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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: madsff on April 19, 2011, 08:36:57 am
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Hi,
Im new to this forum but Ive experienced a problem that I cant get around.
My setup is:
7GB 1366mhz DDR3
iCore 3,06ghz
ATI 5770 Series.
The problem comes up when im booting with a USB stick / disk connected to the computer. Its freezing on the boot logo and if I wait to plug it in after i press F12 (to enter boot menu) its stopping as well. I "LOADED OPTIMZED DEFAULTS" as well but no result. The funny thing is that when i unplugg the usb disk its booting as normal into win7. Have anyone experienced / heard about this problem? Would be great to fix it.
Thanks,
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Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte forum.
Have you enabled USB Legacy Devices and USB Legacy Storage in the BIOS ?
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No, i havent. Will try that solution when im coming home in a few hours.
Thanks for the tip, ill keep you posted.
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You will need to have them enabled for the machine to be able to see them at boot otherwise until Windows loads the drivers they are invisible.
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Yeah, but the problem (as mentioned) is that everything is freezing when i have a usb stick / ext. HDD plugged to the computer true USB.
It wont let me go into BIOS or iether do the memory test on powering.
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Yes quite. If you are telling the machine to boot from a USB device and then it cant find it that is probably what is causing the freeze. Anyway try it and we can go from there. ;)
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Sure thing!
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Well, I tried to enable the things you metioned without any result. I also tried to flash BIOS using @BIOS without any results. Its still freezing when any usb stick / flashdrive is connected to the computer. It will freeze whenever i insert the USB drive / sitck.
Any other suggestion? I tried to reset the cmos as well.
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Would you mind listing yopur components again as you made a mistake in the first list.
You put 7GB memory and didn't say which processor it was just that it was 3.06Ghz
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Sure, my config is:
MOBO: GA-EX58-UD3R 1.6 Rev
MEMORY; 7 GB (mixed producers, but they work flawlessly)
CPU: Intel Core i7 Quad Processor i7-950 = 3,06GHZ
GRAPHICS: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
BIOS version; FI
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I know we are not looking at the memory but you have different sizes as well as different makes. This is not advisable and I am really surprised that they work at all. You would normally expect to use a matched kit of three identical modules. :o
You say everything is working fine apart from when you try and boot from a USB pendrive ?
What was the original reason for wanting to boot from the USB ?
Have you tried other USB pendrives ?
What size is the drive ?
When you tried to use @BIOS from within Windows exactly what failed ?
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I know we are not looking at the memory but you have different sizes as well as different makes. This is not advisable and I am really surprised that they work at all. You would normally expect to use a matched kit of three identical modules. Shocked
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Haha, I know. Didnt expect that combination to work at all!! :o
You say everything is working fine apart from when you try and boot from a USB pendrive ?
Correct, only when haveing a flashdrive / stick etc connected to it.
What was the original reason for wanting to boot from the USB ?
To install OSX86 in a combination with Win7 (dual-boot). Which again uses linux to boot into the to "mac enviroment".
Have you tried other USB pendrives ?
Multiple.
What size is the drive ?
16gb.
When you tried to use @BIOS from within Windows exactly what failed ?
Nothing failed, updated as normal but it didnt help on the problem regarding the freezing.
And to the bottom line, this isnt a HUGE problem. More irritating.
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Well from that all I could realy make out that could be the problem is that as we have noticed in the past some drives are not readilly compatible with the system. Often it will work on a smaller drive even when a big one wont. I would suggest trying on a 2 or 4 GB drive and see if that works.
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Yeah, that would probaly solve it.
Im gonna try that tomorrow as post a result here.
Thanks for the hlep so far!
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You are welcome and I will look forward to hearing how it goes. ;)
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Hi Dark,
Sorry for the late reply.
Have had realy much to do lately so I havent had time to check anything.
Alltho, as I mentioned I flashed my Bios using the windows program which made a new problem. The MB wont boot anymore. Do you have a quick solution for that problem? Remember reading something that the MB have dual bios in case these things happens.
Thanks.
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Hi
So you have now learned that it isn't a good idea to use @BIOS then? ;)
Try this although it might take a few goes to get it right.
You can kick in the backup BIOS by shutting down the PSU from the wall, then hold down your case power button in and then turn on the power supply button, a few seconds later the board will start, shut off the power supply then. Then you can turn on the power supply again and power up the board normally and DualBIOS will kick in.