**[OFFICIAL]** Asrock Z77 OC Formula Overclocking / troubleshooting/ Discussion

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well i also wana try every thing before i give up my board for warranty claim
as im in pakistan its nearly impossible to buy pre program bios chips ... even this board is only imported by one authorized distributor who has two out lets in whole country ...
so u can well imagine my limitations ...

There used to be all sorts of people all over the place that could hot flash, re-program & sell bios chips but tbh today with modern recoverable bios's & dual bios boards I guess the need for such thing is very small.

Ebay item: 170972557857 from USA
Ebay item: 380542804773 from Europe

how much chances r there for using n making present chips work ... is there no soft solution for it ...

Hot flash has never failed me before so I cant see why it would not work using present chips.

n can u explain how to talk to guys to consider my mobo for Warranty claim cause most people who sell stuff r technixally not sound n once they will fire it up they will never see any issue as mobo is running every thing properly at stock speeds but it cant overclock ... it dnt even detect my 3570k integrated hd4000 ... i cant see hd4000 in cpuz graphics tab nor in gpu-z ...
since bios r not showing full features one can say mobo has some issue but can there be any issue in cpu it self as when ist time i faced this issue the denug error was 00 which is related to NO CPU INSTALLED ...
i dnt know mobos fully but have some knowlesdge about them n this sort of bios error is one of its kind ... there is no online solution ...

I guess RMA may be difficult if your country does not have an official Asrock distributor & the retailer you purchased from is unwilling to help. I think you may have to sent the board to Europe or Taiwan for RMA. Personally I would fire off a support questionnaire http://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp & ask for assistance. I would also ask a few members here what they think & ask if they could find someone to help. I will gladly ask about for you if you feel this is your only solution.

few more guys faced similar issues but no one has shared if his issue is resolved or not ... n honestly speaking asrock has really disappointed me ... b4 this board i was using z77 ITX its layout was pathetic no room for cpu cooler placement n now the flagship z77 oc formula crashed bios ...

I do remember seeing an issue upgrading the z77 bios from an old bios to a new one. What I mean is skipping a few bios's say 1.3 ~ 1.8 causing problems but as it did not concern me I never looked into it any further.

Stuff always has the chance to go wrong & imo no manufacturer escapes this possibility. I for one am very impressed with my Asrock & will definitely be buying another one. I was also warmly welcomed to the Z87 thread when I showed my face in there & am impressed that Nick Shih takes the time to post there himself.