Need detailed voltage settings for ga-ex58 udr3+i7 930

[Dark Mantis]

I would not advise installing the additional software that comes with your motherboard from Gigabyte, or any other company for that matter, when you get your board. Most of it is not that good and there are better programs out there on the net for free anyway. The files in question are to do with Gigabyte software.

[zachanscom]

well i uninstalled easytune, deleted the system files and even the registry keys. that item is officially cleaned from my computer, but even then, freezing continued.

i'm gonna do a reformat(although i've done it once before). if that fails, i'm giving up and getting a replacement for the motherboard. thanks for the help everyone.

[Dark Mantis]

Even the best uninstallers, like Revo, don't always manage to clear everything off the machine. As you suggest it is best in these circumstances to do a re-format and a clean install of the OS.

[soarwitheagles]

do you guys have these two files gdrv.sys and gvtdrv.sys in the windows folder?

i used the verifier tool to test the drivers, and the gdrv.sys file causing my computer to bsod on startup. i think this might be related to the lockups. the file belongs to gigabyte dynamic energy tool, however i never used that, and i only have easytune 6.(i've tested without easytune, and the computer still locks up).

i have not tested gvtdrv yet, but i assume it'll turn out the same way. i tried renaming and deleting the first file and it recreates itself.

edit: another gigabyte software "etdrv.sys" causing problems. this one is related to easytune. do any of you use easytune 6?

Zach,

I have used Easy Tune 6 a number of times.  Sometimes it has worked great for me.  On other computers it turned into a total nightmare.  The system was perfectly stable before I installed Easy Tune 6, but after the install, the system became highly unstable and gave my lots of BSOD's.  And there was no way I could fix it no matter what I tried.  It was totally frustrating for me.

On my latest build, the system was working perfect, then after installing Easy Tune 6, I began to receive BSOD's repeatedly.  I too removed it, but now we are trying to isolate the problem once again.  I too may have to reformat and clean reinstall Windows 7 Ultimate.  I hope we can resolve it without having to resort to that!

Good luck!

Soar

[Dark Mantis]

You neglected to give me this information in the other thread   It may have a bearing on your problem so please see your original post.

[geronimo]

The Motherboard may not be your problem, especially if LED's don't signal an error. If you choose to re-format, goto your HD's manf. website. There should be download for a utility program for "wiping"(prepping) your HD(completly returms it to a raw state). It'll take a few hours to complete, depending on the size of your HD. When you re-install Win 7, let it install all win 7 drivers. Test your system, before sequentially updating drivers. This will help to eliminate and identify any problematic drivers.

[ispydk]

I appologize if I'm off topic here, but it seems I have a fellow gigabyter with a Windows 7 64-bit installation problem?

I have games hang at random and the display driver crash and recover with a 'diplay driver stopped responding and succesfully recovered' error logged in eventviewer. If you don't give it time to recover, it looks like the system just locked up.
Have a look in eventviewer. Administrative tools.
The problem was worse with a Windows 7 installation with all drivers from mobo disk.
Now with only a minimum of drivers/apps it runs a bit more stable.
I have a clean install of XP pro on a separate partition and there is NO problem there.

I have searched for days for a solution to this and in vain and my best advice is to try run games whatever in Windows XP or Vista SP2 compatability mode (right-click shortcut -> properties) or run in xp sandbox if possible.
It seems Windows 7 has just not come out of beta mode yet. Deja vu anybody.

Best of luck to you tho and if you find a fix please post.

[Dark Mantis]

As you quite rightly point out it is best to download the latest drivers from the manufacturers rather than rely on the disk that comes with your motherboard. Also I have found that in general it is best to steer clear of the free applications also on the disk. There are much better ones on the internet usually for free.

[zachanscom]

hi, just want to say the problem was probably the motherboard or cpu. both of which were replaced. all other components remained the same and now i have not gotten any freezing, however, there were some scary moments. at first the computer seemed to turn off by itself and there was one time where the pc didn't boot up properly. i updated the bios, and drivers and have not experienced any more of these thought. if i do, i'm changing graphics card(changed psu, harddrive and ram earlier on during the gigabyte fiasco already so they should be safe)

it seems things have stabilized since i installed windows and updated everything. i rma's the processor and intel sent me a new one. i also bought an intel dx58so. i figured a board by the same company should offer total compatibility. the motherboard, however i could not return due to a return time-limit policy(or i could have bought the same board and returned the old one, then again i wanted to be safe)

i'm concluding that it was probably the motherboard. maybe a freak static discharge while installing the board. the screwdriver did slip once. this time i installed the new board with latex gloves and much smaller set of tools. i would like to think it wasn't due to the motherboard simply being crap.

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks for taking thew time to come and gives us the feedback Zach, it is apppreciated. Shame that you didn't replace the Gigabyte board, it would have been nice to see if it ran smoothly this time but i can appreciate your concerns. You could have RMAd the motherboard anyway and got a replacement that would at least have kept your options open.