D0 I920 and Gigabyte EX58 UD5 issues.

@ Paul - Thanks, i'm glad you've found the thread useful. Hope you get yours sorted faster than poor ol' DavyBoy.

@ DavyBoy - i may be without BB for the next 2 weeks. I hope all is ok - it's gone ominously quiet your end ;) - and i'll check in, on your hopeful resolution, when i'm back.
 
Sorry guys, I have been in hospital since last Friday with a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) so I didn't get a chance to test out my new mobo yet...

But I am back home now, so I will have a go with the new mobo later this evening..

There are some very slight differences with this new board, nothing major, but some of the capacitors beside the PCI e slots are smaller in size to the ones on my mobo...

Anyway, I will post back in here once I have tested the new board..
 
Well, new mobo is setup, and still only 2 out of 3 sticks of RAM is being recognized!!!

I guess it is the CPU afterall,,, which was what I had suspected from the beginning!!!

That was why I RMA'd the CPU to OcUK first, but it wasn't thoroughly tested by the techs for any issues to showup..

I suppose it is RMA time again for my processor... what a complete PITA...

I now have enough gear for 2 i7 builds minus a processor, and it doesn't even work properly...

Is OEM chips different than retail ones??

I will get a retail 920 next to complete my fiancees build, but I want a replacement chip for my own rig first!!!
 
OEM just comes without box and stock cooler, altho a retail one in your fiancee's build would be just fine, unless you plan on OCing then a OEM would be money spent wiser.

hope you get sorted soon...RMA the lot and start again ;)
 
Blimey! I hope you're feeling better. How did you do that?

I stripped my board tonight and checked the memory socket and all seemed ok, so I removed the CPU and there it was, one bent pin! It was bent over backwards and was touching another pin.
I carefully bent it back into place, rebuilt a basic system on my desk and started it up.
It recognised the memory and posted and booted properly for the first time since I got it!
I bought this as an OC'd bundle, mainly to save time! But that means I didn't touch the processor or install it initially, so it is either a factory fault or it was caused by the builder at OcUK.
I took a few pictures of the process. I need to find somewhere to host them before I can put them up here, so it will probably be tomorrow.

I really hope you get yours sorted DavyBoy, you've had a hell of a time with it.
 
I'm late to the thread but what bios/memory settings are you using?

1600mhz memory is not officially supported, just because some memory manufacturer sold you 1600mhz memory doesn't change the fact that Intel i7 only officially supports up to 1333mhz memory, if you do try to run memory at 1600mhz then it is considered overclocking because you are pushing the CPU beyond specification (remember the memory controller is built into the CPU now so just because your motherboard and memory support 1600mhz doesn't mean the CPU will be happy with it).

I have just replaced my 920 c1 with a d0 and replaced memory too and I've still been getting the occasional 4088MB bug with a P6T mobo when trying out aggressive overclocks (only 4088MB is detected during post), that leaves just the motherboard which hasn't changed but I believe the issue is caused by too aggressive memory timings at high memory speeds (~1600mhz), I guess the memory controller just isn't happy.
 
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Good to hear you have sorted out your problem Paul... I wish that it was a bent pin that was the cause of the problems that I am having... but I have checked the socket a billion times for bent pins, and there are none in sight...

I am extremely angry to say the least.. I just want a working system!!!

It seems like I am just doomed, because bad things always happen to me...

As for the collapsed lung, I dunno how it happened man, I was sitting here tinkering with my rig, and I stood up to go get a drink, and I felt a stabbing pain in the left side of my chest, I thought I had pulled something to begin with, but the pain got steadily worse to the point where I could barely move, and I was finding it really difficult to breathe, so I asked my missus to call the Dr, and she explained to them what was wrong with me, and te Doc came to my house to check me out...

Then he told me that I needed to go to AMAU ward to have a chest x-ray, as he thought that it might have been a blood clot in my lung...

So I had the x-ray done and they told me that my lung had completely collapsed!!!

I hate hospitals, and that was the first time I have ever had to spend time in one since I was about 6 years old... I was in for 6 days in total, as I had to have a chest drain put in to release the air from my chest cavity to allow my lung to reinflate... I was really scared tbh!!!!

