G31M-ES2L hangs PC when overclocked

[Majestikal]

Namaste.

I have an issue where no matter what speed I overclock to, Windows 7 will sometimes freeze on the loading splash screen. Sometimes the PC locks up right before the splash screen with a black screen.

The overclock is 100% stable under Intel Burn Test.

My specs are:

E5200 @ 3.33GHz stock volts
Asus 5770 1GB
2x2GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2 800
InWin 460W

The memory is running slower than what it's rated at (711 MHz) right now. The voltage for the CPU isn't the problem either as I've run the chip at 3.33GHz on another board (Foxconn G31MX-K 2.0) at stock volts and it was rock solid.

Apparently this is a Gigabyte BIOS issue. I recently ran into an issue where the PC would simply not go past the Windows 7 splash no matter how many times I rebooted and tried.

I looked up the problem and the solution was to unplug the PC from the wall, take off the battery for atleast a minute, go into BIOS and load optimized defaults, then boot into Windows and do a clean shutdown. The overclock worked fine after that but there are times when the PC would freeze at the splash screen or before the splash screen even now and I have to reboot multiple times to get to Windows.

I tried flashing the latest BIOS, didn't help. Oldest BIOS didn't help either. I also tried flashing the latest BIOS with Flashspi instead of QFlash, but it's the same problem.

Needless to say, this is a big problem. I really don't want to be reseating the BIOS battery every time I want to start up the PC.

Please help me with this issue. Thanks in advance .

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

Two things spring to mind the first being the PSU as it is a bit underpowered and the second that a HDD Delay set in the BIOS might help with the booting.

[Majestikal]

Namaste.

Considering how a system with a 5770 pulls only 318W, I'm in the clear.

Besides, I ran the same speeds on the same PSU on my previous board and there weren't any issues at all.

I don't think I've ever seen HDD delay in my BIOS :/.

Thanks for the help btw .

[Dark Mantis]

After checking through the manual I cannot find the option to add a HDD Delay in the bIOS. This is unsual for an Intel system and obviously will depend on the BIOS being used but it does appear that it may be missing.

As for the wattage consumed the manufacturer recommends a minimum of 500W for this motherboard and I don't know how old your PSU is but they lose power as they age.

[Majestikal]

Namaste.

Thing is bro, the overclock is 100% stable under Intel Burn Test. The video card is 100% stable under Furmark too.

Besides, the system boots up fine for the first boot if I go through with the whole BIOS resetting routine.

So any ideas?

[Dark Mantis]

Just had a thought what hard drive are you using to boot from?

[Majestikal]

Namaste.

I'm using a Samsung HD161HJ SATA II drive. Same drive as with my old board .

[Dark Mantis]

If it is possible try a newer drive. It is quite old and although it is SATA2 it might be struggling with the speed of boot of these newer components.