Gigabyte z87-hd3 socket 1150

adger1971 · 5 Aug 2016 at 23:03

I'm really sorry and apoligise in advance if this is in the wrong section.
I bought the above board bout 2 years ago. I had a i5 4670k at the same time and everything was fine. A few days ago I sold my i5 and grabbed a i7 installed it and..issues. I've tried the CPU on another machine but it seems "wrong",it doesn't look like a psu issue so I think maybe the MB has gone. Or CPU is faulty Do I have a 3 year warranty with this board and if so do I send back to OCUK? I still have original receipt etc .
Again I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section and if so mods please move it.
Best regards
Adger

adger1971 · 5 Aug 2016 at 23:59

Yep tried all peahead,I don't have any GPU at the moment anyway (am getting a 1070 very soon). Thing is worked fine before CPU change?? I'm baffled..cheers mate

adger1971 · 6 Aug 2016 at 00:44

That's exactly what I'm going to do next mate,my old man has got a magnifying glass for reading his daily rag, I'm going swipe it and get a good close look at the pins,hopefully that'll solve it. Do you think the way my PC is behaving that the CPU is "sitting funny" I've bent pins etc?
Cheers

adger1971 · 6 Aug 2016 at 01:26

peahead said:
It does happen yes i cant really think what else it could be.. if there is a bent pin just be very careful bending it back

Cheers mate will do, if I can't sort it il just grab a new MB,il let u know how I get on.

adger1971 · 6 Aug 2016 at 13:14

Hi guys it looks like a lot of bent pins on my MB,maybe to many to sort,I think I was to rough in taking my older I5 out,I've made a right mess,thing is though the CPu still crashes on a friends PC?? I may just get a new motherboard ,OCUK have this in stock GIGABYTE Z97X-GAMING 3 INTEL Z97 (SOCKET 1150) DDR3 ATX MOTHERBOARD......would I be able to put my new i7 4790k straight into this board without updating bios? Thanks all

adger1971 · 7 Aug 2016 at 00:51

Thanks peahead,I tried but no joy,thing is..the i7 isn't "performing" right on my mates PC either, so that might have to get RMA,d.
Anyway I had a old board (AMD) that I forgot about with 4gb ddr2 and a phenom 955 CPU

. I fastened it up to the psu and it booted straight away so I know now at least it's not my psu.

I managed to find a company on flea bay that had got a manufacturer restored z87-hd3 for £55 free delivery and 12 months warranty. I've grabbed a old Intel lga1150 CPU for 20 quid that I can boot up with 1st. Then il check the bios ..if it's f7 or f8 il just install my i5 4790k. If not I can update bios using the old chip then install the new CPU. That's what I'm hoping for anyway...fingers crossed

Edit: PeaHead we did manage to eventually straighten the pins but i went ahead and grabbed a new board,and the 1st I7 still had issues so i RMA.d and the new one is perfect.

adger1971 · 10 Aug 2016 at 23:07

Hi Peahead sorry it took so long. 1st I7 i had to RMA,the replacement turned up and is perfect
put the motherboard in and put the older £20 CPU in,booted up straight away ,went into bios and the Motherboard was already updated to the latest version F8.

Anyways..put the i7 in and it only showed 2 cores and 4 threads..after a bit of browsing i went into msconfig (boot.) (advanced options.) and unticked Number of processors. after that it all fell into place. (4 cores 8 threads)

Just grabbed a 1070 today to go with the new CPU and MB..its like lightning.
Cheers mate
Best regards
Adger