Gigabyte Z77-D3H Freezing

[CraftyMrRyan]

Send it back don't waste your time it could be faulty board.

"could"
if they find no fault (which they more than likely wont) then i get charged for it

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Yeah ive been having these freezing issues on my UD5H...

i did a memtest and it crashed at 47%, i updated bios and it crashed, pc wouldnt turn on...

Eventually pc turned on and loaded backup BIOS, seems stable now but this was only with a 4-5 hours testing. Will try more tonight.

I wish I'd done more research before buying..
Loads of people have recommended this board, but then loads of people have also had problems.

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Just thought could be your graphic card ATi Radeon not compatible with the board also on the link I added it seems he is using ATi card.

Happens with or without the card.. (I don't use the card most times as I can't access the BIOS while using the HDMI on the card, my Monitor resizes the screen stupid so i have to use the onboard VGA out)
same with the PCI wireless card, freezes regardless of whether it's there or not.

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

flash the main and backup bios chips with the same bios version by pressing alt and f10 at gigabyte splash screen
press them repeatedly and fast

I haven't tried this..

although the freezing happened while the board was brand new, so I assume the bios matched then anyways?

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Worth a shot

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Matched the Backup and main bios, made sure all the alterations were added (100.1mhz.. etc..)
booted nicely a few times.. no freezing yet.

It's currently running memtest with one of my 8gb sticks..
will check in when it's around 2 hours or so

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

well 1 pass down with no errors..

I'll let it run for a bit longer anyway

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

2 passes on memtest with zero errors

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

keeping my fingers crossed atm...

i've had it on and off a couple of times and it's been stable.
this is the longest it's gone without messing up.

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

I'm going to say that I've sorted the freezing issue!

now I've changed something and for some reason I can't use my 7950.. only my onboard graphics will output!
The fans are spinning on the 7950 so I have no idea what I've done

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

spoke too soon yet again...
just froze!
so now not only is it freezing but I've done something to stop the 7950 outputting a display..

Should I clear cmos to see if it atleast fixes the graphics? lol

 

[CraftyMrRyan]

Maybe your memory speed causing the problem see if you can reduce it to 1333 in bios.

I'll try that..
already reduced it to 1600