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dem1an

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GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« on: December 07, 2010, 03:26:46 am »
I just updated to Beta F3C and now I blue screen when entering Windows 7.  I'm wondering if there is something I can do, or if I just need to try to reinstall Windows?  Of course, I don't want to get there and just blue screen some more.  I've tried repairing and restoring and also tried the BIOS defaults.  Thanks in advance.

STOP: 0X0000007B (0XFFFFF880009A9928, 0XFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0X0, 0X0)
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 03:28:42 am by dem1an »

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2010, 03:45:46 am »
So when you updated the bios you then went into bios and loaded optimised defaults? Or did you load fail safe defaults? Load optimised defaults....Bios has nothing to do with windows.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 03:46:33 am by Fatman »

dem1an

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2010, 04:41:43 am »
After I updated the Bios, it said it needed to reboot to take effect.  I did and it blue screened.  I then tried to reboot again.  I then tried fail safe and optimized defaults to no avail thinking there may be a BIOS setting preventing Windows from loading.  I also tried to recover and restore. 

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2010, 04:44:36 am »
Try resetting your cmos by taking the battery out of the motherboard for about 10 mins see if that helps

You'll have to set the time and date so you won't have issues when you start up up again.........You can do that in bios before you load into windows.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 05:04:52 am by Fatman »

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2010, 10:40:06 am »
The first thing to do is to clear your CMOS memory completely.

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 ten minutes 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 Opimised BIOS Defaults.

Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self and then press F10 to save and exit.

Did you use @BIOS to flash your BIOS update? If so that is probably the cause of your problems  and it will need doing again but properly using QFlash instead.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 10:42:28 am by Dark Mantis »
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dem1an

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2010, 12:18:19 pm »
I did use @BIOS.  Will try your suggestions and report back.  Thank you.

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2010, 12:44:14 pm »
The first thing to do is go to the Gigabyte wesite and find the "Support and Downloads" section(http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/support-downloads.aspx).
Select your motherboard and revision number which can be found printed on the bottom left corner of the motherboard. Click on the "BIOS" tab. This will take you to the BIOS versions download page.The newest BIOS versions are at the top of the page. Click on your region under the "Download Here" section heading. A dialogue box will then pop up asking what you want to do with this file. Click on "save" and note where you are saving it to.

Take a USB pendrive and make sure it is formatted with a FAT32 file system. If the file ends with .exe run it, or if it is a zip file Unzip it, and save the files (usually contains 3 files) that you just expanded to the Boot sector or a folder of your choice on this drive and insert the pendrive into a USB port.

Re-boot.

Press the"End" key as the computer is POSTing and you will be taken into the BIOS flashing utility "Q-Flash". At the QFlash homescreen disable the Keep DMI Data option before proceeding. From there just follow the prompts to find your file and DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER under any circumstances. It will look for the pendrive with the file on it and use that to update the BIOS. One thing to note is that the pendrive may show up as a floppy or hard disk instead of a USB drive. Once it has completed you can reboot. Believe me it is not as difficult as it sounds.

We have since found out that the problem with getting some motherboards to "see" the USB drive is a case of using as small a drive as possible, well at least under 2Gb, and even then some will be seen and some won't. Just a matter of luck.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2010, 12:49:36 pm by Dark Mantis »
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dem1an

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2010, 01:26:06 pm »
It turns out the BIOS update was fine. It was that I had forgotten to change the HDD setting AHCI.  Good thing because I was having a hard time getting the BIOS to see my USB HDD. 

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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2010, 01:49:24 pm »
So I take it that everything is fine now?
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dem1an

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2010, 02:19:45 pm »
Yes, thank you for asking!

dem1an

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2010, 04:40:20 pm »
We have since found out that the problem with getting some motherboards to "see" the USB drive is a case of using as small a drive as possible, well at least under 2Gb, and even then some will be seen and some won't. Just a matter of luck.

This must have been my problem with Qflash.  My wife had my usb drive and I tried using a USB backup drive well over 2GB.  In any case, the @BIOS worked, but I won't be using it again as you suggest. 

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Re: GA-X58-USB3 BIOS F3C Windows Blue Screen
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2010, 04:47:40 pm »
No it is not advisable as we get quite a lot of BIOS flash failures through using it.
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