But I am all better now thank god...

It was probably all the stress that this PC has caused me that made my lung collapse!!!!
 
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I'm late to the thread but what bios/memory settings are you using?

1600mhz memory is not officially supported, just because some memory manufacturer sold you 1600mhz memory doesn't change the fact that Intel i7 only officially supports up to 1333mhz memory, if you do try to run memory at 1600mhz then it is considered overclocking because you are pushing the CPU beyond specification (remember the memory controller is built into the CPU now so just because your motherboard and memory support 1600mhz doesn't mean the CPU will be happy with it).

I have just replaced my 920 c1 with a d0 and replaced memory too and I've still been getting the occasional 4088MB bug with a P6T mobo when trying out agressive overclocks (only 4088MB is detected during post), that leaves just the motherboard which hasn't changed but I believe the issue is caused by too aggressive memory timings at high memory speeds (~1600mhz), I guess the memory controller just isn't happy.
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Hi,

I have tried loads of different BIOS configs with this rig... And nothing works man.. I have tried absolutely everything!!!

I have tried with the RAM at 1066, 1333, 1600MHz, nothing works!!!!

It used to recognize all 3 modules when I first set it up, but one day it just decided to stop working... and it does this with 2 different sets of RAM btw..
 
DavyBoy said:
Hi,

I have tried loads of different BIOS configs with this rig... And nothing works man.. I have tried absolutely everything!!!

I have tried with the RAM at 1066, 1333, 1600MHz, nothing works!!!!

It used to recognize all 3 modules when I first set it up, but one day it just decided to stop working... and it does this with 2 different sets of RAM btw..
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Even at 1333mhz 9-9-9-24? (loosened timings)

I've also heard people having problems like this from fitting the heatsink too tight don't know if you've tried just loosening it a little, too much pressure on the cpu's memory controller was the theory as wacky as it sounds.
 
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I have tried the looser timings man, I tried 9-9-9-26, and 10-10-10-28 and at 1066, 1333, and 1600MHz and nothing works..

I also thought it could be my HSF that was to tight, so I loosened it up to see if that helped but it didn't...

The thing is, the load plate for the cpu socket is extremely tight when I push the bar down, so I don't think that it would really matter how tight I had my HSF fitted because nothing could put anymore pressure on top of the CPU than the load plate already does...

Is the load plate supposed to be tight like this?

It's like this on both of my boards...

And as for the bent pins, I have looked at the socket a billion times on both boards to check for bent pins, and there are none in sight... I wish that it was just a bent pin that was the cause of all these problems!!!!
 
A bad contact then perhaps? (clutching at straws here :p)

Maybe try to give the CPU contacts and pins a bit of a clean without bending them.
 
What can I use to clean the contacts and cpu socket pins??

tbh, I would be to afraid to touch the socket pins in fear of snapping them!!!

But I would have a bash at cleaning the contacts on the processor if you could tell me what I should use to clean them?
 
I would just wet the end of my finger and do it that way, you should be able to dab the pins no problem they're designed to cope with some downward pressure, just don't use a cloth near them because if a thread gets caught it could get messy. ;)
 
hmmm, wouldn't water leave residue on the cpu contacts and socket pins?

I think I will give this a miss tbh, as I have just came off the phone to OcUK technical help, and they have issued an RMA number for my processor...

Like I said, I am fairly positive that it is the CPU that is bricked now, it was the first thing that I suspected back when I put this system together, but the problems were intermittent back then, and it would also see all three sticks of RAM as well, but these problems have got steadily worse over time, so now when I return the processor they should pickup on all the problems I am experiencing and send me out a replacement which should cure all of these problems...

Once I get another i920 I am going to sell one of these builds on, and get myself a Phenom II 955 system instead... I wish that I had just build a PhenomII rig first instead of jumping over to Intel, because I always used AMD chips in the past, and I have never had 1 single bad experience with them.. but the first time I move over to Intel I am plagued with problems from day 1...

