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Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit) [SOLVED]

So I recently built a system with this motherboard, and when I turned it on for the first time, I started to encounter some problems. At first it seemed like everything went well, the bios passes and I see the "Starting Windows" logo on the screen. But then, I get a random BSOD out of nowhere. The blue screen flashes for about a millisecond and then the system restarts immediately. I tried using a different hard drive, but the same thing happend again.

So since then, Ive tried to mess with some settings in the bios. I updated the bios to the latest F8 version, and like a few people suggested on the Internet, I tried changing the BCLK from 100.0 to 100.1 Mhz, and I tried to disable the C3/C6 State Support in Advanced Frequency Settings>Advanced CPU Core Features>C3/C6 State Support. But still, it wouldn't work, and I got the same bsod flash again.

System specs:

Core i7 2700k @ Stock
Radeon 7850 2gb Gddr5
16gb ddr3 @ 1333 Mhz
Cooler Master 600w Silent Pro PSU
Gigabyte Z77m-D3H
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB HDD
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB HDD (Both used for boot, but none of them seemed to work)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

So if anyone has any suggestions, I would gladly appreciate it!
« Last Edit: July 11, 2012, 05:01:07 pm by runn3R »

ysw521

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Re: Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit)
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2012, 03:48:29 am »
you can go to TweakTown forum to get latest bios to check.

New BIOS on TT forum:

GA-Z77X-UD5H - F9c
GA-Z77X-UD3H - F12d
GA-Z77X-D3H - F10a
GA-Z77M-D3H - F9b
GA-Z77MX-D3H - F13b

ex58

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Re: Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit)
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2012, 04:10:15 am »
Are you running your HDD in AHCI or IDE mode?

Re: Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit)
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2012, 07:15:40 am »
Are you running your HDD in AHCI or IDE mode?

The HDD itself was by default set to IDE mode. I tried to change it to AHCI mode, but I got the same problem again.

you can go to TweakTown forum to get latest bios to check.

New BIOS on TT forum:

GA-Z77X-UD5H - F9c
GA-Z77X-UD3H - F12d
GA-Z77X-D3H - F10a
GA-Z77M-D3H - F9b
GA-Z77MX-D3H - F13b

I got the new F9c Bios that they had, and I still get the same bsod flash again unfortunately :(

ex58

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Re: Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit)
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2012, 08:51:53 am »
You should set in BIOS IDE mode....

Re: Gigabyte Z77m-D3H BSOD at startup (Windows 7 Home 64 bit) [SOLVED]
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2012, 10:45:10 pm »
Nevermind, I managed to fix it! I reinstalled Windows 7 on the HDD using Win 7 repair tool. I had already pre installed it on the HDD before I went ahead and used it on the MOBO stupid enough.

I would appreciate if an admin or a mod would close this :)

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