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I just wanted to write this to see if anyone else had done it.
I have my sig rig, plus another clone with a few different parts (nothing major) that both use the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 R 1.3 BIOS 10 and i had a boot loop error on one that i guess gigabyte boards are notorious for. I couldnt find much help other than trying to narrow down the culprit. I stripped everything down to a breadboard (motherboard on MB box and PSU, CPU, HS, one stick of memory, keyboard and monitor only) and no luck. replaced the battery. Reset Bios. Nothing. I used a multimeter to test the PSU. its fine. tested it all, its the MB.
I read about the 11 BIOS update that fixes this problem, but i was too late for me.
The Problem: It basically will start fine, at POST it says "Waiting for ME ready" and then followed iusually with a countdown...9...8...7 etc. It will then shutdown. If you are lucky, it comes back on just fine. i was not. I had a boot loop. it wont do anything besides show the splash logo, reboot, etc.
The Fix: There is no work around that i could find beside RMA'ing the board. Trust me i looked ALL over! It seems like (according to Gigabyte's website) that the new BIOS 11 fixes or at least helps with this problem. On the new build i just created with the same parts in my sig rig (close enough) it did work fine. Flashed BIOS to 11 no problem, I even used the DSDT from the database here that is for BIOS 10, and it worked fine.
The Catch: I don't have this new rig overclocked. From what i've read, that can give some of the problems with the boot loop. I will get my new MB later today and test with my Sig Rig (which is OC'd) and let you know if it is all okay.
Hope this helps someone else with this problem, even though it doesn't relaly seem to be a fix, but at least an answer.
BIOS
I have my sig rig, plus another clone with a few different parts (nothing major) that both use the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 R 1.3 BIOS 10 and i had a boot loop error on one that i guess gigabyte boards are notorious for. I couldnt find much help other than trying to narrow down the culprit. I stripped everything down to a breadboard (motherboard on MB box and PSU, CPU, HS, one stick of memory, keyboard and monitor only) and no luck. replaced the battery. Reset Bios. Nothing. I used a multimeter to test the PSU. its fine. tested it all, its the MB.
I read about the 11 BIOS update that fixes this problem, but i was too late for me.
The Problem: It basically will start fine, at POST it says "Waiting for ME ready" and then followed iusually with a countdown...9...8...7 etc. It will then shutdown. If you are lucky, it comes back on just fine. i was not. I had a boot loop. it wont do anything besides show the splash logo, reboot, etc.
The Fix: There is no work around that i could find beside RMA'ing the board. Trust me i looked ALL over! It seems like (according to Gigabyte's website) that the new BIOS 11 fixes or at least helps with this problem. On the new build i just created with the same parts in my sig rig (close enough) it did work fine. Flashed BIOS to 11 no problem, I even used the DSDT from the database here that is for BIOS 10, and it worked fine.
The Catch: I don't have this new rig overclocked. From what i've read, that can give some of the problems with the boot loop. I will get my new MB later today and test with my Sig Rig (which is OC'd) and let you know if it is all okay.
Hope this helps someone else with this problem, even though it doesn't relaly seem to be a fix, but at least an answer.
BIOS