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EX58-UD5 halts on 6F at post
Hello all,
I am having some problems with my well-loved Gigabyte EX58-UD5. Recently it stopped booting with no changes made to the hardware or software as far as I know (Windows updates being what they are). It halts on post code 6F. I've looked in the manual and online here; LSDMeASAP View Profile: Lsdmeasap - TweakTown Forums has posted the codes. Both seem to indicate that the POST is doing a 69 (L2 cache activate, which seems slow) and then 6F, where it looks for a floppy. There is none to find.
I've
...and nothing seems to have worked. I could post a video of the boot if it would help, though I doubt it unless there are some specific LEDs that need to be seen as there are a lot of them lit during POST. At this point, the only thing left would be to replace the motherboard, but I don't know why that would be necessary and it's the why that frustrates me as it's been such a reliable motherboard until now.
System info (present): Gigabyte EX58-UD5, 2x8gb Ballistix (6x1gb OCZ on standby, were in use prior to problems - removed for testing), Gigabyte GTX 970, NewQ Platinum, Adaptec 6805E, 4x250gb HDD in RAID10, Antec 900w PSU, BDROM, CDRW, Quantum MGE case. Note that I had an eVGA GeForce 580 in place which I've upgraded as another test; memory above and video were sequentially tested with the same result.
Any suggestions? Have I covered everything up to a bad motherboard? Is there a jumper setting to skip the FDD/6F check?
I am having some problems with my well-loved Gigabyte EX58-UD5. Recently it stopped booting with no changes made to the hardware or software as far as I know (Windows updates being what they are). It halts on post code 6F. I've looked in the manual and online here; LSDMeASAP View Profile: Lsdmeasap - TweakTown Forums has posted the codes. Both seem to indicate that the POST is doing a 69 (L2 cache activate, which seems slow) and then 6F, where it looks for a floppy. There is none to find.
I've
- cleared the CMOS
- reseated cables
- cleaned the dust
- removed and attempted to boot with no USB devices
- Removed all peripherals except video, memory and CPU
- changed memory
- changed video cards
- recabled everything for my OCDness
- pulled the battery/power for 30m to clear CMOS the hard way
...and nothing seems to have worked. I could post a video of the boot if it would help, though I doubt it unless there are some specific LEDs that need to be seen as there are a lot of them lit during POST. At this point, the only thing left would be to replace the motherboard, but I don't know why that would be necessary and it's the why that frustrates me as it's been such a reliable motherboard until now.
System info (present): Gigabyte EX58-UD5, 2x8gb Ballistix (6x1gb OCZ on standby, were in use prior to problems - removed for testing), Gigabyte GTX 970, NewQ Platinum, Adaptec 6805E, 4x250gb HDD in RAID10, Antec 900w PSU, BDROM, CDRW, Quantum MGE case. Note that I had an eVGA GeForce 580 in place which I've upgraded as another test; memory above and video were sequentially tested with the same result.
Any suggestions? Have I covered everything up to a bad motherboard? Is there a jumper setting to skip the FDD/6F check?
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