Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 Owners Thread.

Try one thing at time to check your RAM with XMP profile.

First of all set your CPU and RAM at default. Then set your RAM at XMP and set RAM voltage at 1,36v. If this work try to change CPU options.

After each change store settings and exit.

Let me know.
 
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Hi all, I'm new here but built a few rigs over the years. The latest is causing me a problem. Turns out that I was mislead by the Gigabyte website.

It stated that my CPU (Intel i7-7700 Kabylake) needes a bios update in order to be supported. This can be done via Q Flash it stated.

However now I've built the rig I have discovered that I am unable to get the bios because the CPU is not supported until it is updated. The computer starts but nothing is outputted to the monitor.

Ive seen on a few other forums that if I put a Skylake processor in I can then update the bios. However I shouldnt have to spend £50+ just to update my bios.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks
 
Mike Gibbins said:
Hi all, I'm new here but built a few rigs over the years. The latest is causing me a problem. Turns out that I was mislead by the Gigabyte website.

It stated that my CPU (Intel i7-7700 Kabylake) needes a bios update in order to be supported. This can be done via Q Flash it stated.

However now I've built the rig I have discovered that I am unable to get the bios because the CPU is not supported until it is updated. The computer starts but nothing is outputted to the monitor.

Ive seen on a few other forums that if I put a Skylake processor in I can then update the bios. However I shouldnt have to spend £50+ just to update my bios.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks
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Well you have to get a skylake from somewhere and update the bios. How about a friend or used one off bay etc, or even the seller might update it for you.
 
Sandokan said:
Try one thing at time to check your RAM with XMP profile.

First of all set your CPU and RAM at default. Then set your RAM at XMP and set RAM voltage at 1,36v. If this work try to change CPU options.

After each change store settings and exit.

Let me know.
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Apologies - I never did come back on this.

I'm still having stability issues, of course the PC primarily fails when using Prime, so I almost forgot about the issue until now again after some random crashes I've been having.

Things I've investigated so far:

- CPU Vcore volts, up to 1.3 and still crashing at stock
- Ram @ stock 2133 speed, default timings
- VCCIO bumps - still impact
- VCCSA bumps - still crashing

I will start again and look to bump my DRAM Volts up - even though I think 1.36v sounds very high still :D

Something still telling me this is memory related, is anyone using the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A2666C16) with this board?

Mike
 
Just updated to the latest BIOS F22f

I have a RAID0 array which was a PITA to get working again in the new BIOS.

Had to change the following settings:


BIOS>

Windows 8/10 Features: Other OS
CSM Support: Legacy
Storage Boot Option Control: Legacy

Peripherals>

SATA And RST Configurations>

SATA Controller: Enabled
SATA Mode Selection: Intel RST Premium
Aggressive LPM Support@ Disabled

All working well as previously :)
 
Mike Gibbins said:
Hi all, I'm new here but built a few rigs over the years. The latest is causing me a problem. Turns out that I was mislead by the Gigabyte website.

It stated that my CPU (Intel i7-7700 Kabylake) needes a bios update in order to be supported. This can be done via Q Flash it stated.

However now I've built the rig I have discovered that I am unable to get the bios because the CPU is not supported until it is updated. The computer starts but nothing is outputted to the monitor.

Ive seen on a few other forums that if I put a Skylake processor in I can then update the bios. However I shouldnt have to spend £50+ just to update my bios.

Can anyone suggest anything?

Many Thanks
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I think what you're trying to do can only be accomplished by motherboards that support Q-Flash Plus They have a white USB port on them.
 
I just updated to the F22 bios, and haven't updated since F7. I now have the vcore fix from F21, but my memory went back to default instead of the XMP profile. I was wondering if it might cause any problems to re-enable the XMP profile with the new vcore settings. I haven't done any over-clocking, so it remains at the boosted 4.2 as usual.
 
MisterJones said:
I just updated to the F22 bios, and haven't updated since F7. I now have the vcore fix from F21, but my memory went back to default instead of the XMP profile. I was wondering if it might cause any problems to re-enable the XMP profile with the new vcore settings. I haven't done any over-clocking, so it remains at the boosted 4.2 as usual.
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Enabling XMP isn't going to mess with vcore.
 
Sometimes on boot I get a black screen and have to hit the reset button. Any ideas as to why?

Also I have a clean install on WIn10, should I be installing the chipset drivers or go with the WIn10 ones?
 
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ThundyCat said:
Sometimes on boot I get a black screen and have to hit the reset button. Any ideas as to why?

Also I have a clean install on WIn10, should I be installing the chipset drivers or go with the WIn10 ones?
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I've always installed the latest intel chipset drivers and never had a problem.
 
Hi all, just updated to F22f with know issues...vCore is the same as the last Bios update and is all good. Tested on AIDA64..no issues on a 6700k @ 4.4 British weather with minimums at idle 27 degrees and maximums in the mid 60's degrees on a Corsair H110 AIO.
 
Thats odd, I had the same C0 code whenever I booted on the F21...The F21 fixed the vcore issues but I always had a C0 code on boot...If I restarted it went back to A0...With F22f bios, just installed today, the C0 went away and A0 is back..hopefully for good. Not sure what the C0 even meant as I could find no reference to it and it did not seem to cause any problems..
 
Gets even more confusing as I have one 2
PCI\VEN_1969&DEV_E0A1&SUBSYS_E0001458&REV_10\4&325A602&0&00E2
I think it may be the Killer network nic which I just do not use..Not sure on your side.
 
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