Issue with 790FX GD70, any ideas?

[OCZSpeedJunky]

Okay, hopefully someone has an idea. I seem to be having an issue with SuperPI with the new MB/CPU setup. Anytime I run PI 8M, 16M, or 32M, after about the 6th iteration it pops up and says "The program was stopped due to an issue", then closes it. I can run any other PI, actually gives a decent stock 1M score, and I can run any other stress test just fine. Prime totally solid stock or mild overclock, ran Memtest on the RAM for about 8 hours(250 passes) without a single error, everything seems to pass fine, except the 8M, 16M, and 32M SuperPI. Heat is definitely not an issue, nor is voltage, all are stable. I tried a Vista workaround, and that did nothing. SO, any ideas?

The board came with BIOS v1.1 installed, so I flashed it too v1.3 shortly after setup, and tonight I flashed too 1.3B7, still had the same issue with PI. I have noticed something though I find odd. Those running the board know that after a BIOS flash and on initial first bootup after install, it will POST, then after POST it asks you too pres F1 to enter setup, or press F2 to load optimized defaults to continue. Well, every single time I flash the BIOS, after POST at the bottom of the screen right about the option to press F1 to enter setup, it says BIOS Checksum Bad. It says this ever single time after flashing the BIOS. Once I enter the BIOS, set everything, save and exit, I never see the message again, and it POST fine. But, I notice as it is going through each screen during POST and while loading windows, as it changes screens it has a garbled/screwed up area at the bottom quarter of the screens. Not sure why, and I wonder if the BIOS is maybe causing issues? Like I said, after every flash this BIOS Checksum Bad message pops up, but after entering and setting the BIOS, it never shows again, it's ONLY right after you flash it.

Anyone have an idea at all what else to check? I've got everything currently running bone stock, the only thing that is changed in the BIOS, is setting the DRAM Voltage, setting the CPU Multi at x15.5, Disabling Spread Spectrum, and setting up RAID, otherwise everything is pretty much all set too auto. If anyone has any ideas please lemme know. I am thinking it is a CPU or MB issue, and if I can't figure it out I may just RAM for the Gigabyte 790FXT UD5P board. Since the MSI is unable to unlock any cores at all, and most of the Gigabyte and Asus boards can.

Anyway, shoot me some ideas. I am out of them since I have tried everything I can think of. By the way, all the system specs are below.

Thanks.

**Everything is running stock settings except Graphics card

[OCZSpeedJunky]

Added info.

Never tried to unlock the other cores, so I know that isn't causing some instability issue.

I also see another issue that I can't figure out either. Whenever I load any game onto the system, and try to run the game, I get the same message, "this program has been shutdown due to an issue", or something ot that effect. I know it isn't the OS, 'cuz we are talking about the same games and software I was running on Vista before I changed the MB/CPU. So it has to be something with the MB. Can't see it being the CPU.

As for prime, I have been running it for about the last 6 hours to check if that still passes ok, and it runs fine, temps run at around 27C running P95 Blend torture test. So I am at a loss.

What I don't get, is why will it run Prime, 3DM Vantage, 3DM 06, Furmark, Cinebench, any SuperPI below 8M just fine, but it won't run any games and it can't handle Super PI 8m, 16m, or 32M without it shutting the program down? If I can't figure it out here in a few I am just gonna get another board. Never had this kind of issue with any board I have run, although they have always been Asus, but still. Something is screwy.

Gonna check a couple other things. Will post back in a bit.

[bingo13]

What CPU/MB did you have with the OS before you switched out?

[OCZSpeedJunky]

I had the OS running on my AM2 Crosshair 590 SLI board with a X2 4800+ Windsor and some DDR2 800 OCZ Blades 2x2gb kit before changing out the new board, CPU, and RAM. I always do a fresh OS install whenever I change major hardware though. Everything else in the system is the same, only the RAM, CPU, and MB are changed. The OS seemed to run just fine then, SuperPI, games, all ran fine.

Also tried several different settings on the RAM to see if it'd make a difference. Tried a few manual settings, including increasing voltage a hair, and also let it do auto settings, same results, still having games and SuperPI crashing. I also tried a Vista work around for SuperPI, doesn't help.

I do recall one thing though. When I removed the CPU some the clamshell that AMD ships them in, I had a brainfart and forgot to check the pins on the CPU to make sure they were straight and clean. Like a schmuck, I dropped the CPU in the board, and locked it down, THEN remember "crap, wanna check the pins quick". When I removed it to check the pins, I noticed several little black "fuzzy's" stuck to a couple pins from that hard black sponge they put the pin side of the CPU on in the clamshell. I wonder if maybe a couple of them got into the CPU socket, and are causing issues?

I'm really at a loss, so I am just reaching there, trying to go over everything I can think of. I've never, ever had a problem flashing a BIOS or with a CPU being bad, first time for everything I suppose.

I also noticed one other thing today. While running AOD 3.0, I checked the Status Monitor, and looked over the Board Status page, and I noticed that the TMPIN1, TMPIN2, TMPIN3, are all showing -290 to -292C for temps. Very odd. Really thinking it's a board issue.

If you got any other ideas guys shoot them at me. Thinking it's a MB issue, as is what I got for a suggestion from Tony over on the OCZ forums. So maybe I will just RMA it tonight and get a new on on it's way.

Thanks for the help.

[Sparky]

I've heard that superpi has issues in vista 64 bit. It randomly does that error to me even at full stock. Of course, unstable OC makes it happen more.

[demonkevy666]

I've heard that superpi has issues in vista 64 bit. It randomly does that error to me even at full stock. Of course, unstable OC makes it happen more.

I thought it was just mineor the ram

but SuperPI just sucks.

Mine won't let me 2m it errors no matter what.
and my ram has no errors.