I just received my replacement Asus P8P67 Deluxe B3 boards and having major problems getting things going. I purchased 2 identical builds and 1 set up worked completely fine. The second however, is giving me no end of issues.
Booted it up and the machine just kept on BSOD-ing with the current Windows 7 build, so I then tried taking 1 of the RAM sticks out (GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel) and trying it with 4Gb. Same issue, tried the other stick, same issue. Put both sticks back in and it just wouldn't POST at all. Took the RAM out of the identical working machine and the machine boot up but again BSOD on Windows boot. Put the both the other RAM sticks in and annoyingly, it booted up! (Again BSOD on Windows 7 boot though).
So, downloaded Memtest and ran with no errors found. Reinstalled Windows booted up fine. Then when it came to reinstalling the drivers it BSOD on the install of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software with error iaStor.sys. After reboot, it didn't boot into Windows at all complaining that iaStor.sys was missing or corrupt. I tried another format and install and installed all the drivers again except for the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software, this worked fine and then I ran Windows Updates. The only driver it installed was the Marvell Storage driver with no issues. However, when I reboot the PC, it went in to an Infinite Reboot Loop of going in to the Startup Repair console, reporting it can't fix the issues and then shutting down. I had a search round Google and went in to the advanced options. I noticed by running BootSect.exe that there was no install of Windows on the C: drive, yet there was an install on the D: drive. However, no D: drive exists on the PC. There is only one drive with no additional partitions. So, I tried fixing the MBR, but still had no luck.
Any ideas what could be the problem here? Faulty Hard Drive? Or faulty motherboard? Also, why would the motherboard not POST with the 2 RAM sticks, yet when I tried the sticks out of the working PC and then put the other 2 back, it worked? Baffling!
Booted it up and the machine just kept on BSOD-ing with the current Windows 7 build, so I then tried taking 1 of the RAM sticks out (GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel) and trying it with 4Gb. Same issue, tried the other stick, same issue. Put both sticks back in and it just wouldn't POST at all. Took the RAM out of the identical working machine and the machine boot up but again BSOD on Windows boot. Put the both the other RAM sticks in and annoyingly, it booted up! (Again BSOD on Windows 7 boot though).
So, downloaded Memtest and ran with no errors found. Reinstalled Windows booted up fine. Then when it came to reinstalling the drivers it BSOD on the install of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software with error iaStor.sys. After reboot, it didn't boot into Windows at all complaining that iaStor.sys was missing or corrupt. I tried another format and install and installed all the drivers again except for the Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver Software, this worked fine and then I ran Windows Updates. The only driver it installed was the Marvell Storage driver with no issues. However, when I reboot the PC, it went in to an Infinite Reboot Loop of going in to the Startup Repair console, reporting it can't fix the issues and then shutting down. I had a search round Google and went in to the advanced options. I noticed by running BootSect.exe that there was no install of Windows on the C: drive, yet there was an install on the D: drive. However, no D: drive exists on the PC. There is only one drive with no additional partitions. So, I tried fixing the MBR, but still had no luck.
Any ideas what could be the problem here? Faulty Hard Drive? Or faulty motherboard? Also, why would the motherboard not POST with the 2 RAM sticks, yet when I tried the sticks out of the working PC and then put the other 2 back, it worked? Baffling!
