as well. Second, check your BIOS settings for memory. I'm convinced that my current problem was due to the settings in the memory profiler section that had somehow gotten set incorrectly. I'll try to confirm this, but it's difficult to make a sporadic bug appear on command :P Hope your answers are just a setting change away!
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Bartuskn: Interesting. What bios version do you currently have? If you upgraded bios did you notice any improvement?
Well i read about sata2 ports that may degrade after time, but i dont think its any problem for me at the moment. Im running my SSD disk in SATA3 port 0 and my HDD in SATA3 port 1, currently only have my dvd-drive in sata2 port 2.
Well the only changes ive done in bios so far is loading optimizied defaults and changing to ACHI. I guess i will try change some setting, tho do you really think i need to change memory frequencys? They are currently on default = Auto, and timing and volt seems right. (9-9-9-24 @ 1.5v)
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Bartuskn: Interesting. What bios version do you currently have? If you upgraded bios did you notice any improvement?
Well i read about sata2 ports that may degrade after time, but i dont think its any problem for me at the moment. Im running my SSD disk in SATA3 port 0 and my HDD in SATA3 port 1, currently only have my dvd-drive in sata2 port 2.
Well the only changes ive done in bios so far is loading optimizied defaults and changing to ACHI. I guess i will try change some setting, tho do you really think i need to change memory frequencys? They are currently on default = Auto, and timing and volt seems right. (9-9-9-24 @ 1.5v)
Currently using the F6a beta bios, and haven't changed any of the memory settings only set it to Profile 1 1600MHz. My SSD's are in raid0 on Sata3-0 and Sata3-1. Even if i dont connect any other hdd's or dvd-drive, it still freezes. But only IDLE i did the IntelBurn test on Very high and remained stable.
Only thing i got suggested by my supplier is to release the bios battery after switching off power, and put it back in.
I'm going back to the technical department of the supplier to let them test my config, perhaps to try another motherboard.
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Only thing i got suggested by my supplier is to release the bios battery after switching off power, and put it back in.
All he is suggesting is to clear the CMOS. If you want to try that do it this way.
Remove the power cable from the mains supply and then press the power switch on the case for a few seconds just to drain any residual energy in the PSU capacitors.
Once done remove the motherboard battery for at least ten minutes before replacing it.
Next plug back into the mains supply and boot.
You will now need to enter the BIOS by pressing DEL and load Opimised BIOS Defaults.
Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self and then press F10 to save and exit.
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I will try to update to F4 BIOS first and see if it makes any difference.
Another weird thing with my new system just happened, after turning it on i noticed i couldnt browse many websites, i got the "Not trusted connection in firefox" i looked up error code and it was because of wrong date. Then i saw that my pc had changed date from 2011-02-03 to 2000-02-03, i changed back and it worked fine. Any ideas why this happens?
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It has happened because the BIOS has reset. It has returned to it's default values by the looks of things. It's either that or the Backup BIOS has been copied across to the Main BIOS as it though it was corrupt.
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Well, thats weird. All i did was change HPET to 64 and ACPI-Suspend type to S1. I dont see why these would cause any errors. Now that i think about it this happened before, without changing any settings. Wouldnt i see during boot if BIOS loaded backup settings? as far as i could tell the boot sequence was normal. Perhaps this is just a Windows bug/error?
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Well the HPET is just the High Precision Event Timer and even though it should be set to 64 bit if you are using a 64 bit OS it really doesn't normaly make any difference. I can't really see what the ACPI would have to do with it either.
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Finally got back home yesterday and implemented omnidragon's settings, i.e. set memory to XMP
It's been running for last few hours with no problem. I'll keep it running over the weekend - fingers crossed this fixes things.
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Whoop!
Got through the whole weekend without any crashes :)
Changing the memory to XMP1 seems to have been the final piece of the puzzle.
Thanks omnidragon.
I still have disabled the USB3 ports and Marvell eSata.
Also Power Management set to S1
All wake up events disabled
But Turbo is now on, and is rock solid.
Now - just gotta wait for the new P67 boards to come out and replace it all anyway before my SATA Ports 2-5 die :(
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One last update.
I've upgraded BIOS to F8b
Use default optimal settings
Changed memory to XMP
Changed Power Management to S1 and not S3
left everything else default
System is rock solid and been running 48hrs now :)
Now just gotta wait for the B3 P67s to start appearing...
Thanks for the help guys...
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Well I am glad that you managed to get it all sorted at last. Good practice for your new board! ;D
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Problem solved, my wireless-n card was causing the problem in both pci-slots. (Was a Linksys WMP300n) Now I'm back with using a wireless-g card also from Linksys. Even a new card wasn't working correctly (WMP600n).
Still looking forward to get a RMA from my supplier for wrong chipset on the motherboard.
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Hopefully that won't be too long as I heard they are starting to ship this week from Intel.
