Gigabyte Z77-D3H Freezing

[CraftyMrRyan]

Hey guys.

I have the freezing problem that others are talking about on the D3H Mobo..

System
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz
Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950
GeIL EVO Leggera 16GB 1866mhz (running @ 1333mhz someone said it helps)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
Corsair TX650W

I get random freezing but the system never randomly powers down.
It happens when using both internal graphics or using the 7950

I've tried all the fixes.
BCLK 100.1
Disable C3/C6
XMP Profile Enabled
Windows set to High Performance
Increased Vcore slightly over auto
& a couple of other tweaks which I can't remember rite now..

I'm at my wits end with this board
only had it since Sat 02/02 (less than a week ago)

Anyone else know of any fixes to this?
Would I be covered by the 14 day Satisfaction Guarantee? Because I'm certainly not satisfied with this Mobo

Thanks Guys!

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Have you got any PCI Cards (not PCI-E) e.g. sound card/tv-card....

When I looked at Z77 boards I heard that there was some issues with the way PCI was implemented - hence the reason I went for a MSI Z77A-G45 that had no PCI.

Assume you have tried resetting back to BIOS/UEFI Defaults and running everything absolutely at fail-safe settings e.g. not using XMP etc.

Yeah I have a belkin wireless PCI card, but the freezing happened before I installed the card.

The freezing happened within the first couple of boots with everything set at Auto.. I tried changing one thing at a time to solve the problem but it still happens.

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

I have the same board and so far haven't had such problems.

Do you have V1.0 or V1.1?
Mines V1.0 so i was wondering if maybe they'd fixed these problems with V1.1

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

This is what i bought. Placed the order Friday Feb 1st, Delivered Saturday Feb 2nd

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

tried the latest beta bios for that board f19g?

http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-z77-d3h_f19g.exe

i would also set cpu voltage response to fast,whether at stock or overclocked

Nope, I'm running F18.

Didn't know whether it was a good idea to run F19 as it's only Beta.

Not touched the CPU Voltage Response yet. Will try that next. (In work ATM)

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

what bios version are you using? could try with just 8gb of memory to see if freezing stops??

with 16gb you might need upto 1.65v dram voltage or enable x.m.p if your memory supports it

I have XMP Enabled but the dram voltage is set to 1.55v (My ram says it's supported to 1.5v so would 1.65v be ok?)
Not tried just one stick yet.

I'm on F18

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Awesome.

I'll try all the suggestions as soon as i get home tonight.

Thanks guys

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

None of the changes have worked

and qflash keeps telling me the "incorrect file size" for the bios update..

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

I just got mine yesterday and its the v1,0

I hope you don't get the same problems as me mate...
it's a nightmare!!

sometime the system will be stable for hours... other times it'll freeze seconds after booting into windows..

I wish I'd bought a different mobo.. so many people complaining about the same fault.. should have researched better..

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

the bios flash should have worked

That's what I was thinking.. tried downloading the file straight from Gigabyte page too.. still didnt work
qflash detects the usb drive and shows me the file.. but wont let me run it

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

you just put the bin file on the usb stick? and its formatted to fat32

Yeah it's all fine, bios sees the usb and sees the file.

but I get the error "incorrect file size"

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

read load's of review on this mobo and all say its a good one

the freezing issue is the only one I have... but it renders the system pretty useless

Loads of threads on different forums having the same problem.. I wish I'd gone with something different

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

now running F19g...

will have to wait and see if it helps

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

I hate this board so much!!!!

F19g did not help

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Gigabyte site shows it supports Geil 1866 4gb sticks (no mention of 8gb for this brand)

would I be able to return if the problem lays with the ram compatibility (I don't think that's the case though)

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

freezing is usually ram related,idk what to suggest,either rma the board or memory or try n borrow another set to test,im using samsung green and its fine

you could email gigabyte uk and ask them if the board supports geil 8gb,tell them the model number and ask if they could send you a custom bios to try

Currently running on some old 2gb sticks (4gb total) not sure about the specs really as they came out of an old Acer desktop..

been running fine for about 2 hours.. but it's been longer than this without freezes before so doesn't necessarily mean it's sorted yet..

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

any news on this?

well I've had the system on and off twice now with no freeze..

but it's still too early to say..
I don't want to keep my hopes up too much just in case i get let down again

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Spoke too soon.. Just froze again

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Done a memtest?

Nope, doing it tonight. Needed to pick up a blank disk first.

I'll report back later today.

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

im seeing other folks on tweaktown forums having the same freezing issues so idk whether its a bios issue or something else

id still run memtest and see what it says,other say that bios f16 is the most stable

I'm willing to try anything.. I'll do memtest first. then try downgrading to f16.