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powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Greetings all! Just built my new rig (kept some old parts), here are specs:

i7 4770k
Z87 Deluxe
16gb Crucial Ballistix Elite (8gb x 2) 1866 cl9 1.5v
Evga 9800gtx
Corsair VX550 PSU
2 x 36gb WD raptor HD in raid-0
1 x 750gb WD HD
Samsung DVD drive

So I installed windows 8 pro under stock BIOS version and then did Install All drivers option off motherboard driver CD, only thing I changed in BIOS was to enable xmp profile and enable SATA as raid mode. Everything was running great no issues. Then I saw there was a new bios, so I flashed it using flash drive and bios ez flash utility, it went successfully and I went into new bios and enabled xmp and enabled sata raid mode, but after that windows kept throwing random blue screens. I ended up having to reflash the original bios from the motherboard CD and now everything is OK again? Should I just wait for a new bios to come out? I'd like to use this newer bios if possible. Any idea what could be wrong? Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Steve

Praz · ‎06-21-2013

Using the 1007 version UEFI do you still get crashes if you do not use RAID?

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Thank you for quick reply Praz! I will reflash the 1007 BIOS and report back.

Regards,
Steve

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Yes still have BSOD in AHCI mode. 😞

Praz · ‎06-21-2013

Strange. I have no issues with AHCI mode. At what point is the BSOD happening?

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Its random. Windows doesn't last more than 1 to 2 minutes. Just now I reflashed 1007 and set to AHCI and went to reinstall windows on just one of the raptors and it BSODed in windows 8 setup.

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

I'm a decent ways into windows 8 installation on 1007 bios in ahci mode with XMP disabled. I'll bet raid would be fine too as long as xmp is disabled. Xmp worked fine under old bios?

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Scratch that. It BSOD'ed. Am manually setting dram speed, voltage and timings to see if that works.

powruser · ‎06-21-2013

Setting dram speed/timing/voltage manually doesn't help. Neither does ahci mode..starting to think an exchange is in order? I bought from micro center and I'm in exchange period. I don't want to be stuck on old bios..any other ideas?

samual · ‎06-21-2013

Hi powruser:

The 4770k is a power hungry chip. Have you tried ramping up the vcore?

Z87-Deluxe BSOD after BIOS update.