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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: yiso on September 02, 2011, 03:55:43 am
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Hello folks,
Am getting some problems here with my MA790FXT-UD5P. For some reason, after updating my BIOS from F5 to F8n using @BIOS software, the machine suddenly restarts after 2 to 3 hours from the first boot. After it does, no error messages appears to me ( like blue screen with error numbers).
Any help?
AMD 955 @ Default clock
MA790FXT-UD5P
OCZ AMD BE 4GB @ Default clock
OCZ Vertex2
Tt 750W
Regards,,,
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Go back 1 bios if you can and see if the problem persist. Could be a bad bios flash or hardware conflict with new bios or a setting in the new bios causing problems. Easiest way to sort it is load the bios before f8n and see what happens.
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I resorted my BIOS to the factory version , which is F5 ( May 2009 version). I been running Prim95 for some time now and nothing serious happened.
It could have been a bad BIOS update. How can I get it right ?
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I think maybe try to flash BIOS again but download it again as new(maybe different site or from Gigabyte site) and don't use @Bios to flash.
Use Qflash with USB stick.
Check this FAQ thread: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2441.0.html
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I just flashed it back to F8n using Qflash .. it was painless than I expected ;D ;D
Now here are things I made so far:
1- I switch the SATA type to AHCI and As type SATA , as Iam running OCZ vertex2
2- I switched the priority option 1 2 and 3 to disable.
3- I left all options under M.T.I as default for now. I usually under volt my CPU from 1.345 to 1.275 ( been running just fine for a year on old BIOS)
Anything I made wrong? or could be improved ?
Regards,,,
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You might want to check on the firmware versions of your OCZ SSD as they used to have a problem with Gigabyte motherboards and needed flashing to the latest firmware to fix it.
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Just flashed it to 1.33
(http://i55.tinypic.com/29oio7r.jpg)
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Hopefully that might have a positive impact on your issue but please keep us in the loop. ;)
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Will do
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Not sure why this is happening agian, but it just rebooted by itself while I was playing some COD6 >:(
Regards,,,
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If it happens for no apparent reason especially when playing a game or some heavy workload check all your temperatures and see if any are to high.
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They never exceed 50C ,as I rump my fans up . Plus I got a H100 with four fans in PP ;)
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They never exceed 50C ,as I rump my fans up . Plus I got a H100 with four fans in PP ;)
When you say "They never exceed 50C" what do you mean by "they" ? Also what is the H100 cooling in total ?
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They = cores
Corsair H100 , comes with Dual 120MM radiator. Installed 4 fans in total for push/pull
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Yes I am familiar with the Corsair H100 cooler but wasn't sure what you were referring to at the time. So you are saying the CPU cores all stay below 50C ?
What graphics card are you using ?
How is that cooled ?
What temperature is your Northbridge ? And motherboard ?
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Am using Sapphire HD5850 with default stock cooler on it
Temp on MoB are arranging between 30-35c , reaching around 40 while playing some serious games i.e. Crysis2 and COD6
I think something is wrong with my motherboard, I reflashed the BIOS back to the factory BIOS version F5 and it just restarted .. AGAIN after like 2 hours from booting into Windows !!
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Hi there,
could you post back with your full system specs and also, if possible, what controllers you are using for which devices?
If you are not using a Floppy drive try disabling that in BIOS as this can sometimes cause these kind of problems.
If you have a DVD/CD Drive attached to a SATA port in AHCI Mode, try reconfiguring your system so that it is being controlled in IDE mode as some devices have issues when running in AHCI.
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Hello,
AMD PhentomII X4 955 3.2Ghz
MA790FXT-UD5P , currently on F5 version
OCZ Black Edition DDR3 1600Mhz 4GB
OCZ Vertex2 as bootdrive
WD Black 1TB for storage
Tt 750W
I had just disabled the Flobby , Onboard IDE Controller and I restored my SATA mode from AHCI to IDE just to see if it will work fine
How to make the DVD runs as IDE and not SATA ?
Regards,,,
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I read your basic system specs from your first post but do you have any other HDD's attached to your system?
Are you running a RAID Array?
If you only have the SSD, 1XHDD and DVD/CD drive then I would set the system up like this.
Attach the SSD to SATA2_0 and the HDD to SATA2_1
Attach the DVD/CD Drive to GSATA2_0
In BIOS set the OnChip SATA Controller to enabled and the OnChip SATA type to AHCI. As no other devices are being attached you can leave the OnChip SATA Port4/5 Type at its default setting.
For the Onboard GSATA-II Ctrl set it to enabled and the GSATA-II Ctrl Mode to IDE. This will make sure your DVD/CD Drive is running in IDE mode.
These settings assume that you have already installed your Operating System in AHCI Mode for the SSD but, if you have installed it in IDE Mode, then you will need to either tweak the registry to allow for AHCI Mode BEFORE you make the changes in BIOS and reconfigure your hardware or do a clean reinstall of the OS in AHCI mode.
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Will follow that and will come back for results
Just for nothing, where can I find the SATA2_0 and SATA2_1 .. I know they are the blue ones but I can see the two text written on the board in front of the sata port but cant really know which one is 0 or which one is 1
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(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2818/sataports.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/sataports.png/)
These are the two SATA Ports I would use for the SSD and HDD (SATA2_0 should be the bottom one)
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All done boss ;D
One thing I noted , on the screen where says ' AHCI Driver inti' the SSD came second after my WD 1TB harddrive .. is that normal ?
Regards,,,
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I think I should place the SSD on the top one as port 0 and the hard on the bottom as port 1
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Hi
I think you will find that absic is correct and the bottom one is SATA2_0. It really won't make any difference though anyway. 0 or 1 it will work the same. Often it is just down to the way Gigabyte uses the BIOS numbering system.
