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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: fatbobuk on August 20, 2010, 06:02:09 pm
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Have been having major problems with this board
With delivery BIOS FA ran and overclocked great except for disappearing RAM 6Gb with 4Gb usable
BIOS FB11 Beta ran very very slow on boot up if it booted at all and couldnt access overclocking options
SO returned to FA
BIOS FB16 Beta exactly the same as FB11 but after a lot of grief and aggro and about 2 hrs it eventually booted , but cannot access OC options.
I had to update BIOS thro @BIOS because i dont have a floppy drive. ANY help or ideas ?????
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Hi and welcome to the forum. Do not use @BIOS in Windows it is far to risky. Use Q-Flash in the BIOS instead. If you are unsure on the procedure check out our FAQ section here: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2441.0.html
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Thanks for the info
Tried this method but still had problems
Managed to get into OC menus tho
Booted OK after some tweaking
Will try it out tomorrow properly
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Please list all your hardware and OS for next time. ;)
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Windows 7 64 bit
X58 udr3 ver2
6Gb Corsair Dominator ddr3 ram
Zotac GTX 480
Asus 8800GT
Core i7 930 with Titan Fenrir cooler
3 HDD's various sizes etc
Returned bios to FA ( original ) cause of problems with FB11 and FB16 bios's
I have tried implimenting them the other way aswell but major boot problems / issues
To boot it takes for ever to even detect the drives then goes into a boot cycle getting slower and slower
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Can I just clarify that the motherboard is a GA-X58A-UD3R revision 2.0
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Yes it is a x58a-ud3r Ver 2
Thanks
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I know that you are into overclocking and that's cool but I would reset everything back to the optimised defaults until you have cleared up any problems. Once you're sure that the system is stable you can start playing with the settings.
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System runs stable at default with FA bios axcept for the disappearing ram
System runs stable overclocked to 4Ghz with FA bios except for disappearing ram
With FB11 or FB16 bios's the system will not boot or takes a very long time
It is now all at default settings with FA bios and running sweet except only 4Gb is usable out of the 6Gb
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With FB11 or FB16 bios's the system will not boot or takes a very long time
It is now all at default settings with FA bios and running sweet except only 4Gb is usable out of the 6Gb
If you updated the BIOS now at defaults would it not be stable? I have only seen two reasons for your problem and those are either bent pins on the CPU socket or the BIOS needed updating.
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Reset everything to defaults on BIOS FA
Booted to windows OK
Using FLASHQ updated to Fb16 BIOS
If it boots to windows it takes about 10 minutes
If it doesnt boot to windows if BSOD with PAGE ERROR
Once up and running everyrthing is good. 6Gb of ram and performance is good.
Have tried to BOOT 5 times now and 10 mins is the average
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Is there any specific place it hangs on when booting?
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Pauses before memory check
Pauses before disc/ide drive ckeck
Pauses before DMA update ? not sure if thats correct
Pauses Before Windows Starting to load screen
Pauses at Windows Starting screen
Once into WIndows it is great.
Non of this happens in FA Bios in default or overclocked
But same happens in Fb11 and Fb16
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Have you got quick boot enabled?
Make sure anything that it looks for that you don't have is disabled too. ie drives, floppy, etc
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not got quick boot enabled ?
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In "Advanced BIOS Features"/ Quick Boot/ enable
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No i havent....should I ?
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Yes definitley once you have everything running right. It will shorten the boot time considerably. ;)
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Had to resort back to FA
BIOS is very sluggish in Fb11 and Fb16
Cannot access half the features
Booting takes 10 mins
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You can still enable quick boot in FA. Not that it helps cure your problem just thought I would mention it. I would be inclined to load the newer BIOS and then trim it right down to the barest necessities and see how it went. More play time ;D
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Cannot trim anything.
Cannot access half the features or settings
The BIOS locks up/freezes
If I press any key before the memory test has completed it crashes and loops round to start of BIOS
If I press any key after memory check then the BIOS is extremely LAGGY and very very slow either in its own functions or if I try to alter any settings.
SO I either use FA and have 4Gb of ram or I use Fb16 which takes 12 minutes to boot if at all but I have 6Gb of ram
This to be honest is very very frustrating, ive never had these problems even with a 680i board i used which were famous for problems
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Anyone help with this ?
Anyone using Fb 16 ?
