Gigabyte Z68AP-D3-B3 question

Witcher1979 · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:06

Wow I did not know it would support Ivybridge, just updated my bios so Ivybridge may well be an upgrade I choose. Awesome

Hidden Hippo · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:16

Nor did I, but it seems to

. The likelihood of me needing it is slim, but it would be stupid not to have it at the moment really.

Can't wait until tomorrow now (assuming everything is in stock) - just hope my building skills haven't become rusty.

Witcher1979 · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:30

You have a nice build on its way, pretty much the same as mine in my sig. You will love it

Hidden Hippo · 14 Mar 2012 at 13:55

I'm thoroughly looking forward to it, especially since I just had the email saying it's shipped.

liamcrane · 14 Mar 2012 at 16:10

Let us know how you get on with the board been looking at this one myself as well as the XP-UD3 version for an extra £15

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 14:47

Typical OC efficiency - arrived at 12.30 today, less than 24 hours after I ordered. Got it all installed with the help of the complimentary Haribo sustenance and Windows is going on as we speak.

Did a quick bit of Mass Effect 2 on my XP install - temps sat around 42 degrees, idling around 28.

Edit: Apologies for the double post, thought I'd clicked edit :/

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 16:28

I'm having a few problems getting it running. Whenever I try and install the ethernet driver it fails and gives me "Device driver software was not successfully installed".

I'm on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, clean install. I've tried downloading the update from Gigabyte and would really appreciate some help. Thanks.

stulid · 15 Mar 2012 at 16:30

Is the ethernet on in the BIOS?

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 16:39

The LAN was enabled, but the onboard HW Boot LAN was off. Tried a reinstall and it doesn't seem to have worked.

I've run the diagnostic in BIOS and it detects that there's a link when I've got it connected to my Mac, so there must be a driver problem

stulid · 15 Mar 2012 at 16:44

Try the driver from the chip maker? - http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads...d=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 17:02

Ok, installed the latest driver from the Realtek site - didn't work.

Hardware manager says "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"

stulid · 15 Mar 2012 at 17:06

No idea, never had an issue, try asking in the Networks & Internet Connectivity section.

Un-Install the driver and just us the standard OS driver?

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 17:07

Nah, tried that one unfortunately. I was thinking of perhaps a BIOS update or similar might help, see if it's a mobo issue?

stulid · 15 Mar 2012 at 17:09

I looked at the BIOS'es, nothing mentioned about LAN, but you can try it.

Make sure you get the right BIOS for the revision of your board.

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 17:34

Right, since there's no data on the system I'm going to try reinstalling Windows, see if that works.

Witcher1979 · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:27

Well LAN on this board does not work with win 7 out of the box. All I did was used the supplied CD and installed all the drivers from that, then it worked just fine.

Hidden Hippo · 15 Mar 2012 at 19:32

I've tried the drivers from the CD, Gigabyte's site and Realtek themselves and none seem to work. I just did a reinstall and used the ones on Gigabyte's site (7.48.823.2011) so we'll see what happens.

Edit: Windows Network Diagnostics Publisher details

Issues found
The Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller adapter is experiencing driver- or hardware-related problemsThe Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller adapter is experiencing driver- or hardware-related problems Detected
The wired network adapter is experiencing problems Completed

Issues found Detection details

6 The Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller adapter is experiencing driver- or hardware-related problems Detected

Detection details

Diagnostics Information (Network Adapter)
Details about network adapter diagnosis:

Network adapter Local Area Connection driver information:

Description . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 7.48.823.2011
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\oem8.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : 17 October 2011 09:21:52
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8168E.ndi
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : pci\ven_10ec&dev_8168&rev_06
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x1802400
Device Manager Status Code . . : 10
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 6
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 14

Network Diagnostics Log
File Name: E824EA3E-8CFB-4357-B4C4-5D460B802ECC.Diagnose.0.etl

Other Networking Configuration and Logs
File Name: NetworkConfiguration.cab

Collection information
Computer Name:
Windows Version: 6.1
Architecture: amd64
Time: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:53:53 PM

Publisher details

Windows Network Diagnostics
Detects problems with network connectivity.
Package Version: 1.0
Publisher: Microsoft Windows

Edit: I managed to fix it (at 2am) by switching everything off, unplugging the PSU and draining the capacitors. I'm guessing a Rom somewhere got confused and had troubles, but it seems to work fine. Even manages BF3 on mostly high settings at 1920x1200 with framerates averaging 34/35 on an HD4870.