EX58-UD4P unable to get past "Verifying DMI Pool Data" no matter what

[asmodeus_dhoine]

I had this minor problem before when my machine won't boot every time but from 2nd-3rd time, getting stuck at "Verifying DMI Pool Data" right after POST. It was annoying but not a showstopper.

So, today, Windows bluescreen thanks to ProcessExplorer and I rebooted. It's been about 1 hour now and I still can't make the damn thing to boot.

It wasn't even overclocked. I tried loading fail-safe and optimized default. Tried clearing CMOS 4 times. Tried unplugging all USB and internal disks but the system one. Nothing!

It does boot from USB jumpdrive into backtrak and when there's no drives it says "Boot disk failure".

My system is
EX58-UD4P
Intel i7 920 (C0)
OCZ Gold 1600 6GB
BFG GTX280 OC2 1GB
Windows 7 x64

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm kinda screwed by this situation since I work on this machine and it's the only one I have. Posting this from my phone.

[wazza300]

do you know how to flash the bios with a usb stick and q-flash??? i would re-flash and makesure clear dmi pool data is ticked when flashing,use the latest beta bios for your board available here

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12...8ud4p.f14b.zip

[asmodeus_dhoine]

You know, I actually did exactly that.
I thought - what if CMOS is not really cleared even though I pressed that button? So I downloaded F14b and flashed with q-Flash without keeping DMI. And nothing changed :-/
Also, funny thing - it looks like this mobo is dying by the hour - it was booting from USB stick fine few hours ago and now when I set up Ubuntu on my 8GB stick I had hard time getting it to boot from it. Had to clear CMOS again etc.
Sigh.

[Lsdmeasap]

Give me your current settings in a template from my signature, and a link to your memory or the model #/name. Sounds like you may just need some proper settings.

What external hardware do you have connected also, sometimes external USB Hard drives or devices can cause random issues.

[asmodeus_dhoine]

Give me your current settings in a template from my signature, and a link to your memory or the model #/name. Sounds like you may just need some proper settings.

What external hardware do you have connected also, sometimes external USB Hard drives or devices can cause random issues.

If my current settings are completely default except for ~10 settings - do I have to fill out the whole thing? I'm afraid to reboot, since it's taking longer every time to boot from USB now.

I reset CMOS and changed this:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20x]
also set SATA to AHCI and Native mode.
Disabled floppy, disabled on-board LAN and 1394.
Enabled USB Storage and KB and mouse.

That's it.
As for USB drives - no, no USB drives, only USB stick from which I boot.

Memory - OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) OCZ3G1600LV6GK.

I was googling and I think - could this be dying CMOS battery?

[Lsdmeasap]

Yes, please do fill out the whole thing, we need to see it all.

Do not boot from USB, if you are running a OS from USB this may be part of your problem. Booting from USB for running a small app or to test or install something is fine, running a OS from USB is not. Some USB Devices do not work easily with these boards, and that is why I also asked about these devices above.


If your CMOS battery was dying your clock would be slower in the BIOS each day, or your settings would all disappear each day.

[wazza300]

it wont boot set to ahci without the ahci drivers,set to ide and try

[asmodeus_dhoine]

it wont boot set to ahci without the ahci drivers,set to ide and try

My Windows is using AHCI, settings drives to IDE and booting up would cause system to fail and it'll need to be reinstalled.

It's been set to AHCI for almost a year.

[asmodeus_dhoine]

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [20x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled] << Disabled if you do not use Vmware or Virtual PC Programs
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. Auto (x36)
Uncore Frequency .......................... 2133
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[Enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [Auto]

C.I.A.2 [Disabled]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[700mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [700mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... N/A
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [AUTO] (8)
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [Auto]
Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ...................... 7
tRCD ....................................... 7
tRP ......................................... 7
tRAS ....................................... 16

Below values may be left in Auto if you like, generally this is fine. For those users who DO Set advanced timings manually, please see some of my thoughts and findings about these settings and rules here
XtremeSystems Forums - View Single Post - Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

##Channel A Advanced Timing Control##
tRC ........................................ 27
tRRD ....................................... 4
tWTR ...................................... 4
tWR ........................................ 8
tWTP ....................................... 19
tWL ........................................ 7
tRFC ....................................... 60
tRTP ....................................... 4
tFAW ...................................... 16
Command Rate (CMD) ................ 1

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ................... 47



Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Disabled]
CPU Vcore ............................... 1.28750V
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.150v ............ 1.150V
CPU PLL 1.800v ....................... 1.800V

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ........................... 1.500V
QPI PLL 1.100v ....................... 1.100V
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... 1.100V
ICH I/O 1.500v .......................1.500V
ICH Core 1.1v ........................ 1.100V

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. 1.500V
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO] 0.750V

[asmodeus_dhoine]

Do not boot from USB, if you are running a OS from USB this may be part of your problem.

You see, I only boot from USB because that's the only way I have here. My Windows system is on hard drive and I can't boot from there. I just noticed that it still (sometimes) boots from USB stick so I installed Ubuntu there to have at least something.