Though hopefully with a replacement processor all these issues will be cured.. the guy who I talked to on the telephone earlier told me that they have had a couple of people with the same problem as me with i7 systems, and that it has been the processors IMC that has been the cause of the problems...

I will get the CPU shipped off on Monday, I will keep you guys posted as to the progress...
 
Jees DavyBoy – If ever I find myself moaning about a future build I’m going to refresh this thread and remind myself of the ultimate 'mind ****' that is your build…

DavyBoy said:
Sorry guys, I have been in hospital since last Friday with a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) so I didn't get a chance to test out my new mobo yet...
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Ouch! I’ve only experienced partial collapses thanks to reoccurring pleurisy – I’ve managed to clear them myself through a combination of coughing/oxygen plus a very unhealthy dislike for hospitals!

I hope you’re fully recovered now – it must have been a bit unnerving until you had the diagnosis?

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Though hopefully with a replacement processor all these issues will be cured.. the guy who I talked to on the telephone earlier told me that they have had a couple of people with the same problem as me with i7 systems, and that it has been the processors IMC that has been the cause of the problems...

I will get the CPU shipped off on Monday, I will keep you guys posted as to the progress...
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I’m scared to offer an opinion as this build seems to delight in tormenting you with possible definitive solutions only to bend you over and use them as a rectal suppository at a later date!

I really hope this is the ‘final furlong’ and you can, at last, put this whole nightmare build behind you. I’m guessing your recent health scare has helped put things in perspective a little and, hopefully, no matter what the future outcome you won’t allow it to stress you the way it has done in the past. But here’s hoping the new CPU will be the end of it and you can finally relax with your build.

Good luck as always DavyBoy and keep healthy!

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hmmm, wouldn't water leave residue on the cpu contacts and socket pins?
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I would only use small amounts of isopropanol if you were going to consider this – but you may as well wait for your replacement CPU.
 
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Hey guys, I only got around to shipping my processor off at the beginning of this week, so I am still waiting to see what the tech guys say about it all..

I contacted people at Intel and told them about the problems I have been experiencing with my rig, and about all the different testing that I have done myself, and they also said that it more than likely is the IMC on the CPU that is damaged..

I will be extremely frustrated though if it works fine for the guy that tests it though!!!

I am fairly confident that it is the processor that is faulty, but this waiting game isn't fun at all.. as I can't help but think the worst all of the time!!!

It has been really helpful having you around though Plec, you have been with me all the way through this crap, and I really appreciate that a lot..

But hopefully this will be the last of it all now...

I will be sure to let you know what happens as soon as I find out myself man..

As for the pneumothorax, I am feeling a lot better now, although I am really scared to cough, or take deep breaths in fear of it happening again... this is the second time my lung has collapsed, the first time was about 4 years ago, and I never bothered going to the Dr or A&E, I was in pain for about a week, but I just thought that I had pulled something, I don't think it had completely collapsed the first time, but it was the same type of pain..

I wasn't going to bother calling the Dr this time neither, but it kept getting worse to the point that I couldn't take it anymore, when I got to A&E and had it x-rayed, my lung was completely deflated...

It was a relief to get told what was happening though, before I was told what it was that was wrong with me, I thought that I was dying or something... not good at all!!!!
 
Well, if you are out there Plec, I thought you might be inerested in an update on my situation??

I returned my previous CPU to OcUK, and they tested it and they never found any faults with it, but I had explained to one of the techs about all the testing I had done myself, and also told him about all the new hardware I bought in an attempt to find out what was causing the issues..

So he went ahead and sent me a replacement chip anyway, so it arrived today, and I have just finished rebuilding my rig, and what would you know???

Everything is sorted!!! :D

All 6GB is being detected again!!

Needless to say I am absolutely delighted about this.. and not only that, the chip that I got given was a full retail chip when my previous one was just OEM!!

So that means I now have a 3 year warranty with Intel!!! :D

I will get some proper stress testing done later on.. and I will also try clocking it up as well at some point...

Thanks again mate for being with me through this whole nightmare of a situation, lets just hope that this is the end of it all for me... :)
 
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