Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 - Windows 7 64 bit freezing/Locking UP

[bartuskn]

So try disconnect all your drives except your boot drive and plug that into one of your 6Gbps SATA ports and see if that fixes it.

Been there done that, didn't work, still freezes. Besides it's funny that I do got the same setup as Cez

[omnidragoon]

Just wanted to check in with my latest.  My computer has been running like a champ since making those BIOS changes.  Have not had a lockup since.  FWIW, I have had the exact same lockup issue in the past on a different build.  For that machine it was because I was running 4x1gb memory and the motherboard didn't support it.  For anyone that is having the issue where your machine locks up during idle periods (my previous machine would lockup while idle even though I could play games on it all day), first check the RAM compatibility.  Make sure your motherboard supports not just the type of RAM, but the configuration as well.  Second, check your BIOS settings for memory.  I'm convinced that my current problem was due to the settings in the memory profiler section that had somehow gotten set incorrectly.  I'll try to confirm this, but it's difficult to make a sporadic bug appear on command   Hope your answers are just a setting change away!

[Cez]

Bartuskn: Interesting. What bios version do you currently have? If you upgraded bios did you notice any improvement? 

Well i read about sata2 ports that may degrade after time, but i dont think its any problem for me at the moment. Im running my SSD disk in SATA3 port 0 and my HDD in SATA3 port 1, currently only have my dvd-drive in sata2 port 2.

Well the only changes ive done in bios so far is loading optimizied defaults and changing to ACHI. I guess i will try change some setting, tho do you really think i need to change memory frequencys? They are currently on default = Auto, and timing and volt seems right. (9-9-9-24 @ 1.5v)

[bartuskn]

Bartuskn: Interesting. What bios version do you currently have? If you upgraded bios did you notice any improvement?  

Well i read about sata2 ports that may degrade after time, but i dont think its any problem for me at the moment. Im running my SSD disk in SATA3 port 0 and my HDD in SATA3 port 1, currently only have my dvd-drive in sata2 port 2.

Well the only changes ive done in bios so far is loading optimizied defaults and changing to ACHI. I guess i will try change some setting, tho do you really think i need to change memory frequencys? They are currently on default = Auto, and timing and volt seems right. (9-9-9-24 @ 1.5v)

Currently using the F6a beta bios, and haven't changed any of the memory settings only set it to Profile 1 1600MHz. My SSD's are in raid0 on Sata3-0 and Sata3-1. Even if i dont connect any other hdd's or dvd-drive, it still freezes. But only IDLE i did the IntelBurn test on Very high and remained stable.

Only thing i got suggested by my supplier is to release the bios battery after switching off power, and put it back in.

I'm going back to the technical department of the supplier to let them test my config, perhaps to try another motherboard.

[Dark Mantis]

Only thing i got suggested by my supplier is to release the bios battery after switching off power, and put it back in.

All he is suggesting is to clear the CMOS. If you want to try that do it this way.

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.

[Cez]

I will try to update to F4 BIOS first and see if it makes any difference.

Another weird thing with my new system just happened, after turning it on i noticed i couldnt browse many websites, i got the "Not trusted connection in firefox" i looked up error code and it was because of wrong date. Then i saw that my pc had changed date from 2011-02-03 to 2000-02-03, i changed back and it worked fine. Any ideas why this happens?

[Dark Mantis]

It has happened because the BIOS has reset. It has returned to it's default values by the looks of things. It's either that or the Backup BIOS has been copied across to the Main BIOS as it though it was corrupt.

[Cez]

Well, thats weird. All i did was change HPET to 64 and ACPI-Suspend type to S1. I dont see why these would cause any errors. Now that i think about it this happened before, without changing any settings. Wouldnt i see during boot if BIOS loaded backup settings? as far as i could tell the boot sequence was normal. Perhaps this is just a Windows bug/error?

[Dark Mantis]

Well the HPET is just the High Precision Event Timer and even though it should be set to 64 bit if you are using a 64 bit OS it really doesn't normaly make any difference. I can't really see what the ACPI would have to do with it either.

[DemoniK]

Finally got back home yesterday and implemented omnidragon's settings, i.e. set memory to XMP
It's been running for last few hours with no problem. I'll keep it running over the weekend - fingers crossed this fixes things.

[DemoniK]

Whoop!
Got through the whole weekend without any crashes

Changing the memory to XMP1 seems to have been the final piece of the puzzle.
Thanks omnidragon.

I still have disabled the USB3 ports and Marvell eSata.
Also Power Management set to S1
All wake up events disabled

But Turbo is now on, and is rock solid.

Now - just gotta wait for the new P67 boards to come out and replace it all anyway before my SATA Ports 2-5 die

[DemoniK]

One last update.
I've upgraded BIOS to F8b
Use default optimal settings
Changed memory to XMP
Changed Power Management to S1 and not S3
left everything else default

System is rock solid and been running 48hrs now

Now just gotta wait for the B3 P67s to start appearing...
Thanks for the help guys...

[Dark Mantis]

Well I am glad that you managed to get it all sorted at last. Good practice for your new board! 

[bartuskn]

Problem solved, my wireless-n card was causing the problem in both pci-slots. (Was a Linksys WMP300n) Now I'm back with using a wireless-g card also from Linksys. Even a new card wasn't working correctly (WMP600n).

Still looking forward to get a RMA from my supplier for wrong chipset on the motherboard.

[Dark Mantis]

Hopefully that won't be too long as I heard they are starting to ship this week from Intel.