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manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

So,

For the second time in a year, same issue occured to me, first time with a z77 Asrock, and now with an Asus z68.

And a singular one!

My bios got corrupted, and I can't either get the multi over 35, change ram freq above 1333 and iGPU is not recognised anymore!!!

I am lucky my BCLK goes up to 108MHz, so I still have some OC... 4000MHz on all cores with turbo.

Heck, I believe only a very few users had this problem, and it happens to me twice.

Maybe tonight I play the national lottery...

Got to order a new Bios chips.

Neostarwcc · Nov 10, 2013

manu2b said:
So,

For the second time in a year, same issue occured to me, first time with a z77 Asrock, and now with an Asus z68.

And a singular one!

My bios got corrupted, and I can't either get the multi over 35, change ram freq above 1333 and iGPU is not recognised anymore!!!

I am lucky my BCLK goes up to 108MHz, so I still have some OC... 4000MHz on all cores with turbo.

Heck, I believe only a very few users had this problem, and it happens to me twice.

Maybe tonight I play the national lottery...

Got to order a new Bios chips.

Wow such horrible luck! I would play the lottery, I think you have a better chance of winning the lottery than that happening...

mimart7 · Nov 10, 2013

Were you updating your bios, when this happened?

manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

mimart7 said:
Were you updating your bios, when this happened?

Nope, tried rolled back, update to latest version. No positive outcome. But I was almost sure it would be the case as one of my rigs from last years shown exactly the same symptoms.

mimart7 · Nov 10, 2013

Thankfully, bios chips are relatively inexpensive. You may want to order a second as back up.

manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

That's exactly what I was thinking!

redduc900 · Nov 10, 2013

Why have you increased the BCLK to 108?

manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

Because I can't change the multi past 35 (see first post).

JeremyCT · Nov 10, 2013

What is your system plugged into? Wall outlet, surge protector, or UPS?

With two corrupted BIOSes, I start to wonder about incoming power quality.

redduc900 · Nov 10, 2013

So the BIOS doesn't see the change above 35, or software like CPU-Z isn't seeing the change?

ShrimpBrime · Nov 10, 2013

Gonna take a wild stab at this....

Un-install AI-suite II and see if that helps any for you.

Janus67 · Nov 10, 2013

Is it not RMAable?

manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

JeremyCT said:
What is your system plugged into? Wall outlet, surge protector, or UPS?

With two corrupted BIOSes, I start to wonder about incoming power quality.

None of those.

But it happened in two different appartments, in two different countries.

Yes, it's RMAeable, but that would take a couple f weeks, without a rig. Whereas it will take only a couple of days to get the new chip. And meanwhile, the pc is still running.

manu2b · Nov 10, 2013

ShrimpBrime said:
Gonna take a wild stab at this....

Un-install AI-suite II and see if that helps any for you.

AI suite is not installed.

And the multi is stuck in the bios.

ShrimpBrime · Nov 10, 2013

I read the multi was stuck. Ya first post.
fingers crossed a new bios chip helps..... GL

ZapTap · Nov 10, 2013

manu2b said:
None of those.

What's powering it, then?

JeremyCT · Nov 10, 2013

manu2b said:
None of those.

Does not compute. One end of the power cord plugs into the power supply. The other end is plugged into ... ? What, exactly? The wall? A plug strip? What?

manu2b · Nov 11, 2013

Sorry, wall outlet. I missed it...

I am pretty sure it is a user (me) mishandling anyway, as I am not always cautious with my stuff.

But I saw in my crystal ball that the chip swap will fix it!

Pierre3400 · Nov 11, 2013

manu2b said:
None of those.

But it happened in two different appartments, in two different countries.

Yes, it's RMAeable, but that would take a couple f weeks, without a rig. Whereas it will take only a couple of days to get the new chip. And meanwhile, the pc is still running.

This is why i have 2 rigs

That said, sad story, i'd order a new bios chip.

manu2b · Nov 11, 2013

^Chip ordered.

The "not too sad" thing is that the PC runs fine... but @4GHZ only!

Good thing is that max temp on load is 48ºC with 1.1v! :bday:

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