Or Fb11 ????
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Can I just clarify that the motherboard is a GA-X58A-UD3R revision 2.0
Thanks for clearing that up Dark, that UDR3 thing was throwing me off bigtime! Im thinking my BIOS flash problems aren't as bad as his.
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Can I just clarify that the motherboard is a GA-X58A-UD3R revision 2.0
Thanks for clearing that up Dark, that UDR3 thing was throwing me off bigtime! Im thinking my BIOS flash problems aren't as bad as his.
Happy to be able to help. Yes big problems hasn't he?
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Cannot trim anything.
Cannot access half the features or settings
The BIOS locks up/freezes
If I press any key before the memory test has completed it crashes and loops round to start of BIOS
If I press any key after memory check then the BIOS is extremely LAGGY and very very slow either in its own functions or if I try to alter any settings.
SO I either use FA and have 4Gb of ram or I use Fb16 which takes 12 minutes to boot if at all but I have 6Gb of ram
I have just been re-reading your thread bob, and just noticed that you are running two graphics cards. Have you tried removing one of them I would suggest the 480 and then trying to boot? Also what PSU is powering all this?
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it is a 1050watt OCZ one
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Oh, yes. Plenty of power then. I would still try removing the graphics card and see if it makes any difference. There have been problems with these cards in the past.
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TRied removing the 8800GT
And still same problems with Fb16
Returned to FA
WIll try taking the GTX480 out tomorrow and put the 8800 GT back
Why would I be able to return to FA no problems if this was causing the problems ????
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There has been problems with the firmware on these cards and maybe it is conflicting with the newer BIOS.
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OK tried with just 8800GT and tried with just GTX480 still cannot get Fb16 to function properly
FA works great with both or either card except for the ram problem
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Sorry Bob, I think it's time to resort to GGTS and see if they can come up with some minor miracle :-\ It would seem to be a badly written BIOS problem but with only the two options there isn't much hope at the moment. Maybe they can get on and rewrite it to fix the bug. I am just surprised that I haven't heard of anyone else complaining of the same problem.
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Thanks for your time and effort though
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No problem, you're always welcome. Please let us know the outcome to your problem.
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Just popped into forun as nothing better to do and readthis thread. You have almost exactly the same symptoms as I had especially the missing ran and the rebooting problem. I got that when I rearranged the ram into different slots.
The cure was that I took out the cpu and found bent pins,
Teased them back into place with needle.
Rebuilt pc all ram was now reading ok in bios and in the correct slots. and no more problems.
I would honestly take a look, yes I know everything tells you its not that because you can read the ram with all the software tools like easy tune & CPZ but that exactly why I am answering. Its exactly the same only mt board was Rev 1.0
Dark Mantis suggested this early on for me also but that was the cure.
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OK removed cooler and CPU
NO bent pins or anything untowards
Re installed CPU and cooler
Booted into FA BIOS OK
Installed BIOS Fb16 with QFlash AGAIN
Still very very Sluggish took 10 mins to boot
If I press any key on keyboard before 30-45 seconds BIOS crashes and re-starts
If i wait then boots very very very slowly
Restored to BIOS FA
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Really weird Bob. I am at a loss as to the answer. I think it is going to have top be a RMA. I don't like to be beaten but you have to know when to give up. Sorry mate.
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Still not heard back from Gigabyte service either ???
Dont want to be without mobo for 6 weeks like last time i RMA'd something
May have to buy a ASUS board or something even though I hate to be beaten by something
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The trouble is , Bob that it really doesn't matter which company you buy from they all have their own problems. I always swore by Asus but then had a load of trouble and came over to Gigabyte.
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OK I seem to have made a little step
After a tip on another forum about QFLASH i reflashed
After I reflashed I cleared the CMOS
This time a screen came up about what prfile to load " PROFILE1" was the only one or I could enter SETUP or continue to boot
I continued to BOOT and It flew through so fast to Windows load it was unbelievable.
Windows ran true aswell.
SO I turned PC off and tried to turn on again This time It was very Sluggish again.
I turned off PC again cleared CMOS again this time chose SETUP. BIOS setup came up with all options including OC options accessible.
I saved and exited.
Windows booted great and fast again.
Turned the PC off and restarted and yet again VERY VERY Sluggish 10 min boot.
