- Joined
- Mar 1, 2003
- Location
- Georgia
I bought this board (GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ rev. 4.0) on June 3, 2014 to build a new system.
The rest of the system:
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W
GIGABYTE GV-R929OC-4GD Radeon R9 290
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-1600C8D-8GAB
SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
My problem is that I have found this system running with a black screen when I checked it on two occasions now. The first time was about three weeks ago. The second time was this morning.
It would not restart using the case switch, so I had to turn off the power at the PSU. Waited about 30 seconds, turned the PSU switch back on, it would not restart. After fiddling around inside to make sure everything was seated correctly, I tried to restart again. Nothing. Several times nothing. After about 15 minutes of messing around, I tried to start again and it did start.
Don't ask about startup beeps, I can't hear them.
This BIOS corruption message (pictured below) was on the screen!!
I am only folding on this system. I have never even gone into the BIOS to change anything. I do have the R9 290 overclocked to 1100MHz using TriXX (VDDC offset to 200).
FX-6300 never has gotten above 45C. The R9 290 runs about 78C.
My questions are:
1) Does this motherboard have a history of this problem?
2) Is there a fix?
3) Is my best option to RMA? My 30 day RMA may have expired!
The rest of the system:
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 6-Core 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W
GIGABYTE GV-R929OC-4GD Radeon R9 290
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) F3-1600C8D-8GAB
SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
My problem is that I have found this system running with a black screen when I checked it on two occasions now. The first time was about three weeks ago. The second time was this morning.
It would not restart using the case switch, so I had to turn off the power at the PSU. Waited about 30 seconds, turned the PSU switch back on, it would not restart. After fiddling around inside to make sure everything was seated correctly, I tried to restart again. Nothing. Several times nothing. After about 15 minutes of messing around, I tried to start again and it did start.
Don't ask about startup beeps, I can't hear them.
This BIOS corruption message (pictured below) was on the screen!!
I am only folding on this system. I have never even gone into the BIOS to change anything. I do have the R9 290 overclocked to 1100MHz using TriXX (VDDC offset to 200).
FX-6300 never has gotten above 45C. The R9 290 runs about 78C.
My questions are:
1) Does this motherboard have a history of this problem?
2) Is there a fix?
3) Is my best option to RMA? My 30 day RMA may have expired!
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