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- hd 4600 + GT610
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I'm opening this poll to focus on the freeze issues me and some of my GA-Z87*-*** comrades
have been having.
After having FREEZE issues myself .. I combed the internet looking for similar cases/solutions
And found out I'm far from being alone .. many users with GA-Z87*-*** boards report
freeze issued and MOST of them resolved them with leaving ONLY 2 dimms in the build.
Perhaps it's only with hackintoshes, perhaps it also affects windows.
Let's find out by posting out experiences with these boards.
The freeze is a TOTAL SUDDEN/RANDOM FREEZE ..
No particular stimuli ---> no mouse, no keys, no sound, if there's video/audio playing it'll stop and halt as is.
And - no kernel panic and/or mention in CONSOLE - A FREEZE
So ..
My Answers :
Please post your experience with the GA-Z87*-*** boards ..
so we could have as much info on them as possible.
have been having.
After having FREEZE issues myself .. I combed the internet looking for similar cases/solutions
And found out I'm far from being alone .. many users with GA-Z87*-*** boards report
freeze issued and MOST of them resolved them with leaving ONLY 2 dimms in the build.
Perhaps it's only with hackintoshes, perhaps it also affects windows.
Let's find out by posting out experiences with these boards.
The freeze is a TOTAL SUDDEN/RANDOM FREEZE ..
No particular stimuli ---> no mouse, no keys, no sound, if there's video/audio playing it'll stop and halt as is.
And - no kernel panic and/or mention in CONSOLE - A FREEZE
So ..
- ARE YOU AN OWNER OF A GA-Z87*-*** MOTHERBOARD ?? If so - WHICH ONE ??
- Do you have more than 2 DIMMs ?? Explain.
- Have you had FREEZE ISSUEs ? (With or more or less than 2 dimms ?)
- What did you try to resolve the issue ?
- How did you end up resolving the issue ?
- How did your system run WINDOWS with more than 2 dimms?
My Answers :
- YES I own the GA-Z87M-D3H
- I started out with a NEW Corsair 8GB and 2xGB G-skill from a previous build
I got to a point where I thought one of the 2x4GB are damaged and was the reason
of the freeze however it'll work with either of them alon with the 8GB Corsair but NEVER both. - I've ONLY had freezes when I had MORE THAN 2 dimms installed.
*I don't remember if I tried with ONLY the 2x4GB (without the 1x8GB) but I will do it this week and report back to the thread. - I tried everything I possibly could think of EXCEPT working with a Haswell compliant PSU
(From replacing the motherboard .. to trying different drives,RAM, graphics cards and bios settings & versions.) - Leaving only 2 Dimms in my build is the ONLY thing that seems to solve it.
I am running stable installations of both Mountain Lion 10.8.5 AND Mavericks 10.9.1
with ALL my hardware (GT610, HD4600, 2xSSD, 2xHDD, 2xUSB PRO sound interfaces and various bluetooth mouse keys etc.. ) working properly.
The only thing I don't have is HDMI AUDIO from the HD 4600
but that's solvable with Toleda's guide. - For the short while I had WIN 7 installed on my build, it ran as you'd expect it to.
*I had some Blue Memory Dump screens but it was related to a graphics issue/driver.
So apparently its OSX that had trouble with more than 2 dimms ..
I'm not sure I've had WIN 7 run long enough .. but it sure had longer up times than my freezing 3 dimm build.
Please post your experience with the GA-Z87*-*** boards ..
so we could have as much info on them as possible.