I have been having some problems with my computer since building it in May. Mainly it would just be odd crashes, normally they occurred when web browsing. I traced it back to my motherboard, (spec at the bottom) and contacted Gigabyte. They told me that updating the Bios would solve the problem, it did partly, but I am still having rare crashes. To add to this there are a number of other issues that are effecting this motherboard. The crashes also seem to be happening with in a pattern, If i Reset the CMOS after the first Crash then it will be fine for a week or so then it will randomly crash again. If i do not reset the CMOS then it will crash repeatedly until I do.
First, if I put the computer into sleep mode when it wakes up it takes ages to shut down, 5 Mins +. It has done this across two different HDD an old mechanical drive from my old PC and a new SSD.
Second is that when I have tried to overclock my CPU it also takes ages to shut down. the only way to stop this is to Reset the CMOS which stops the problem but I lose the overclock. To add to this I can't get a stable overclock at over 4.2GHz in games. (But it will sit on Prime and IBT happily until the cows come home.)
Have you guys got any ideas about how to solve this problem or it is time for me to RMA the board?
Specs
i5 3570K @stock
Gigabyte GAZ77-UD3H
Gigabyte GTX 680 Windforce
8Gb Samsung Green RAM
Corsair TX 750 PSU
256GB M4 SSD
Huge Phanteck cooler
First, if I put the computer into sleep mode when it wakes up it takes ages to shut down, 5 Mins +. It has done this across two different HDD an old mechanical drive from my old PC and a new SSD.
Second is that when I have tried to overclock my CPU it also takes ages to shut down. the only way to stop this is to Reset the CMOS which stops the problem but I lose the overclock. To add to this I can't get a stable overclock at over 4.2GHz in games. (But it will sit on Prime and IBT happily until the cows come home.)
Have you guys got any ideas about how to solve this problem or it is time for me to RMA the board?
Specs
i5 3570K @stock
Gigabyte GAZ77-UD3H
Gigabyte GTX 680 Windforce
8Gb Samsung Green RAM
Corsair TX 750 PSU
256GB M4 SSD
Huge Phanteck cooler