Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

scooby555t · 25 Mar 2012 at 19:24

_Jimlad_ said:
asrock support is good from what i hear, so had you tried plugging the card in and that was what caused it? tried resetting the cmos? also before you do post it off make you try it outside the case one final time...

PS the naughty way to deal with this issue is to buy another one and the claim it DOA and send them back your one, lot quicker than RMA'ing but i would never do that

yeah got home with the 680 opened up the case pulled old card out stuck new card in and then powered on and then it started cycling tryed old card back in same thing did a cmos reset pulled the battary and used the jumper as well and same issue. grr really anoying getting a 680 and then not being able to use it never mind new mobo here tomorrow hopefully

yes have seen that before in dell laptops, i had to rebuild 50+ and every now and then it would happen, if you have a spare drive do a quick reinstall of windows and see if it works, i take it you have run windows update? as sometimes the default windows ones go and cause issues, have you also tried 'uninstalling from device manger' and then rebooting and let windows try again?

_Jimlad_ · 25 Mar 2012 at 20:43

how do you guys set you case fans up, as some seem not very controllable?

Mlingard · 26 Mar 2012 at 16:24

I have the akasa venom cpu cooler on about level 7 i think and all other case fans on full as they are quiet anyway if thats what you mean _Jimlad_ .

_Jimlad_ · 26 Mar 2012 at 16:41

my usb 3 ports have gone **** up with the new driver..

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paradisiac · 26 Mar 2012 at 16:42

_Jimlad_ said:
my usb 3 ports have gone **** up with the new driver..

can you not just install them off the cd?

_Jimlad_ · 26 Mar 2012 at 17:05

will have to find a dvd player first

paradisiac · 26 Mar 2012 at 17:11

_Jimlad_ said:
will have to find a dvd player first

ah, do they not keep the older ones on the site? must admit I haven't checked if my board has newer drivers, so cant remember if they carry the previous version aswell.

shankly1985 · 27 Mar 2012 at 04:24

Any off you guys using corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Ram? I been getting random bsod lately, so just ran memtest and right away 8000 odd errors popping up. I notice my ram isn't on the boards support list would that really matter?
What would be the best Ram for me to buy if it did for this board?

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2012 at 07:44

shankly1985 said:
Any off you guys using corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Ram? I been getting random bsod lately, so just ran memtest and right away 8000 odd errors popping up. I notice my ram isn't on the boards support list would that really matter?
What would be the best Ram for me to buy if it did for this board?

it could be, but sounds like its dodgy, i have had plenty of memory modules that are not supported but would still work or at least come back without error.

run the check on each stick ?

i have Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit CMX8GX3M2A1600C9
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS

good price at the mo

Nightglow · 27 Mar 2012 at 07:58

shankly1985 said:
Any off you guys using corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Ram? I been getting random bsod lately, so just ran memtest and right away 8000 odd errors popping up. I notice my ram isn't on the boards support list would that really matter?
What would be the best Ram for me to buy if it did for this board?

I'm running 32gb (4x8) of same memory on same board without any problems.

Might be a duff stick, but if you want to use something difference, then either Kingston or Corsair listed below work well with the board.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Avathar77 · 27 Mar 2012 at 07:58

shankly1985 said:
Any off you guys using corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Ram? I been getting random bsod lately, so just ran memtest and right away 8000 odd errors popping up. I notice my ram isn't on the boards support list would that really matter?
What would be the best Ram for me to buy if it did for this board?

I have 4 x 4GB sticks of exact same RAM as you!
But no problems here.
Running it at 9-8-8-22 1T @1600MHz 1.5V

Seems like you have some ram errors!

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2012 at 10:14

errors mean errors RMA!

stock · 27 Mar 2012 at 12:55

Crucial Ballistix Tracer, running just fine on my board

zoomee · 27 Mar 2012 at 13:04

sure your using the XMP Profile dude? - You'll also need to manually set your mem voltage.

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2012 at 13:16

zoomee said:
sure your using the XMP Profile dude? - You'll also need to manually set your mem voltage.

im using the XMP but not set any other stuff,

shankly1985 · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:13

Thanks guys Yer I setup xmp hing else is auto. PC works great I only had one BSOD when gaming, but happened last night when just browsing.
Played bf3 for over three hours and no BSOD?? but memtest shows 8000 odd errors in like 5mins of testing.

shankly1985 · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:14

Avathar77 said:
I have 4 x 4GB sticks of exact same RAM as you!
But no problems here.
Running it at 9-8-8-22 1T @1600MHz 1.5V

Seems like you have some ram errors!

hi thanks for reply is they any benefit you running ram in them timings? default for this ram is 9-9-9-24 isn't?

shankly1985 · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:44

When in the bios in the TRC setting? I found something similar called TRFC and its set to 200 odd? Think I just going to buy new ram lol this time some from boards list.

_Jimlad_ · 27 Mar 2012 at 15:57

so should i change mine from default ?

shankly1985 · 27 Mar 2012 at 16:13

Look on cpu-z and FSB-Dram is that the voltage? where my ram should be 1.5v in bios its set to 1.5.