GA-P67A-UD3 and Intel 2600K windows won't install???

[laithmeister]

Ok, I just bought the GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 and Intel 2600K cpu.  I have WD black 640 GB 6Gb/s Sata drive and plain vanilla DVD-RW.  Video card is radeon H6870. PSU is Corsair 650watts which I have used on my previouse system.  Oh... Ram is G-skill 4x 2Gig 1300mhz . 

    OK, system boots up fine I enter bios and press install optimized setting and I have the HD hooked to the Sata port 0 for the 6Gb/s connection.   Windows 7 DVD runs and all the files load and then when the 1st time you see the windows shinny logos come it just hangs there NOT locks and then the system SHUTS DOWN.    I tried different PSU, taking 4 gig ram off, switching the HD SATA port to the 3Gb/s ports etc and same problem.  At the 1st windows logo as the dvd about to boot into 1st install procedure the computer shuts down and reboots all over again?   

    Is this related to the Intel recall with there chipset?  Or am I missing something.    I also noticed newegg where i bought the MB from no longer lists that type of MB anymore?   HELP PLEASE!!!

[PeterT]

I have almost the exact same build; but a 2500K and will admit I had no problems at all with the build.

Memory is different I will admit; I haveG.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600MHz (PC3-12800) 8GB (2x4GB) Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL).

I set the disk mode to AHCI; I think the default was IDE. I am running on Sata 0 / 1 for 2 WD Black 640 and a generic DVD drive.

I also configured the memory to load the XMP profile.

[laithmeister]

I tried AHCI, and just about everything I can think of and nothing works.  Its quiet frustrating esp. now I read no replacement will be available until April!  Are they kidding and I can't even get my money back from Newegg.com because they are telling to go to Gigabyte and ask them for replacement.. Good thing I really did not go for the really expensive MB's.  Damn this sucks ass.   

[Dalamar]

I have UD3, 2600k, diff gpu/hdds but had no such issue... however there is a problem where it randomly reboot loops or gets stuck on the black part where the BIOS checks optical drive and says "loading operating system" (having a usb flash card plugged in makes this issue worse).

I think one of your new hardware is probably bad, even though the board clearly has some BIOS flaws related to SATA that has nothing to do with the defective chipset. Ports 0,1 are unaffected by the design flaw, and the flaw shouldn't affect brand new boards at all - the failure is gradual.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

Firstly I would remove the motherboard from the chassis in case of a short to earth.


Make sure that you observe anti-static precautions.

Lay some cardboard or use the motherboard box that is non-conductive on the worktop and remove the motherboard/CPU/heatsink/fan/buzzer/one stick of memory and PSU from the case and put it on the cardboard.

Add the keyboard and now I know you haven't got any graphics but try and boot.

The system should try and then fail emitting a series of beeps. Please post what sounds it makes.

[laithmeister]

with the exception of the PSU and the case every component in the computer is brand new.  And I would imagine if the PSU is faulty it would not boot up.  I even have it tied into another psu as a back power supply in case the 1st one fails and still same issue.  Its weird to say the least.  

[Dark Mantis]

I do understand where you are coming from but we need a point of reference that we can be sure about to start with.