GA X58A-UD3R: Pinnacle Hybrid TV Tuner (PCIe) not recognised

[w_tanoto]

just exchanged my motherboard. It works.... During the installation I thought at first that the motherboard is again, broken but it appeared that the power supply is the problem (again!). I boot up using another PSU, and changed the settings, and now I got a fully working motherboard and 12GB RAM now. Now I only need to wait for the replacement of the wretched TV Tuner.

Unfortunately though, during the installation, I experienced huge amount of static (I was electrocuted several times - it tickles) even though I am using a wrist strap. I am a bit worried about this might slowly degrades my components inside. Any idea on how to get rid of this static. I will be away for a while. What is the best thing I should do before leaving the PC, considering that there is a lot of static.

EDIT:

I have just received a reply from Gigabyte, advicing me to upgrade my BIOS to FE. As far as I understand, FE version is still in beta. What is your experience for beta BIOS? (Sorry, I am pretty new to Gigabyte products, hence asking lots of questions)

EDIT (again):
apparently FE has been out of beta. disregard my previous question

[Dark Mantis]

Unfortunately though, during the installation, I experienced huge amount of static (I was electrocuted several times - it tickles) even though I am using a wrist strap. I am a bit worried about this might slowly degrades my components inside. Any idea on how to get rid of this static. I will be away for a while. What is the best thing I should do before leaving the PC, considering that there is a lot of static.

When you say static was the computer still plugged into the mains supply at the time or was it totally disconnected?

[w_tanoto]

disconnected. Is there any way to "ground" the computer?

[Dark Mantis]

Well if you are still getting a lot of static it must be either the carpet you have being of a man made fibre or your clothing especially fleeces, jogging pants,  etc can cause a lot of static. The computer won't generate any while it is unplugged.

The only way to remove static elecrticity is to ground the chassis via the mains lead. Do also make sure that the connection inside the socket in the wall has a good earth.

[w_tanoto]

Well if you are still getting a lot of static it must be either the carpet you have being of a man made fibre or your clothing especially fleeces, jogging pants,  etc can cause a lot of static. The computer won't generate any while it is unplugged.

The only way to remove static elecrticity is to ground the chassis via the mains lead. Do also make sure that the connection inside the socket in the wall has a good earth.

I am working on top of marble floor (my house use italian marble to cover the whole floor). To be honest, I am a bit scared to open the case now. Scared if I damage something.

The terrible thing is that I am currently not in UK, and the plug here has no grounding whatsoever. It's like the European 2-plug - no dedicated grounding. I do have extension from the UK, but since the mains has no grounding, it is pointless.

Nevertheless, the computer is working fine, with some exception:
TV Card: I just delivered it to the seller to be tested and then exchange if they think it is defective
USB: The front panels have no/limited power. It recognises USB devices briefly for a few secs. So when I am copying large files (i meant about 5MB), it hangs as the USB drive no longer being recognised.The front panel audio jacks are not recognised. I have Card reader attached to one of the USB front panel port, and it did not work properly too. I am wondering if this has something to do with ON/OFF USB Power programme that i must download separately from Gigabyte website

[Dark Mantis]

From my experience abroad most European countries use the neutral pole as the earth. Of course you would have to convert your UK cable to adapt to that if it is the same where you are.

[w_tanoto]

problem solved. tv tuner detected. mods can close the thread 

[Dark Mantis]

Could you enlighten us on how the problem was solved for anyone else who might be in a similar situation?

[w_tanoto]

it was simply dead. I am guessing it was from the accident i experienced, which also took the life of my PSU (now exchanged for new one), and RAM slot 2 of my motherboard (I also exhanged this on your suggestion). It might started because I push the CMOS clear button when it was unnecessary to do so, resetting two certain values of the BIOS to the ones that incompatible with my PSU (I was told by the technician that the "optimised/fail-safe settings ARE different from the values when CMOS clear button is pressed). After TV card was dead, all my attempts to install windows failed (I never installed windows before the accident, so I never know what was the real bottleneck) - until I removed the TV card.

And now, I am using 6x2GB RAM (no more slot 2 problem due to new MB), and made several adjustment.
I use SATA0 for 500 HDD, instead of putting it to GSATA ones (GSATA's behaviour is annoying).
I still use GSATA3 (Marvell) for my SATA3 HDDs.
All of the opticals are in intel-controlled SATA. None in GSATA.
The review I mentioned earlier was wrong. No problem whatsoever with HDD and ODD in the same controller. I don't know how they came up with that.

[Dark Mantis]

The review I mentioned earlier was wrong. No problem whatsoever with HDD and ODD in the same controller. I don't know how they came up with that.

Sometimes it is quite right, usually when the controller is set to AHCI mode. The optical drive can play up or not be seen etc.

[w_tanoto]

some of my other post-install experience: avoid using PCIex1 ports.
It was recognised at first, but after a few mins, I got BSOD, and afterwards, the device became undetectable again. I moved it to PCIex8, and it is okay until now