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I have a similar system to DemoniK with a P67A-UD5 though. I am using 16GB of Corsair Vengeance 9-9-9-24 1600mhz, Windows 7 x64 Pro, and an i7 2600k. If I do not use the XMS1 profile in BIOS my system will hard lockup when idle. Also I've noticed when my memory is set to XMS1 1600mhz I lose full Turbo Boost capability. It will only boost to 3.5ghz at any time. If I turn off XMS1 it will allow me to boost to 3.6 and 3.7ghz as it is supposed to but I start getting freezes when system is idle. You can download the Intel Turbo Boost monitor at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3052&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=3052&DwnldID=19105&lang=eng)
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I would recommend making a note of the XMP settings and then turning it off and inputting them manually and increasing the memory voltage a touch to compensate for the extra loading on the memory controller for having all the slots filled.
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Hello every one.
I have a good one to run by you.
I have the following setup;
GA-P67A-UD3P: BIOS f7b.
2600K
DDR3 Corsair 2000MHz 2 X 4GB
Asus 6970 2GB
Corsair HX850W
3 x WD RE3 320GB 16MB Cache Drives in Raid 0
1 x 500GB WD Drive
Creative Extremegamer
Intel CT NIC PCIE X1
I've been having issues that I've seen people get close to talking about on here but not exactly the same word for word. I get lock ups when trying to access the BIOS screen to where I will press delete and it's noticied by the motherboard and it will stop right at the ACH1 screen of the Intel Raid Controller screen and it will just sit there all night long if I let it.
I'll reboot and try again and it will lock up agaion but this time before it gets to the controller screen, the screen will stay black and it never does anything after that. I'll reboot again and it will lock up again except this time it will give me funky characters on the screen or the screen will turn all green then boom it will reboot fail start over again until finally it lets me right in like nothing happened.
I also get this symptom when trying to press Alt+F12 to flash my backup BIOS.
I think that my boot block is bad on one of the chips or both but I mgiht be wrong.....
I'm currently running at 5GHz and the PC doesn't lock up on me during gaming or idling or anything funky like that..
Question that I'm sure will get asked answered right away. Yes I have flashed to every single BIOS all the way up through the ranks until I reached this one and every single one except f5 has done this behavior.. Now if I would have stayed on that BIOS longer, maybe it would have produced the same issue but it seemed to be the most stable one so far to me but again maybe I'm wrong there....
Is there a way to flash the BIOS and deffinatelly wipe over the old boot block so I can see if that stops this issue? Thanks.
Also I'll note that the manual set voltage option in the BIOS seems really quarky compared to the get vid option.
Thanks again.
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.
As you have now updated the BIOS from the original buggy one I would suggest using QFlash or even FlashSPI to flash it again and then syncronise the two versions.
The first thing to do is go to the Gigabyte wesite and find the "Support and Downloads" section
(http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/support-downloads.aspx).
Select your motherboard and revision number which can be found printed on the bottom left corner of the motherboard.
Click on the "BIOS" tab. This will take you to the BIOS versions download page.The newest BIOS versions are at the top of the page.
Click on your region under the "Download Here" section heading. A dialogue box will then pop up asking what you want to do with this file.
Click on "save" and note where you are saving it to.
Take a USB pendrive and make sure it is formatted with a FAT32 file system. If the file ends with .exe run it, or if it is a zip file Unzip it, and save the files (usually contains 3 files) that you just expanded to the Boot sector or a folder of your choice on this drive and insert the pendrive into a USB port.
Re-boot.
Press the"End" key as the computer is POSTing and you will be taken into the BIOS flashing utility "Q-Flash".
At the QFlash homescreen disable the Keep DMI Data option before proceeding.
From there just follow the prompts to find your file and DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER under any circumstances. It will look for the pendrive with the file on it and use that to update the BIOS.
One thing to note is that the pendrive may show up as a floppy or hard disk instead of a USB drive. Once it has completed you can reboot.
We have since found out that the problem with getting some motherboards to "see" the USB drive is a case of using as small a drive as possible, well at least under 2Gb, and even then some will be seen and some won't. Just a matter of luck.
Next sync the two BIOSes.
Go into the BIOS and on the MAIN page press F9 for system info. You should see both BIOS versions listed, if they do not match please update the backup BIOS to match the current.
To do that, reboot and where you would normally press DEL to enter the BIOS, instead press Alt + F12, this will flash the Backup BIOS with the MAIN BIOS contents. Do not worry when you see a recovery comment, that is normal and means it is flashing the backup BIOS.
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Lol, you really went in to a trance there with that write up ;D. I figured ok, so he wants me to re-flash both BIOS again but this time I'll use Q Flash right? I go to flash it and it says the following.
" Checksum = EE00
Are you sure to Flash still? "
Which is great English grammar by the way lol.
Should I continue with the flash or will it brick it?
I've been googling the code and haven't turned up anything on it.. I don't want to brick the board if it's warning me of a potential serious issue.
