BSOD on Brand new Self-Built PC..

[Lomai]

Hi

Could you try another USB stick?
Hopefully one that is different from the current one that you are using

Regards

 

[SmashGR]

I tried another smaller USB Stick (128MB) and still says "No Drive Found"

Help?

Edit: I tried another USB Stick and it found it..so wish me luck..

 

[Dave76]

I don't understand what RMA'ing the RAM means.
I don't know where to go to find the RAM and NB voltage, nor do i know what MCH Core is.
I also don't know where to see if the DRAM timings are auto or set manually.

Please explain

Edit: Also my motherboard manual says that for 2 modules to work they need to be placed in slot 1 and 3.

Return Material Authorization (RMA) means return to supplier for replacement.

The link to your motherboard in post #19, was so you can download your motherboard manual and read the section that will tell you where you can find this information.

If you don't have you motherboard manual download it and read the BIOS voltage section.
Check the motherboard version before D/L the manual. It's on the lower left corner of your motherboard.
Gigabyte P55 US3L

As mentioned already, updating your BIOS can result in leaving your motherboard non-functional.
The term used is 'Bricking' your motherboard. Because all it is good for is holding the door open, like a brick does.

Warning:
Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction.

Read up on how to do this, especially if you have never done it before.
If your area is prone to power outages, get or borrow a UPS - uninterruptible power supply.


From the Gigabyte Forum website:

Click here >How Do I Update My BIOS?​

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Take a USB pendrive and make sure it is formatted with a FAT32 file system.​

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Read the info on this site before you start.​

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[SmashGR]

Couldn't wait for your responce Dave, sorry about that but it just started to rain and we have alot of powercuts in my area so i had to do it asap.

The results were: BIOS Update passed! (or something like that)
I checked my BIOS version now and it says "FH"
I am posting from my newly BIOS-Updated PC so i think i can still use a brick to hold my door open ^^

I am gonna leave it off for 3 - 4 hours and cold-boot it with my RAM's in slots 2 and 4 but i need a confirmation from you to do so.

I await a reply

Regards

 

[Dave76]

Glad to hear it.

If you weren't nervous when you did it, you should have been.

Download your motherboard manual from the link above, it will help you to find the information we will need to continue.

 

[SmashGR]

I love to take risks ^^

I have my motherboard manual. (not electronic)

What next?

 

[Dave76]

From the manual D/L'ed from Gigabyte, go to page 33 and start reading about your BIOS.

Voltages are on page 37 & 38.

RAM timings starts on page 41. >>>>> Standard Timing Control

Look in your BIOS and post the RAM voltage and NB voltage (which is QPI/VTT ).
Check if the RAM timings are still set to "Auto".

Let us know the settings.

 

[SmashGR]

Dave just to let you know i placed my RAM in slots 2 and 4 and i could hear the Harddrive working and everything but nothing came up on the screen.

Changing them back over and getting you the settings..
Stay with me for 5 minutes

 

[SmashGR]

Oke so here it goes:

>>>MCH/ICH
PCH Core 1.050V [Auto]
CPU PLL 1.800V [Auto]
>>>DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500V [Auto]
DRAM Termination 0.750V [Auto]

Then we got:

DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) [Auto]
Profile DDR Voltage 1.5V
Profile QPI Voltage 1.1V
x Channel Interleaving 6 Auto
x Rank Interleaving 4 Auto

Here are the setting..i hope they are the right ones..

Regards


Edit:
I just got another 3 BSOD's.

-1 while opening Bittorrent.
-1 while opening Firefox.
-and 1 during windows boot :S

Here is the report: View attachment 100870

P.S I think the other 6 from the start of the thread are still in there so ignore them.
Look at the latest 3.

 

[Dave76]

Your right your mobo manual says the RAM has to be in slots 1 & 3.

Set the first four RAM timings manually to 9-9-9-24 and your Command Rate (CMD) to 2, leave the rest on Auto.

The QPI/VTT is the memory controller voltage, change this to 1.14v.

DRAM Voltage to 1.55v.

Check for stability, at the next cold boot.

 

[SmashGR]

Oke
The RAM timings were already 9-9-9-24 so i changed CMD to 2 in both channels (Although it still says 1 under Timing and 2 under Control)

I Set QPI/Vtt Voltage to 1.150V (Didn't have 1.140V)

I Set DRAM Voltage to 1.560V (Didn't have 1.550V)

Will check cold boot tomorrow morning.

 

[SmashGR]

Cold booted 5 minutes ago and got loads of errors again on memtest. -.-

Do we have any other options other than to send it back to the Company?
Because to be really honest, i would rather cold-boot it into a BSOD (for the rest of my life ) turn it off then have it be alright.

Edit: Just got a new BSOD while opening World of Warcraft saying: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA

View attachment 100983

 

[Dave76]

Change the QPI/VTT to 1.20v.
Your max is 1.21v, I wouldn't recommend going over 1.20v.

DRAM Voltage to 1.60v.
Max is 1.65v.
You must maintain a max of 0.50v difference between QPI/VTT and DRAM or risk damaging the CPU, according to Intel specs.

Check for stability, at the next cold boot.


If it still crashes try the QPI/VTT at 1.20v and DRAM at 1.65v

Check for stability, at the next cold boot.

If this doesn't work then you should RMA the RAM, if it's faulty and gets errors it might fail completely at some point.
New RAM will likely stop the blue screens during your games.
If there is no improvement, return QPI/VTT to 1.10v and DRAM to 1.50v.

Let us know the results.

 

[SmashGR]

Entering the BIOS brought up a message in a red frame saying that system boot failed because of overclocking or something about voltages and was asking me to set the settings back to default..i pressed esc and set the QPI/Vtt to 1.21V (there wasn't 1.20V) and DRAM to 1.60V.
Will cold boot later on and then try DRAM with 1.65V.

Will get back to you later on.

 

[Dave76]

That's interesting, none of the voltages are past max settings, shouldn't have had that message.

Try it a see if it will boot, after it's cold.

If it won't boot, re-set to origional settings, QPI/VTT to 1.10v and DRAM to 1.50v.

I would say your next step is to RMA the RAM.
This is the most likely faulty hardware, if it turns out to be the same issues then we can trouble shoot other hardware.

 

[SmashGR]

Dave my system cold booted fine. without any BSOD.
Is this the end?


Edit: Spoke too soon i think...I went in the other room to celebrate, came back to a BSOD.
Then got a BSOD at startup after setting DRAM Voltage to 1.64V (i think due to unstable system)

So setting everything back to normal and when i get a chance (and after the strikes) will RMA my RAM's.

 

[Dave76]

You had my hopes up for a second, sorry to hear that it didn't help.

Even if it ran at those max settings I wouldn't want to keep it like that, best thing is to return the RAM and hopefully it will run solid and stable with the new RAM.

Let us know how it's running when you get the new RAM installed.

 

[SmashGR]

Thanks guys for the time being..
Will get back to you when i get them replaced.

 

[CarlTR6]

I hope the new RAM will solve the problem. Please let us know.

 

[Dave76]

Your welcome, come back and let us know how the new RAM is working.