Cleared the CMOS again hit f1 to continue to boot WIndows boot flew through again and here I am ??????
Does this help any in a diagnosis ??????
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I wonder if it is something to do with reading the DMI before loading? You see when you clear the CMOS it clears the DMI memory and gives you a clean run. Once you have booted up the DMI is rewritten and has to be read.
Bob just humour me for a moment and unplug your mouse and keyboard and then try and boot.
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AFter last post checked Gigabyte site
New FB BIOS available today
Flashed FB and same problems
After many times clearing CMOS i tried manually altering a few settings in MIT etc
I clocked it up a bit and added a few volts here and there
et voila it fecking booted up a treat TWICE !!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully that is it
It is a Profile problem.... Old profile is not being deleted and a new one made with the BIOS flash even tho settings checked in QFlash
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Well at last! ;D Let's hope it is fixed now then. Weird though.
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Still had a few booting mishaps today
Seems to be stable and OK now but had to do some playing about
Not a straight forward BIOS flash experience Im used to
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Still having problems
every few clean boots I have major BSOD's
I have to clear CMOS and re apply my overclocks to get it to boot properly
May be time to give up and RMA the mobo
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Although it may be just a settings problem I think that it is really beyond the scope of a normal user to figure out and you have tried hard. There comes a time to RMA the board and this is it I feel.
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I thinl it is just cant live without my PC for that long :(
Retailer reckons max 28 days
Last time i RMA.d something it was 6 weeks >:(
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Fatbob I still think that there is quite a possibilty that you have bent pins on your socket. I have just been back through your initial thread and it would certainly seem probable. You have all the indicators. Can you take some macro photos of the socket so we can see properly?
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Give me your full current settings and I will advise back, please also include your full specs and a link to your memory again so I don't have to hunt it down. Thanks.
Here is a link to a template for you to give me your settings.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/33613-gigabyte-bios-templates-give-us-your-settings.html
I'd say let me try to help with settings before you RMA as it's may just be incorrect settings.
Also, as mentioned above, if you have your CPU out socket pics would be great so we aren't wasting time troubleshooting or messing with settings when you have bent socket pins.
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Definately not the pins.
Had it out twice to look. Whilst faffing the second time I caught a pin and bent it.
So had to fecking straighten one :(
This only happened at weekend will post settings in a minute.....
Will have to reboot to check.
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X58UD3R Ver2
i7 930 Titan Fenrir Cooler
6Gb Corsair Dominator TR3X6G16008D G
Zotac GTX480 ( Tried in and out )
Asus 8800GT ( tried in and out )
1050watt OCZ PSU
250Gb WD HDD OS on this
500Gb Samsung HDD
1Tb Samsung HDD
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [22x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................Auto [4.8Ghz]
Uncore Frequency ..........................Auto
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [12]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Auto]
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................
tRCD .......................................
tRP .........................................
tRAS .......................................
Below values may be left in Auto if you like, generally this is fine. For those users who DO Set advanced timings manually, please see some of my thoughts and findings about these settings and rules here
XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread
##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ (Should be = tRAS + tRP or above for stability)
tRRD .......................................
tWTR ...................................... (Must be Write to Read Delay/Same Rank - (tWL + 4)
tWR ........................................
tWTP ....................................... (tWTP Must = tWR + tWL + 4)
tWL ........................................ (tWL Must be CAS Latency -1)
tRFC .......................................
tRTP .......................................
tFAW ......................................
Command Rate (CMD) ................
##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ...................
B2B CAS Delay ..........................
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [standard]
CPU Vcore ...............................[auto] 1.25625
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................
MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................
IOH Core 1.100v .....................
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................
ICH Core 1.1v ........................
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.64
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
These are the enhanced Default settings from Bios FA
I use these same settings in FB.
But to enter these after flashing to FB I have to clear CMOS to stand a chance of checking or changing the settings.
Then sfte cold boot it goes back to 10 minute boot ups. If I add volts or change settingsa it boots fien then produces BSOD
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Definately not the pins.
Had it out twice to look. Whilst faffing the second time I caught a pin and bent it.
So had to fecking straighten one :(
This only happened at weekend will post settings in a minute.....
Will have to reboot to check.
Next time pics please, thanks! ;D
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BIOS FC1 is out now, it may be best for you to use that.
Here is some general setting advice for your setup using the settings you posted.