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For some reason , when I tried to hock up my DVD burner into the JM332 SATA port, the BIOS didnt post .. the Gigabyte picture on the start didn't even move .. anything wrong ?
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Yes, sounds like something is wrong if you can't get past the POST screen.
First thing to do is test the DVD Drive on another controller. To do this go back into BIOS and change the setting for Onchip SATA Port 4/5 to IDE Then connect the DVD drive to one of the SATA2 ports number 4 or 5. Try to REBOOT and see what happens.
When you flashed the firmware on the SSD did you remove all the other SATA devices?
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The BIOS posted after I hocked up the DVD burner into the SATA port 4
no I didnt, I left everything in and I used the OCZ Toolbox Windows Edition and I downloaded the update and it asked for a restart and vooola .. it's up one level!
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OK, for future reference, if you are updating the Firmware on any device, SSD, HDD, DVD that is connected by SATA it is safer to remove the other devices from the system first as sometimes, the Firmware Flashing Process can affect other SATA devices.
I'm not sure why the system won't fire up with the DVD drive attached to the GSATA Port but this could be something to do with the F8n Beta BIOS. That said, if evertthing settles down now and runs as it should, I wouldn't flash back to the F7 but just keep in mind that you could have an issue when you try to use the GSATA Ports.
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I will keep testing my machine for tonight .. if things run fine then I will stay on F5. Only difference I noted in updating to F8n is the very fast Posting process and even a slight improvement in booting the windows. Actual performance inside Windows didn't change really. On and all , I noted a faster start and shutdowns and faster posting.
Regards,,,
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One thing might be worth just checking is if there is a disk in the drive. Also what is the boot process priority set to.
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I made the 1st priority set to harddrive and the rest are disabled. the harddrive priority itself is set A. SSD B. WD C.bootable addon cards
Regards,,,
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the computer just restarted .. once again , after 2 HOURS of booting .. I feel there is a ghost inside there :-\
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Try clearing the CMOS totally, follow these instructions:
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 one hour 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 Optimised BIOS Defaults.
Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self like disabling the floppy drive, disabling the full screen logo and making the HDD the primary boot device and then press F10 to save and exit.
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I done that , let's see if it will reboot once again !
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Not joy .. just rebooted on me
What really kills me is that this reboot is happening only after 2 hours on booting .. can someone explain ???
Anyway, am sending my MoB for RMA!
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Yes I think that is probably the best course of action.
It might be worth just in case it is a software fault turning off the Reboot option in Windows.
First thing I would advise you to do would be to go to Control Panel/System Properties/Advanced System Settings/Advanced tab/Startup and Recovery/Settings and untick the box marked Automatically restart and then OK.
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My MoB is back from Gigabyte local support center and the same problem happened again. Am opening up a thread in OCZ support forums coz it might be the SSD!
Regards,,
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Yes good idea as certain OCZ SSDs in the past have caused problems with Gigabyte motherboards, usually I think solved by a firmware fix.
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That was the fastest RMA ever, sent in on a sunday and back on a tuesday. My RMA with gigabyte took about two weeks some people have all the luck.
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That was the fastest RMA ever, sent in on a sunday and back on a tuesday. My RMA with gigabyte took about two weeks some people have all the luck.
Yes I noticed that too. Somehow I doubt that it ever got past the retailer. Maybe they had a look, a quick test and returned it. ::)
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I think it was all about the OS .. I re-installed the Windows and it seems to be stable so far.
One thing I noticed, when I Tried to change the mode from Native IDE to AHCI and rebooted ,and during the start of the windows the system goes on blue screen and restart. It's only working fine on IDE.
Personally I cant notice any performance difference. So do I stay on IDE or shall I do something to make work on AHCI ?
P.S: whats the differences between ?
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Hi there,
if you installed the OS in IDE Mode you can't just change the controller to AHCI Mode, as you have discovered. This is due to the way that Windows is installed. You can change to AHCI Mode though so all is not lost but it requires a registry tweak to get things working.
AHCI stand for Advance Host Controller Interface. AHCI is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA (SATA) devices (such as host bus adapters) that are designed to offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers, such as:
•Hot-Plugging
•Native Command Queuing (NCQ) -might improve computer/system/hard disk responsiveness, especially in multi-tasking environment
Instruction: The detailed steps from Microsoft website for switching to AHCI Mode after an IDE install are as follows:
•Exit all Windows-based programs.
•Press [Win] + R or take the RUN option from the start menu.
•Now type regedit there and press Enter Key to open up the Registry Editor Window.
•If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
•Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\msahci
•In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
•In the Value data box, type 0 [3 is default], and then click OK.
•On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.
• Restart your computer
• Go to BIOS and enable AHCI, Save & Reboot
• Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.
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Brilliant!
but is it going to provide a boost in performance or will keep my SSD healthy ? What's the reason of switching to AHCI?
Regards,,,
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AHCI gives a performance boost as well as allowing NCQ. It will support TRIM for your SSD as well and if you needed it then you could use the Hot Swap capability. Generally better all round.
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You probably won't see much improvement in overall performance, with regards to speeds, but AHCI Mode is better for your SSD as it will pass TRIM commands, which will help keep the SSD clean and functioning as it should.
EDIT: Just beat me to that DM!
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Done boss!
i had another question , why don't I move my only storage harddrive to port 5 or 6 and run it as IDE .. would that cause any problems ? or would it make any difference ?
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Moving the storage drive to one of the other ports and running it in IDE mode shouldn't cause a problem but, being honest, it is probably better to leave it where it is and running in AHCI mode.
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Brilliant!
Thanks to all of you guys to help me out in this problem! I really appreciate your kind help
Regards,,,