Update:
I went ahead and updated it after seeing some one post that their Checksum was just telling them that it was a different checksum and they were fine. It still exhibits the same behavior as before yes, I updated the backup BIOS.
The problem is though that when I go to flash the backup BIOS with the defaults loaded I never actually get in to the backup BIOS flash part because it keeps asking me what is my boot drive. It won't let me around this. I even chose a drive for it to just shut up and it fails to load the operating system of course, and it reboots after i hit enter and does it all over again.
I go in to the BIOS setup and enable Raid and it's fine but I'm starting to wonder if that is the part messing me up TBH.
There's no way around it if it is...
Any way,tell me what you think at this point and thank you.
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Well it should enable you to flash the Backup BIOS with the Main BIOS before booting from the boot drive anyway.
Boot and where you would normally press DEL to enter the BIOS, instead press Alt + F12, this will flash the Backup BIOS with the MAIN BIOS contents.
I wouldn't have thought that the RAID would have had any effect on it to be fair.
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Nope it will ignore me every ingle last time until I change it to be raid. It won't let me do it without doing that first. I even tried pressing tab to get the post screen to come up then did Alt+ F12 and that didn't work either. Clearing the CMOS does nothing..It's running but I don't think it's running correctly based opn hows it's acting. Funny thing is that even after doing all that it still gave me funky characters and wouldn't let me in to the BIOS setup screen at first.... Both BIOS are currently reflashed but the issue is still there and the issue with the Raid is just silly.
Tell me what you think and thank you for your help so far.
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I take it that your keyboard is working on boot as some especially USB ones don't always ?
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I have a G15 which is USB but yes it works without a hitch as far as I can tell.
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It might be worth trying a PS2 one if you can lay your hands on one. They are always preferable for this type of thing.
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I'll give that a go later when I get home and see if it makes a difference or not and I'll post back what happens. I appreciate your help. Funny thing is that the motherboard is still chugging away at 5GHz without a hitch lol. If it still exhibits the behavior perhaps I should open a ticket with Gigabyte and see if they have any sugegstions, maybe they can send me a BIOS to resolve the issue a bet that is..
Thanks again.
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Well it certainly wouldn't hurt and it normally takes a few days to get an answer so the sooner the better.
Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS http://ggts.gigabyte.com/
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I used the ps2 keyboard earlier and it was able to finally get in to the backup flash on BIOS defaults. I went ahead and flashed both BIOS but I noticed that I still I got the Checksum = EE00 error warning message asking me if I was sure I wanted to flash when starting the main BIOS flash through Q-Flash.
I wish the >:( I could find an explanation of the codes QFlash throws some where. I looked and looked and looked again still, I turned up nothing. I'm pretty good at Googling things to so.
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Does it actually say "error" or are you just assuming it's an error as it comes up as a display ?
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No it's an actual error that pops up and says the before mentioned.
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Have you downloaded and used the latest @BIOS off the website for the update ? Because this will happen otherwise for the first time.
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Yep that's how I flashed the main BIOS the first four times or five times. I was messing around with it trying to get it to stop acting funky on me.
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I guessed that but thought I should make sure before going on.
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np, again the help is greatly appreciated.
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Well assuming that the BIOS is not bulls***ting you about it being an incompatible version that you are trying to install maybe it is correct but corrupt. Try downloading it from another site (TweakTown or Taiwan) and then run the update with FlashSPI or QFlash. Once you have done that try synchronising the two BIOSes again.
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I got it from tweaktown. I've used all three.Honestly, I probably spent a good part of five days working on it or six TBH. I think I've settled for a little while at 4.5GHz now too because it was just acting to dang flaky on me. I think it might be just a piece, or the BIOS needs to be worked over once again by their team one of the two.
I loved my P45-UD3P I was running which I still have by thew way. This one is far from the quality of that one at this point IMO. I was looking for the UD7 and they were already yanked off the shelves.
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Well as far as I know Intel has already started shipping the replacement chips and so hopefully it won't be too much of a hiatus before the boards are back for sale again.
They are working on the BIOSes at the moment.
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I've experienced random locks (pretty fast on heavy prime95 test) until I downed my memory from 1600 to 1333. Everything is just fine after that.
No matter what I've tried, I was unable to run this motherboard with 1600Mhz RAM (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX = Kingston 2x4 kit, 9-9-9-27)
Manually set timings, tried 1.64 -> 1.7 voltages, T2 etc etc. No luck. But it's rock solid @ 1333.
ps. tried F7E BIOS is well, different dimm sockets to be used - nothing helped.
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Hi
Well the first thing is the memory listed as compatible for this motherboard in the QVL ?
Try running Memtest on it properly like so:
I would suggest that you download and run the latest version of Memtest86+ to check your RAM first.
Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/
Insert one stick of memory in slot 1 and run Memtest on it for at least 10 complete loops/cycles 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.