Also, when you get a BSOD, please try to make a note of what code it is. It will look like this on the BSOD screen 0x00000124, or once back in windows it will show you the last 3 digits in a dialog when windows starts.
BSOD Error codes and what they mean:
0X00000050 << Incorrect Memory Timing/Freq or Uncore Multi
0X00000124 << Incorrect QPI/Vtt Voltage (To Much/Not Enough)
0X00000101 << Not enough Vcore Voltage
0X00000109 << Not enough or too Much memory voltage
Can you please provide me a link to your memory, either where you bought it or at Corsair's site. Thanks, I can't find it at Corsair.
Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [22x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Disabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]
Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed ..............................Auto [4.8Ghz] << Set x36 or X48 (Higher only ok to use at stock Bclk)
Uncore Frequency ..........................Auto << Set x24-26 for x12 memory multiplier
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]
Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) .....................133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [100]
C.I.A.2 [Disabled]
Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Standard] < Extreme may be best
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [12]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Auto] << Set Expert, then set each channels MAIN timings and Command Rate one by one.
Channel A + B + C
Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ......................
tRCD .......................................
tRP .........................................
tRAS .......................................
Set the above 4 timings to the spec listed on your ram sticker, sorry I can't find it that is why I asked above.
All below Auto, expect CMD Rate
##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ (Should be = tRAS + tRP or above for stability)
tRRD .......................................
tWTR ...................................... (Must be Write to Read Delay/Same Rank - (tWL + 4)
tWR ........................................
tWTP ....................................... (tWTP Must = tWR + tWL + 4)
tWL ........................................ (tWL Must be CAS Latency -1)
tRFC .......................................
tRTP .......................................
tFAW ......................................
Command Rate (CMD) ................ << Set 1T
##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ...................
B2B CAS Delay ..........................
Advanced Voltage Control:
CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [standard]
CPU Vcore ...............................[auto] 1.25625
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ << Set 1.25-1.35+ All depends on your CPU, auto is not advised.
CPU PLL 1.800v .......................
MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ...........................
QPI PLL 1.100v .......................
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... Auto or 1.14 should be fine
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................
ICH Core 1.1v ........................
DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v ..............1.64 << This is 1.63 or less actual, so you may want to se 1.66
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
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link for the memory
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Hey Bob that's a good price. Wish we could buy them for that over here.
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I bought them in the UK that was just a link to show the model.....
OK latest update
Updated to Fc1 BIOS
Wouldnt get bas the initial BIOS detections etc rebooted 3 times automatically.
If I pressed any key ie Tab to clear SCreen it rebooted. (these both happened in all BIOS updates )
Took ages to get past memory detect so I could enter BIOS setup.
As with all updates when BIOS setup screen comes on it flash/refreshes twice and I cannot alter any settings in MIT it crashes the BIOS.
If I load Optimized settings and reboot it takes 10-15 minutes to load windows and cannot enter BIOS setup/MIT.
If I turn off PC. Turn off Mains. Clear CMOS using button on Mobo.
Turn PC back on. It load a screen asking what Profile I want or to enter Setup.
If I enter setup I can do anything I want in Setup.
I have tried many changes and setups. But in all BIOS except FA it takes 10-15 minutes to boot to windows. But I do have the full 6Gb available.
I will strip the Mobo out of the case again after I have watched the footbal. (Man City fan and its only on ESPN or tinternet )
I will try to post a photo of the CPU socket
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I will strip the Mobo out of the case again after I have watched the footbal. (Man City fan and its only on ESPN or tinternet )
Sorry we only deal with gigabyte problems here.
For your choice of football club I guess you can always try the Samaritans. :D
(I'm a Tractor Boy myself so I know all about that!) ;)
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I will try to post a photo of the CPU socket
Try and take several from different angles with good light but not flash.
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OK I give up its official.
Took the CPU out las night to take photo's.
Wish I hadnt now. I caught one of the pins somehow with my camera and fecking bent it ???
There was definatley no bent pins before.
So I tried to straithen it the best I could in naff light.
I tried to RMA today to ARIA in Manchester.
They say the board is damaged and will not accept it for RMA.
SO I now have £160 of doorstop !!!!!!!!
Will try agin to straighten it better but dont know if I can be bothered re building my PC for the 6th time or just go out and buy another brand of Mobo.
Luckily i hadnt sold my q6600 and 680i mobo and ram or I would of been foooked.
