Cold boot failures x58A-ud3r Rev2 bios FB

[Dark Mantis]

That I am suprised about as I am using the exact same memory on a UD7 which is pretty much the same board and it works perfectly.

[Lsdmeasap]

Cough, cough.... Try Mushkin instead if you can get them in your area

[hello people]

Just tragic if you guys are still having problems after a memory change

Really feel sorry for you.

It was a bad 9/10 days for me.

I lost my girlfriend over it even!

[Dark Mantis]

It was a bad 9/10 days for me.

I lost my girlfriend over it even!

Couldn't you have RMAd her? or was she out of warranty?   

[FunkyErn]

Hello people - sorry to hear that! But Dark Mantis' reply really cracked me up. If only is was that easy to RMA partners

Well there is finally good news to report: the Kingston KVR1066D3N7K3/6G are working fine so far. Three days of cold boots straight into MemTest without any errors. And all I did was used optimised defaults with auto settings and did not have to twiddle with any settings!

I had used two different sets of Corsair TR3X6G1600C9 6GB with no luck. With the second set of RMA it did only successfully boot 1 time out of 10.

We should draw up a list of known compatible memory for GA-X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 bios FB. It would seem so far that:

Problematic Memory
TR3X6G1333C9 3x2GB (theboyfold  at ?) - individual component CTR3X6G1333C9??
TR3X6G1600C9 3x2GB (Funkyern & theboyfold at either 1066 or 1600) - individual component CM3X2G1600C9??
OCZ3G2000LV6GK 3x2GB (notshy at 1600 & 2000)
AX3U1600GB2G9-1G  (Hello people at 1600)

Good Memory
KVR1066D3N7K3/6G 3x2GB (Funkyern at 1066)
OCZ3G1600LV6GK (Gary123 at 1066 and 1600)
CMX6GX3M3C1600C7 3x2GB (Hello people at 1600)

Probably Good Memory
TR3X6G1600C8D 3x2GB (notshy at 1600 and fatbobuk at ?) - NB. this does work for notshy so fatbobuk's issue might be something else

Can other people update this list and correct as necessary?

[Dark Mantis]

Glad you've got it all working ok now FunkyErn and good idea about the compatibility list as long as it doesn't get contaminated with faulty modules.

[fatbobuk]

So far FC is the best BIOS I have tried yet

Still getting some boot errors involving BSOD and Page file and memory errors

But not as bad as before

But cannot get Alt+F12 to work to change my backup BIOS to FC
Keeps going to Boot menu ie F12
Stupid Microsoft Curve keyboard ( USB )

[Dark Mantis]

Yes Bob I expect it is just your keyboard, not an uncommon problem. Try and get hold of a PS2 model if possible as they seem to work much better for this type of thing.
Quick thought you haven't got one of those keyboards with the Function lock have you?

[hello people]

It was a bad 9/10 days for me.

I lost my girlfriend over it even!

Couldn't you have RMAd her? or was she out of warranty?   

In the end I did RMA her

[Dark Mantis]

Sometimes it can be a hard decision but there is no point struggling on with a defective unit. It will only give you problem after problem if you don't get it sorted out properly once and for all. Good call.

[fatbobuk]

Well FC bios does seem to be better it will cold boot but not with ram running at 1600.
AFter warm up will run at 1600 but when cold wont boot until it alters itself back to 1066

[Dark Mantis]

I reckon a couple more BIOS updates and we should be there! At least the problems are being ironed out.

[FunkyErn]

Hi guys - just reporting back I have had no more cold error boots  The Kingston RAM at 1066 resolved the problem! I am also running bios FC.

Fatbobuk - sorry to hear that you are still having cold boot issues running at 1600. Is running at 1066 at option for you?

[notshy]

Slowly but surely - the group of us are all working our way onto RAM that cold boots and works!

What are we all going to do with our time now that it works? Maybe talk to real people? Or maybe overclock the board ?

Do you think we should add the batch number on to the RAM list too? Would it be bad form to create a sticky of the forum's tried and tested RAM list? Can I put that the OCZ gold series RAM should be avoided at all costs? 


P.S.I've got my i7930 up to 3.8Ghz with some help from the TweakTown crew .... and the RAM has been rock solid with BLCK up to 200

[Dark Mantis]

That's good news notshy that your system is now working well and stable. It's your forum and you can post anything you want as long as it's within the law and Gigabyte's rules. We can see about making it sticky if enough people are interested....maybe we should have a poll?