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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: DEW1859 on April 16, 2010, 04:14:05 pm

Title: GA-X58A-UD3R POST Problems
Post by: DEW1859 on April 16, 2010, 04:14:05 pm

Just set up the computer a couple of weeks ago. Worked fine until this past weekend. I was working on a short video file and got a BSOD. Rebooted, but the Computer would not P.O.S.T. Reset the bios on the back of the motherboard, but that didn't work.
Then Sunday morning I took out the cmos battery, waited one minute and replaced it. CMOS was reset and computer booted fine.
Monday evening, All I get is the Gigabyte splash screen and it never goes any further. Tried resetting cmos and replacing the battery again, but nothing works now. Does this indicate a bad motherboard?
Update: I was finally able to reach someone at tech support and I was able to get the machine to POST and he suggested that I upgrade the bios to F5 which I did. 15 minutes later I get a BSOD. I reset the cmos settings to "Failsafe" mode and used the rest of the evening with no BSOD, but I'm not sure if I am running at optimum speed.  Any suggestions like memory timings that may be causing problems?
_{GA-X58A-UD3R
Intel Core i7-930 Processor
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)
Thermaltake TR2 W0366RU 700W ATX 12V v2.2
OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB (SSD)
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA
GIGABYTE GV-N95TOC-1GI GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2
Rosewill RCX-SC1U-1366 70mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis}

Title: Re: GA-X58A-UD3R POST Problems
Post by: scjet on April 18, 2010, 02:30:10 am

 Hi,
 there's a few posts regarding bsod's issues and memory configs/timings around here, but it appears that the ud3r's seem a little bit picky regrading memory?
 In my case, just lately, I had my i930 OC'd to 3.66 GHz, and my G.Skill tri-channels running at 1333Mhz, every once in awhile the Memory sets itself back down to 1066, so I set my memory timings up,  to post at 1666Mhz and haven't ANY problems at all -works great now.

 anyhow, It sounds like you set defauts in your BIOS to "Optimzed defaults". If so, and your using windows, you can try Giga's Overclock utility -Easy Tune 6, http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Utility_List.aspx
 or whatever the latest is.
 http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/Motherboard/Utility_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Utility&FileID=86
 It OC's safely. Either way, its a good tool to see your timings...
 I used it to get my i930 to easily clock an i975, afterwards I went back in BIOS and got even more out of it.
 Hopefully, that'll help.
 anyway, it worked for me.
GL

Title: Re: GA-X58A-UD3R POST Problems
Post by: rabeel on April 20, 2010, 04:36:58 am

I've had all those problems, and after numerous Q/A with gigabyte they finally told me to RMA it.

Title: Re: GA-X58A-UD3R POST Problems
Post by: DEW1859 on December 14, 2010, 04:04:01 am

Figured it out
Unplugged a usb card reader and it booted fine.

Title: Re: GA-X58A-UD3R POST Problems
Post by: Dark Mantis on December 14, 2010, 08:25:02 am

Hi
That must be the longest bootup in history...8 months!!  ;D