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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: Berrinchez on May 20, 2010, 03:48:16 am
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Hello guys, I need help whit my motherboard ,
this is my first time getting a Gigabyte motherboard ,
I have the GA-890GPA-UD3H Model .
a AMD 965 x4 Phenom II black edition ,
Ram Corsair XMS3 DDR3 mod # TW3X4G1333C9 like the one below
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4505190&csid=_21
and 2 sata HD GB gigas each one identical
the problem is the can't install any operating system XP, VISTA, or 7
the installation stops or freeze , and nothing happen , just still like that installing or formatting and never finishing ,
I try just whit one hard drive , y exchange HD . change optical drives ,
I disconnected USB , speakers etc .. and nothing change
I try using a RAID 3.0 or 3.1 or just regular installation and nothing
I don't know whats wrong ?
some friend say is the RAM .and I try using just One at time and replace one for other.. and the same happen
probably the ram is not compatible whit this Motherboard !
but before i want to now before expend another 100s for another RAM model
Any Idea whats wrong ? ???
many thanks in advance
and I'm sorry for my bad English ;D
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Hi,
Although the problem could be due to the memory there are other factors that could also be causing this issue.
Can you post details of your PSU and also the make and model number of your Hard-drives? Sometimes, if your hard-drives are "Green" or Energy Saving" problems with the OS install can occur so if you are using this type of HDD this could be the problem.
I would advise starting off with only the bare minimum of components within the build. Check that you have mounted your motherboard properly and that you are not getting any electrical shorts. Install your DVD/CD drive, 1 HDD and 1 stick of RAM. Double check your Mobo revision number (1.0 or 2.0) then check that your BIOS is up to date (Even with new boards the BIOS can still be out of date).
In BIOS load Optimized Defaults then try to install OS again.
Hope this helps
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you are not using a Blu-Ray drive are you?
reason being, some Blu Ray drives have taken an extra 20 mins to install the o/s
at the part where it is expanding files/copying files it just sits, there,
at first I thought the initial machine was broken, but after going to make a cuppa to end the rage :) I got back to the machine to find it had continued.
the only other time I saw a freezing mobo recently was an MSI with the 770 chipset, it just hated Crucial Value ram, but was happy with Crucial Ballistix (go figure)
(all the ram tested fine on the gigabyte board!!! :) )
anyway good luck
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you are not using a Blu-Ray drive are you?
reason being, some Blu Ray drives have taken an extra 20 mins to install the o/s
at the part where it is expanding files/copying files it just sits, there,
at first I thought the initial machine was broken, but after going to make a cuppa to end the rage :) I got back to the machine to find it had continued.
the only other time I saw a freezing mobo recently was an MSI with the 770 chipset, it just hated Crucial Value ram, but was happy with Crucial Ballistix (go figure)
(all the ram tested fine on the gigabyte board!!! :) )
anyway good luck
No , is just a regular CD Room and I try whit others optical drives like DVD-RW, I change 3 times and all tested over other machine
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Hi,
Although the problem could be due to the memory there are other factors that could also be causing this issue.
Can you post details of your PSU and also the make and model number of your Hard-drives? Sometimes, if your hard-drives are "Green" or Energy Saving" problems with the OS install can occur so if you are using this type of HDD this could be the problem.
I would advise starting off with only the bare minimum of components within the build. Check that you have mounted your motherboard properly and that you are not getting any electrical shorts. Install your DVD/CD drive, 1 HDD and 1 stick of RAM. Double check your Mobo revision number (1.0 or 2.0) then check that your BIOS is up to date (Even with new boards the BIOS can still be out of date).
In BIOS load Optimized Defaults then try to install OS again.
Hope this helps
No is Not a green I hate those Hard drves to much probnlems .. is just a regular HD Western Digital Cavier Black edition ATA 500 G 7200/32MB
and the 2 hard drives tested over my other machine and runs perfect
and I try instating just one thing at time whit no extras , just ONE HDand one ram at time , exchange one for the other .. and still the same
never finish installing or formatting , last time I just let go and after 8 hours approximately of instating just stop
My bios version is 1.0 and in the site shows a new version 2.0 , then i gona try updating the bios ..
:D
absic115 and bofh1971
Many Thanks for responding