GA-EP45-UD3P - Won't boot with 450FSB

[D-an-W]

Testing 500x8.5, 20x IBT & 17hrs Prime Blend stable so far...template to follow.

[Psycho101]

I would almost 100% discount D-an-W's PSU being the issue devoh. The Seasonic M12 is an awesome supply, truely superb. Probably the most stable supply money can buy, or there abouts.

I do agree that unplugging the PSU doesn't save very much power, but I think every little helps (each to their own ). It just seems odd that it only occurs (the double boot) with overclocked settings. I have tried to resolve it by tweaking various voltages and even changing some miscellaneous options like 32/64 bit power saving mode, USB KB and mouse etc.

Now I know that the double boot is common, it doesn't really bother me now. I just switch off at the wall at night (I have a 3 gang surge protector with seperate on/off switches) and put up with it. All that happens is an almost instant power off, then a normal boot. I do feel for those that get a boot loop though.

[devoh]

Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Changelog is always posted when given and I am sure Stasio posted this one on the BIOS thread the day he posted this (Around 7-27-09)
Info: AHCI ROM 1.20E
Info: ALT+F12 - Flash the Backup BIOS
Info: "Backup BIOS Image to HDD" Default Setting [Disabled]

Enjoy



Because the CMOS must be charged again = Reboot, Reprogrammed = reboot, Tested and Verified = Reboot, Normal boot.

Don't unplug your PSU you are not saving $100's of a year by doing so anyway

The only time I unplug/turn off the PSU is when I am playing in the case.
So for me it's not that frequent of a problem.. just a problem that makes me nervous. I would have thought that the battery would keep the cmod charged.

-devoh

[Lsdmeasap]

It does, but I am not certain for how long. It's a pretty small battery and when you disconnect the power several things drain it pretty fast.

[D-an-W]

Passed 24hrs of Prime Blend without error so moved onto Large FFT's, are we of the opinion 12hrs will be enough?

[Octopuss]

hell no :P
24 or nothing

[D-an-W]

Coming up on 12hrs now

[devoh]

Let's start a pool.. I say he makes it to 17 hours.

-devoh

[Octopuss]

I say whatever it makes it will be less than 24 and he will commit suicide eating 10kg of majorly psychedelic toads :D

[Psycho101]

That's alot of toad licking!

I'm of the opinion that although 24 hours is nice, as long as you don't take part in distributed computing (such as Folding@Home etc) then 12 hours is fine. Anything over 8 hours should see you never get an error when gaming, or even X264 encoding.

This current rig of mine has pased 24 hours of blend, but I only used 12 hours for small FFT and 112 hours for large FFT (pluss 8 hours OCCT and 50 IBT runs OFC).