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- Jul 24, 2014
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyge GA-Z97-H3D
- CPU
- i5-4570
- Graphics
- HD4 000
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hello All,
I understand that this issue (Boot stalled at Gigabyte splash screen) may not be Hackintosh specific, but I got to this point by working on the EFI settings of my triple boot hackintosh and this is the 2nd motherboard I "brick" in that condition.
So here is the story: I have been using my system (GA-B85M-D3H / i5-4570 / Clover / macOS+Win10+Ubuntu) for over a year with no hardware change and only standard monthly Windows 10 updates and macOS updates (currently High Sierra).
Two weeks ago, as I was testing various settings in config.plist in EFI, my system stopped booting ramaining stalled at the "Gigabyte - Ultra Durable" splash screen.
It does not respond to F9, F12, End, Del keys. The only recognized keyboard action is "Ctrl-Alt-Del" which reboots.
I have cleared CMOS by unplugging the Power Supply and putting a jumper on the CLR_CMOS pins for 30 seconds. No difference.
I have removed everything possible from the logic board only keeping the power supply (and I checked with two different power supplies), the memory (and I also checked with a known good memory and tested my memory good with Memtest on another system), obviously O also kept the i5-4570 processor (and I also checked with another processor from another good working system). In all cases, the system remains stalled at the same splash screen.
Then I have created a MBR/FAT formatted USB stick with FreeDOS and the F15 BIOS files from the Gigabyte site (autoexec.bat, B85MD3H.F15, Efiflash.exe). I tested the USB stick and it boot well on another system. I then plugged it in a USB port of the GA-B85M-D3H board and it does not boot from it but again it remains stalled at the splash screen.
I went through the same problem with the original motherboard of this PC (a Lenovo M93p tower). So I currently have to unusable motherboards, both with AMI BIOS…
Any help will be welcome!
Cheers,
I understand that this issue (Boot stalled at Gigabyte splash screen) may not be Hackintosh specific, but I got to this point by working on the EFI settings of my triple boot hackintosh and this is the 2nd motherboard I "brick" in that condition.
So here is the story: I have been using my system (GA-B85M-D3H / i5-4570 / Clover / macOS+Win10+Ubuntu) for over a year with no hardware change and only standard monthly Windows 10 updates and macOS updates (currently High Sierra).
Two weeks ago, as I was testing various settings in config.plist in EFI, my system stopped booting ramaining stalled at the "Gigabyte - Ultra Durable" splash screen.
It does not respond to F9, F12, End, Del keys. The only recognized keyboard action is "Ctrl-Alt-Del" which reboots.
I have cleared CMOS by unplugging the Power Supply and putting a jumper on the CLR_CMOS pins for 30 seconds. No difference.
I have removed everything possible from the logic board only keeping the power supply (and I checked with two different power supplies), the memory (and I also checked with a known good memory and tested my memory good with Memtest on another system), obviously O also kept the i5-4570 processor (and I also checked with another processor from another good working system). In all cases, the system remains stalled at the same splash screen.
Then I have created a MBR/FAT formatted USB stick with FreeDOS and the F15 BIOS files from the Gigabyte site (autoexec.bat, B85MD3H.F15, Efiflash.exe). I tested the USB stick and it boot well on another system. I then plugged it in a USB port of the GA-B85M-D3H board and it does not boot from it but again it remains stalled at the splash screen.
I went through the same problem with the original motherboard of this PC (a Lenovo M93p tower). So I currently have to unusable motherboards, both with AMI BIOS…
Any help will be welcome!
Cheers,