Thanks for all your help !!!!!!!
Dont want to spend £160 again and have to go through all this again !!!!!!!
Just messaged Gigabyte tech support and they will accept it RMA there.... Hoorah .....Fingers crossed
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OK I give up its official.
Took the CPU out las night to take photo's.
Wish I hadnt now. I caught one of the pins somehow with my camera and fecking bent it ???
There was definatley no bent pins before.
So I tried to straithen it the best I could in naff light.
I tried to RMA today to ARIA in Manchester.
They say the board is damaged and will not accept it for RMA.
SO I now have £160 of doorstop !!!!!!!!
Will try agin to straighten it better but dont know if I can be bothered re building my PC for the 6th time or just go out and buy another brand of Mobo.
Luckily i hadnt sold my q6600 and 680i mobo and ram or I would of been foooked.
Thanks for all your help !!!!!!!
Dont want to spend £160 again and have to go through all this again !!!!!!!
Just messaged Gigabyte tech support and they will accept it RMA there.... Hoorah .....Fingers crossed
Sorry to hear!! I always hate asking for socket images because of this reason, happened more than a few times, but we have to ask otherwise people spend weeks troubleshooting with no positive outcome because of bent pins that no one has checked yet.
Nice to see Gigabyte will RMA for you, did you tell them pins were bent?
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Got mobo back from RMA
They repaired the bent pins for me PHEWWWWW
But unfortunately all the same problems exist
Havent resorted back to FA yet to see if RAM problem still exists but after cold restart all the old problems are back.
When I rebuilt PC it booted up great with FC1 BIOS that I had installed before RMA and after a cuple of restarts it still booted great.
I thought it was all fixed
After a overnight powerdown a cold restart today and Im back to square 1. Only clearing the CMOS allows it to boot properly and access to BIOS options
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Well good for Gigabyte for repairing the socket with the broken pins but didn't they test it afterwards? I would PM runn3R and ask him to find out. I really can't believe that they sent the board back without testing it.
Do that first and then we will take it from there. I will also try and find out if it was thoroughly tested whilst at the service centre. :-\
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God this is a horror story...I have this mobo and am going through cold boot issues under Rev 2 FB bios
This is awful!
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God this is a horror story...I have this mobo and am going through cold boot issues under Rev 2 FB bios
This is awful!
After reading your other post I don't think your problem is down to bent pins. But it is quite a common occurrance.
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Well still having boot problems :-\
sometimes none, sometimes cold boot, sometimes BSOD, sometimes WINDOWS LAUNCH REPAIR errors, sometimes the only way it will boot is to place my USB flash drive ( the one I flashed from ) into the USB port I used !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some strange occurances seem to be happening in the BIOS between boots ( I may be wrong ) :'(
Default Optimized settings dont seem to stay set from time to time ???
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Have you checked that the two BIOSes match, the backup and the main BIOS? A different version on each can cause this type of fault.
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How do I do this please Mantis
Once again thanks for your time
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hi Bob sorry mate should have said.
To check, 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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Got mobo back from RMA
They repaired the bent pins for me PHEWWWWW
But unfortunately all the same problems exist
(...)
Hi
Could you please kindly provide me with RMA number (UKA-...) which you received? This will enable checking the details.
Thanks
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RMA number is
UKA-1090120 / 1796-ALE-170910
Thanks
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I have matched both BIOS's on FC1 Bios
Wouldnt boot first 2 attempts, restored to optimised defaults and booted
Will try over the next few days and report back
Once again Thanks for your efforts
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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.
This didn't work for me. But I'll try again.
By the way...Gigabyte answered my support ticket and sent me a new bios version - FC2
If anyone wants the zip file to try I can send it
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"hello people" pls upload this bios somewhere in the net to enable download by everyone, ok?
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Please be carefull with using this BIOS as it has been engineered for this particular problem and may not be stable yet. ;)
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Right...if you want it I can email it...or I think I can upload it...what's a good place to upload it?
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after cold start this morning
all my memory settings had returned to default
machine would not boot quickly until i had plugged in my USB flash drive ?????
bothe BIOS are the same FC1
Windows wanted to repair Launch AGAIN !!!!!
When avoided it scanned disc then launched but only with flash drive in ???
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Have you got the Flash Drive in the boot sequence at the top?
