ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

[agenio]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

any news?
My system is still unstable :(

[agenio]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

new bios for 970 pro3: 1.80 :)

[radw]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

new bios for 970 pro3: 1.80 :)

Aaaaand the changelog says

Change Internet Flash server.

That's hilarious

[agenio]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

eh eh ... Hope is the last to die, maybe they changed something hidden

[radw]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

@agenio
Still unstable for me. Updated my bios and set all to defaults. After 2 minutes I've experienced a freeze. I then changed back the voltage of my ram to 1.65 and everything went to normal. I see no one from Asrock is even trying to help us... Wake up people from Asrock !

[agenio]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

@radw

try disabling the sound card in bios ... my now seems stable even if no audio :)

[agenio]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

@radw .... new bios ... 1.90 :):

1. Improve memory compatibility.
2. Modify PCI VGA card ZOTAC GT610 issue.
3. Update UEFI RAID Driver.
4. Support UEFI PXE boot.

maybe ... (however my system since I disabled the sound card is stable)

[jonasv]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

AND it still crashes :s sigh... when counting in al the hours spent trying to "fix" my computer.... I could have bought me an high end mobo and went on vacation :(

[owned139]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

AND it still crashes :s sigh... when counting in al the hours spent trying to "fix" my computer.... I could have bought me an high end mobo and went on vacation :(

Same here with Fx6300 and 970 Pro3 R2.0 + GeiL DragonRam :/

[Leontin]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

I have 970 Extreme 4 and AMD FX8350. I have this since january 2013 and it was working perfectly with stock setting and bios v2.30. i haven't run any benchmark and for now my motherbord is at service after a failed bios flash with v2.40. When i will have it again wich bios should i be upgrading? v2.21B or v2.40? wich one is better? to be onest i'm scared to flash again v2.40 since this "killed" my motherboard after i flashed with Instant Flash from UEFI and at the end was "Programming succes, press Enter to reboot" and after reboot, my system never booted again.

[jonasv]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

Last reply here from asrock over 4months old

common... give a solution... I would even be happy with "yeah, it just doesn't work, buy something else"

[owned139]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

I've got a workaround guys!
Installed Vista 32Bit, its a bit buggy especially my ATI Driver but Prime works now for about 1 hour!
My Windows 7 64 Bit crashed after max. 5 Minutes of Prime95!

[jonasv]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

I've got a workaround guys!
Installed Vista 32Bit, its a bit buggy especially my ATI Driver but Prime works now for about 1 hour!
My Windows 7 64 Bit crashed after max. 5 Minutes of Prime95!

hmm 1hour aint that long ofcourse.... how long is the max you could run it atm?

and vista :o.... I'm wondering what the difference could be (I already tried XP and Linux without success)

[owned139]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

hmm 1hour aint that long ofcourse.... how long is the max you could run it atm?

and vista :o.... I'm wondering what the difference could be (I already tried XP and Linux without success)

Tested for about 3 hours last night.
With Win7 my system never works so long!

[owned139]

Re: ASRock 970 Extreme4 FX-8350 Unstable with Stock Settings

After this test, i've installed Vista 64Bit and got the same problems like before.
Prime95 crashes with hardware failures and i've got BSOD (0x0A & 0x1E).
After renaming secdrv.sys to secdrv.sys.bak the system seems to be stable.
You can find this file in windows/system32/drivers.
It is the SecuRom driver, a copyprotection from macrovision!

This file should exist in Win7 to, so give it a try and let me know if it works for you guys!

*edit:
You have to rename it in safe mode! (press F8 while booting!)

*edit2:
Renaming the driver doesnt fix the problem but after installing sounddriver, Prime95 crashed again and again after seconds.