***Official***Z68X/P67A-UD7 Club/Discussion/Info**

[nossy23]

OK, so the flashing of the motherboard did not solve the freezing of my system So out it goes. I'll get another motherboard from Asus.

[moorhen2]

Hi C-N, yes i'm in Shanklin mate,as to your responce,you are probably right,but still p####s me of when you pay a small fortune for for a board,then six months later it's defunct.But then again we have come to expect this from Intel,every time they produce a new cpu,you can bet you will need to change your board as well.But is'nt this why we love this game,lol!!!!

[moorhen2]

OK, so the flashing of the motherboard did not solve the freezing of my system So out it goes. I'll get another motherboard from Asus.

That suck's mate,i changed to Asus,far better board than the Giga,good luck.

[nossy23]

Well, seems like I put the blame too soon on Gigabyte. I bought de Asus P8Z68 Deluxe Gen3 with a new Crucial M4 256 gig SSD, changed all cables did a fresh WIN7 install, and I got the SAME issue. There are no related messages in the Event Viewer, just as before. I never get a BSOD, just a freeze. I'm really wondering what it could be. Power supply has been changed 3 times, mouse and keyboard too. So that leaves the CPU, videocard and the audiocard and the memory. I don't think it's the memory, since Memtest doesn't show anything wrong and I also get the same kind of problems each time. I have for the moment removed the audiocard. If it still freezes, it could the CPU or videocard. Very annoying problem.

[Falkentyne]

The only real issues with the GB boards are the boot loop issues (not everyone has them, the board is solid if you don't have that issue), and the erratic multi step LLC voltage regulation (everyone has that except at low vcores).

Hmm I PM'd sin0822 but he hasn't replied to my PM

[Khapz]

The only real issues with the GB boards are the boot loop issues (not everyone has them, the board is solid if you don't have that issue), and the erratic multi step LLC voltage regulation (everyone has that except at low vcores).

Hmm I PM'd sin0822 but he hasn't replied to my PM

yeah, so i'm waiting on that fix you asked on the page before too, to fix the multi step, the old one was better than this, for me it was more stable on the voltages, and the issue with the old bios are the fixes only, like reset button and etc.
if you guys have any news on the possible fix/beta bios keep me posted, because i'm interested on that too.

[sin0822]

Hey guys sorry i had been away for a while. i will relay your concern to GB tonight. Hopefully some fix will come soon.

[stasio]

Z68 series new beta BIOS updated (and P67-UD7/UD5).

Btw,
Intel® Management Engine Interface(MEI) Driver 8.0.0.1351

[Falkentyne]

Ah.....oh well..only changes are microcode update maybe they'll make LLC fix later (I knew it was too soon to expect any changes)

[C-N]

Cheers for the heads up Falkentyne.......

[stasio]

Ah.....oh well..only changes are microcode update maybe they'll make LLC fix later (I knew it was too soon to expect any changes)

Let them break for "Chinese New Year" (1week).
At least they still care about P67/H67/H61 and Z68 to be ready for Ivy Brigde.
Z77 is on the way and maybe.....your (our) wish will come thru.

[sin0822]

they get back on the 30th, silence starts today.

[stasio]

Yes,right.

[Andi64]

The only real issues with the GB boards are the boot loop issues (not everyone has them, the board is solid if you don't have that issue), and the erratic multi step LLC voltage regulation (everyone has that except at low vcores).

Hmm I PM'd sin0822 but he hasn't replied to my PM

I think I have the boot loop issue. It always boots fine, but I cannot reset the computer. If a do a reset it starts looping forever, I have to unplug the power cord to boot it again. One time it managed to corrupt the primary BIOS, cause someone else rebooted the computer and let it looping.

That's a huge con.

[Kroegs]

Yeah I have the reset issue myself. If I blue screen I just flip the psu switch. A con indeed.

For the llc's I'm wondering if the manufacturers know something we don't. Check out this video of a guy at 5.1ghz. When he starts super-pi look at cpu-z voltage read jump way up then level out at 1.48. This is an asus board. Acts an awful lot like my llc's.. Gotta switch to 720p to see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OazidwptwqQ

[Andi64]

Wow, horrible. It jumps to 1.576v!!! Then it levels at 1.48v

Mine is currently at 4.7Ghz 1.416v idle, when running one thread like super-pi it gets 1.428v, and at full load it bounces between 1.416v and 1.428v

[Andrea deluxe]

Yes,right.

maybe a new bios for P67A-UD4-B3?

[stasio]

maybe a new bios for P67A-UD4-B3?

maybe.

[Falkentyne]

I guess no one has bothered flashing the P67 and Z68 new bioses....

[Lsdmeasap]

In case anyone missed these BIOS updates, they should fix cold boot and looping issues at startup
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=1#post5047061

[jackbrennan2008]

In case anyone missed these BIOS updates, they should fix cold boot and looping issues at startup
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=1#post5047061

Thanks for this im going to flash it now

[Lsdmeasap]

Anytime!

Let us know how it works out for you, thanks!

[Andi64]

Just flashed F6G BIOS. It worked, no more boot loop issues!!!

[Kent10]

Unfortunately for me the new 7b BIOS did not fix my boot loop issues on my P67A-UD7-B3 board. After shutting down and restarting two of three times I got boot loops. I am back on F4 and have never had boot loop issues.

[Lsdmeasap]

Is that using shut down button within windows? Or using reset button on your case?

When you tried the new BIOS did you tweak your settings to get stable, before saying it doesn't work? You can't always use the exact same old BIOS settings between versions, so you need to test for stability before you decide.

And of course be sure you start by loading optimized after the flash, then save/apply/reboot back to BIOS to make all changes you need to make. Clearing the DMI pool while flashing is also suggested.

Great to hear F4 works for you though, at least you do have a BIOS you can use so that's a plus