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Right...if you want it I can email it...or I think I can upload it...what's a good place to upload it?
just google for "free file hosting servers", you'll find plenty of them
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Boot options are as should be HDD etc etc
Cold boot problems still abound
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Can you see the hard drive (boot) in the BIOS?
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can see all 3 HDD's in the BIOS with the boot disk visable
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Can you run chkdsk?
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chkdsk can be run and always comes back clear ( I Think )
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Running out of ideas here bob. I suggest putting in a new battery if you have a spare as you say it keeps losing the settings. What BIOS do you have now FC1? If so get hold of FC2 and try reflashing with that and clear the DMI again when you do the flash.
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I tried flashing back to FA
Back to the original problem of 4Gb out of 6Gb visible but it boots properly even without flash drive present
Please dont say its bent pins because on the 3rd attempt at spotting bent pins I did bend some pins but Gigabyte Service centre repaired them for me, so it is the BIOS
FB,FB11,FB16 and FC1 all cause other problems but 6Gb is always visible. From cold boot to BSOD , BIOS settings changing etc etc
I have tried all suggestions, and I am tottally dumfounded now.
I think it may be time to try the Manchester Screwdriver repair method and go back to using my Q6600 and 680i board until i can afford to waste another £150 quid on a motherboard that just doesnt want to play.
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As you say it does always seem to lead back to the BIOS. maybe they will write a BIOS update soon that will cover all these problems. :-\
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This sounds like an all too familiar story to me. FA cold boots fine, but does not enable all memory. FB, FB11, FB18, FC1, FC2 all result in BSOD on cold boots. I too suspect the bios. I have just RMA'd my board and RAM back to the supplier and will let them work it out. I now have to wait another 10 working days ??? I suggest you RMA the board back.
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I am inclined to agree with FunkyErn on this. I think that you either have to wait for another BIOS update or arrange to RMA the board. :-\
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fatbobuk - I just posted the following on another thread...
"...after packing up the motherboard last night and discovering the scratch/dent on the processor IHS from the defective Intel cooler, I had another look at the processor this morning. Looking at the underside of the processor, one thing sprung out and struck me, most of the copper pads had marks pretty much dead centre from the pins, however one entire quadrant of the pads, all had marks close to or on the edges of the pads, some of them possibly even off the pads. Plus there were about 5 pads with no marks on them at all. This has got me thinking there might be an issue with the 1366 sockets. If the pins are not correctly aligned with the processor or move around when heated up, this might explain the issues some of us are having..."
If you still have the stomach for it I would suggest lifting out the processor again - but leaving those blasted pins alone (I also ended up bending one) - and looking very carefully at the marks on the copper pads on the underside of the processor (avoiding touching them as well). They all should pretty much be centred on the pads - if one has previously reseated the processor then there will probably be multiple marks.
Dark Mantis comment on another thread got me thinking we need to consider all elements in the chain: processor (as memory controller on it), socket (those damn pins), cooler (consistent pressure applied and not flexing anything), DIMM pins/slots, RAM DIMMs, PSU and the thing that ties it all together the BIOS. It is an absolutely minefield putting these things together and tracking these down.
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Dark Mantis comment on another thread got me thinking we need to consider all elements in the chain: processor (as memory controller on it), socket (those damn pins), cooler (consistent pressure applied and not flexing anything), DIMM pins/slots, RAM DIMMs, PSU and the thing that ties it all together the BIOS. It is an absolutely minefield putting these things together and tracking these down.
Absolutely, now you are seeing the full picture. ;)
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Retailer I bought from wont RMA cos of bent pins
Gigabyte service center said to return Board + CPU + Ram to them for testing ?
May be the only choice I have left other than to buy another Mobo
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Retailer I bought from wont RMA cos of bent pins
Gigabyte service center said to return Board + CPU + Ram to them for testing ?
May be the only choice I have left other than to buy another Mobo
Send it to the Gigabyte centre then I am sure that if you contact runn3R next week when he is back from his holidays that he will be able to arrange for you to RMA it. So you have got bent pins then and that was your problem I guess.
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the pins got bent after the 3rd removal of my CPU to check for bent pins
the service centre repaired it for me when I sent it back to them but it still isnt right
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Oh I see. I guess it must be the BIOS then from what you have said. It really needs sorting out though as it has been going on long enough now.