I5 2500k - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Overclocking

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 16:51

Here you go... video of what its doing at the moment... note how the RAM lights up once time and the screen comes on... then next time neither happens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJXEbViOrM

MOOGLEYS · 24 Jan 2012 at 16:55

Tenatious said:
I know this may sound like a bit of a stupid question.... but does something still need to be connected to CPU_FAN if it the CPU is being watercooled?

No just make sure you have the fail and temp warnings in the bios disabled.

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 16:59

Can't even get myself anywhere near the bios to try out this 7E -.-

MOOGLEYS · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:03

Sometimes the board will ignore the delete key if it restarts no idea why ? You need to power off and on then delete and it works.

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:04

I think its an easier option than rma'ing the mb though? To buy another kit of ram?,if it works sell crucial ram,if not return/refund under distance selling act

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:06

MOOGLEYS said:
Sometimes the board will ignore the delete key if it restarts no idea why ? You need to power off and on then delete and it works.

If you watch the video I posted you should be able to see I can get nowhere near pressing the delete key

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:22

are you having trouble with just one stick now? try clearing cmos again (remove mb battery)but longer 30mins leave out,then try and get to bios

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:25

wazza300 said:
are you having trouble with just one stick now? try clearing cmos again (remove mb battery)but longer 30mins leave out,then try and get to bios

Yeah. Trouble with just one stick now. Just taken the motherboard battery out. Will try in 30 minutes to see if I can get in to the Bios. If not then I'm clueless as to how to get it out of this boot loop

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:26

could be corrupted cmos,shorting pins or pressing button doesnt always fix it like leaving battery out for a length of time

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:30

wazza300 said:
could be corrupted cmos,shorting pins or pressing button doesnt always fix it like leaving battery out for a length of time

Right. Well I'll leave it whilst I go to the cinema and see if it works when I get back! If not I guess it's a case of taking it all out of the case and troubleshooting it...

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:33

ill tell you 90% sure its your ram giving you issues,first try and test with f7e if you can get to qflash or @bios,then buy another set of ram,before you go tearing your pc apart

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:40

wazza300 said:
ill tell you 90% sure its your ram giving you issues,first try and test with f7e if you can get to qflash or @bios,then buy another set of ram,before you go tearing your pc apart

Right.. so plan of action:

I'll attempt the CMOS reset. If I can get in to the BIOS I'll try and flash to 7E. If that doesn't work I'll go and buy some different RAM.. if that doesn't work I'll start tearing it apart

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 17:41

if ram doesnt work then id check cpu socket for any bent pins,if none then i would rma mb and insist on a replacement or refund,just for the record corsair vengeance ram works fine from what ive read

hsiaolc · 24 Jan 2012 at 19:17

Neil79 said:
Interesting, thanks MOOGLEYS

Going to try disabling EXTREME MEMORY PROFILE X.M.P and will test, if it cold boots it's not that

One step at a time

Well Just for Quck Update:

48 Hour prime 95 testing passed without hitch. 50 times shutdown and switch on without problem. (All test done since my last message).

So FAR I think its been a week and half? or more? No cold retart. Nothing (not since I played around with the OC settings and after 48 hour prime).
Its bomb proof.

I will post settings on Valentines when I am 100% sure.

Oh and I am still using F6 and Win7 64bit.

Have fun playing around with your hmm MB. I can say it has nothing to do with the motherboard and I am very happy with it.

In the mean time guys. Good Luck.

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 21:27

Right.... well I can get back to F5 now.... which seems to work with one stick of Ram. Can not get F7C or F7E to work. The ram just does what I showed on the video (one time loads, next doesn't but crashes ends up rebooting both times in the end).

Going to attempt F6 now.

I'm wondering if maybe the BIOS isn't getting flashes properly?

Update:

F6 won't get past the Load Operating System with any of the two ram sticks inserted!

Update:

Managed to get back in to the OS with F6 installed through @BIOS by setting optimized defaults, then only changing the AHCI and HPET modes. Going to now attempt F7E through @BIOS

Update:

So it clearly doesn't like something about the F7. Doing the same problem which means I need to get it back to F6.

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:29

Well... I think I have a dodgy RAM stick. Just tried with one of the sticks and the computer boots absolutely fine. Swapped it with the other stick and the computer reboots at the Loading Operating System constantly.

Just ordered some Vengence.. hopefully that will be issue sorted then! I'll get the Crucial RMA'd for a refund if that is the case

Neil79 · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:32

Still no cold boots since I disabled PLL overvoltage

wazza300 · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:36

Tenatious said:
Well... I think I have a dodgy RAM stick. Just tried with one of the sticks and the computer boots absolutely fine. Swapped it with the other stick and the computer reboots at the Loading Operating System constantly.

Just ordered some Vengence.. hopefully that will be issue sorted then! I'll get the Crucial RMA'd for a refund if that is the case

i did mention test one stick at a time? and yeh best rma both sticks for replacement matching pair,good luck with corsair and who knows you might be able to use both kits = 16gb?

Tenatious · 24 Jan 2012 at 22:49

wazza300 said:
i did mention test one stick at a time? and yeh best rma both sticks for replacement matching pair,good luck with corsair and who knows you might be able to use both kits = 16gb?

Who knows! Well hopefully it is the ram that is the issue... otherwise we're back at step 1!

John1808 · 25 Jan 2012 at 10:08

I have been following this thread with interest as I own a ud3p. I've a 2500k clocked at 4.4 with the F6 bios. I've had this board for about 2 months and I think I've only expierienced this problem once. Recently in the last 4 weeks I havn't seen one cold boot at all. I notice that certainly with the F6 bios the chances of cold booting are less than other versions.

Whats the gut feeling on this issue is it a board problem, bios or other components?

J