B-Grade mobo from OC having issues

Techen · 14 May 2014 at 23:35

Hey guys, I started my PC up today and got this.

It was a B-grade buy from overclockers and I feel its on its way out. Is it worth upgrading my mobo now before it dies??

pgi947 · 14 May 2014 at 23:41

Flick the bios switch over and see what that does

Techen · 14 May 2014 at 23:42

pgi947 said:
Flick the bios switch over and see what that does

Bios switch?

pgi947 · 14 May 2014 at 23:46

Your motherboard (gigabyte?) Will have a switch on it to post from a secondary bios.

Techen · 14 May 2014 at 23:47

pgi947 said:
Your motherboard (gigabyte?) Will have a switch on it to post from a secondary bios.

I have no idea where this switch is... Not sure what am looking for.

pgi947 · 14 May 2014 at 23:48

Usually a little black dip switch, which motherboard do you have?

Techen · 14 May 2014 at 23:54

pgi947 said:
Usually a little black dip switch, which motherboard do you have?

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3912#ov

stulid · 15 May 2014 at 00:06

That one doesnt have a switch.

Does it show that screen all the time?

Have you let it do what its doing then restarted the PC?

Techen · 15 May 2014 at 00:08

stulid said:
That one doesnt have a switch.

Does it show that screen all the time?

Have you let it do what its doing then restarted the PC?

It did recover yea, but I feel its a sign to get a new mobo.

wazza300 · 15 May 2014 at 00:54

it usually does that if it suffers a bad crash or memory crash

its fine and normal,ive had to do it on my board a few times,i would flash to latest bios or beta bios and try setting up xmp profile for your memory

your board isn't dying it just crashed badly and corrupted the main bios

Techen · 15 May 2014 at 00:59

wazza300 said:
it usually does that if it suffers a bad crash or memory crash

its fine and normal,ive had to do it on my board a few times,i would flash to latest bios or beta bios and try setting up xmp profile for your memory

your board isn't dying it just crashed badly and corrupted the main bios

Heya, I can only get the beta BIOS. It's a gen 2 mobo running a gen 3 cpu you see.

wazza300 · 15 May 2014 at 01:02

what board is it,latest beta might help

EDIT:nvm I see your link,

GA-Z68XP-UD3P - U1g http://www.mediafire.com/?9a6dllnazmlp3dw I think its the same as your already using

Techen · 15 May 2014 at 01:04

wazza300 said:
what board is it,latest beta might help

EDIT:nvm I see your link,

What I ment was I have the latest drivers they have. They havent released anything for years D:

wazza300 · 15 May 2014 at 01:07

just keep your eye on it over the next few days,if it keeps doing it it might be worth going for z77

gigabyte were a bit late in utilising uefi bios,esp with z68/ivy cpu combo's

im using z77 board/cpu and no issues

Techen · 15 May 2014 at 01:17

wazza300 said:
just keep your eye on it over the next few days,if it keeps doing it it might be worth going for z77

gigabyte were a bit late in utilising uefi bios,esp with z68/ivy cpu combo's

im using z77 board/cpu and no issues

Would I benefit with upgrading the Mobo? I feel its way out of date now, Its a gen 2 board and gen 5 is due out soon

wazza300 · 15 May 2014 at 01:21

only if it keeps playing up,crashing ect if seen a few issues with that board but it might be fine idk

all you'd gain with z77 is better stability

Techen · 15 May 2014 at 01:23

wazza300 said:
only if it keeps playing up,crashing ect if seen a few issues with that board but it might be fine idk

all you'd gain with z77 is better stability

Am having problems with unstable graphics cards and sometime the OC's on my cpu/memory reset etc.

I might just grab a gen 4 board.

wazza300 · 15 May 2014 at 01:36

it usually resets if the oc settings are unstable ect

what cpu are you using?

if you want a trouble free z68 board id look at a used asus v pro board,if z77 then anything asus or gigabyte should be ok

Mrjobby · 16 May 2014 at 15:28

It is a decent board due to its many power phases, I wouldn't be so hasty to swap it.

There really isn't allot of difference day to day between the Z68 and the Z77.