Boot time taking a lot longer on bios v.2003 ERROR 5A, seems to be vid cards?

[djb]

I did the update correctly to 2003. I've already cleared CMOS and took the battery out for 4 minutes.

No OC yet, Basic/Default bios settings. I've tried the XMP profile 1 also, no difference. I have also memOK'd. Also, memtest for 24 hours with no problems.

Info and Post Sequence date (I vid taped it) - This is with 1 (ONE) GPU:

Post Sequence on LED - 34 seconds:

00, 10, 19, 29, 25 (1 sec), 26, 32, 33, 60 (1 sec), 61 (1 sec), 03, 10, 19, 25 (1 sec), 26, 32, 33, 60 (1 sec), 61 (1 sec), 62, 65, 67 (1.5 sec), 6F, 5A (7.5 sec), 32, 4F, 60, 61, 62, 63, 78, 69, 40, 70 (0.75 sec), 71, 79, 96, 62 (3.75 sec), 99 (1.25 sec), 64, 62 (3.5 sec), A2, 34, AE (4 Sec)


This is with 3 GPU's:

Post Sequence for the boot now 47 Seconds:

00, 18, 19, 25 (0.5 sec), 26, 32, 33, 60 (1 sec), 61 (1 sec), 03, 10, 19, 25 (1 sec), 26, 32, 33, 60 (1 sec), 61 (1 sec), 62, 65, 67 (1.25 sec), 5A (20 sec), 32, 4F, 60, 61, 62, 63, 78, 69, 70, 79, 96, 62 (3.5 sec), 99 (1.5 sec), 64, 62 (3.2 sec), A2, 34 (1 sec), AE (4.5 sec)

It's hanging on 5A for a long time.

Everything runs fine in Windows, so far.

One other thing, data from my BIOS:

All 3 GTX680s, slot 1,2,4.

Bios Says: for Vid cards in Advanced, System Agent Configuration:

PCIE x16 1 Link Speed GEN 3
PCIE x16/x8_3 and PCIE x8_4 Link Speed GEN 3
PCIE x8 2A and PCIE x8 2B Link Speed GEN 3

Odd thing, in VGA Tweaker's Paradise, The screen says:

VGA1 Core Voltage Auto

Red Letters--VGA1 Core Voltage Boost Disabled
VGA1 Memory Voltage Auto
VGA1 PLL Voltage Auto
VGA2 Core Voltage Auto
Red Letters--VGA2 Core Voltage Boost Disabled
VGA2 Memory Voltage Auto
VGA2 PLL Voltage Auto

No VGA 3?

Curious as to thoughts, I hope it's not my cpu...

thanks,

[bikeman@ASUS]

You can try CLRTC setting again
1.turn off all power,and check the LED was off on the motherboard
2.remove the battery on the motherboard,wait a 1min
3.back to the battery and turn on the power,then start the PC testing again!

[djb]

You can try CLRTC setting again
1.turn off all power,and check the LED was off on the motherboard
2.remove the battery on the motherboard,wait a 1min
3.back to the battery and turn on the power,then start the PC testing again!

Yup, tried that. Thank you though. I just want to make sure there are no hardware issues before I rip everything apart and put waterblocks on everything.

[djb]

Yup, tried that. Thank you though. I just want to make sure there are no hardware issues before I rip everything apart and put waterblocks on everything.

And I just did it again and reflashed the bios 2003. No change from info above.

Thanks,

[HiVizMan]

When you test each card individually what do you get?

[djb]

When you test each card individually what do you get?

Pretty much the same thing, except it hangs on 5A just a little less.

While in Win7pro, using the Nvidia PCIE3.0 tweak, my cards don't get talking at 3.0 either, just 2.0. I've tried 1 whql and 3 beta drivers.

I am getting some good SLI benchmarks with 3Dmark, but I just want to be 100% sure (ok, 97%) all is good before adding all the blocks.

I have a ticket in to ASUS and will pass on what happens. Thank you.

[Myk SilentShadow]

Can you manually adjust the Gens of PCIe lanes with cards not in their slots? if so, leave one card in. Boot and get into BIOS then switch the lanes you're using the 3 cards to GEN 2, not Gen 3. Nvidia switched off Gen 3 use until further notice.

Also, did you connect the EZ-PLUG's in for added stability?

[djb]

Can you manually adjust the Gens of PCIe lanes with cards not in their slots? if so, leave one card in. Boot and get into BIOS then switch the lanes you're using the 3 cards to GEN 2, not Gen 3. Nvidia switched off Gen 3 use until further notice.

Also, did you connect the EZ-PLUG's in for added stability?

I'll try tonight. Thank you.

[Myk SilentShadow]

I'll try tonight. Thank you.

No worries, good luck

[djb]

No worries, good luck

Another question though, Nvidia switched off the Gen3 at the software level only, right? It should still be ok for both MB and VGAcard at bios level, EVGA still selling my card as Gen 3. I'll keep fiddling till I get all the blocks anyway...