- Oct 10, 2013
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Hi, first time posting here, this site has been a great source of info to me when trying to troubleshoot and I've reached the point where I really need some advice.
I have been having many problems with my pc since I got it. Mainly stutter and slight to heavy screen tearing-like effect everywhere, even on desktop (especially when scrolling and moving windows), but most noticable in games and video playback (esp youtube). The cursor even feels choppy when I load the bios on my motherboard, likewise on desktop when using integrated graphics. Usually the effect is only slight but when the gpu or cpu is under load the effect increases. Some games look alright at 60fps but anything less and it stutters noticably, making it look worse than 25ps when it is actually 40-50 fps.
I also have a problem with flash drives not being recognized correctly unless they are plugged in during a reboot. I can't use Windows Update or I end up with BSOD. Sometimes it takes forever to shut down.
The motherboard shows many errors so I'm thinking this must be the problem.
Z77 Extreme6 error readout: 05, 55, 15, 4F, 68, 72, 96, 62, 9A, 99, 64, A2 and others; it's too fast too see them all.
Then when the screen with the ASRock logo on it loads up, before the welcome screen loads, 8 small white lines appear in the top left corner for a few seconds. That has to indicate a hardware problem with the motherboard surely.
After looking up the meanings of the codes, it seems that everything is having errors; hdds, cpu, memory, pci slots. I am thinking the problem is with the motherboard and not every single other part.
Running BIOS 2.4, I have tried resetting the cmos. drivers updated to the best of my knowledge (I wasn't completely sure which ones to get) I have tried other monitors.
Is this motherboard obviously faulty and a candidate for rma? Or should I try reinstalling everything, updating bios, reformatting windows possibly? Is there something else I should be doing? Or does the problem maybe lie elsewhere; can faulty psu, cpu, or ram be causing this?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Really need a pointer on the next step I should be taking here. Thanks for anything you can offer
specs
Gigabyte 7970 OC (running at factory OC)
i5 3570k (stock clocks for now)
Antec HIgh Current Gamer 620W
SanDIsk Extreme 240 SSD
Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard
Western Digital WD Green 2TB
Antec Three hundred two case
Lots of fans
I have been having many problems with my pc since I got it. Mainly stutter and slight to heavy screen tearing-like effect everywhere, even on desktop (especially when scrolling and moving windows), but most noticable in games and video playback (esp youtube). The cursor even feels choppy when I load the bios on my motherboard, likewise on desktop when using integrated graphics. Usually the effect is only slight but when the gpu or cpu is under load the effect increases. Some games look alright at 60fps but anything less and it stutters noticably, making it look worse than 25ps when it is actually 40-50 fps.
I also have a problem with flash drives not being recognized correctly unless they are plugged in during a reboot. I can't use Windows Update or I end up with BSOD. Sometimes it takes forever to shut down.
The motherboard shows many errors so I'm thinking this must be the problem.
Z77 Extreme6 error readout: 05, 55, 15, 4F, 68, 72, 96, 62, 9A, 99, 64, A2 and others; it's too fast too see them all.
Then when the screen with the ASRock logo on it loads up, before the welcome screen loads, 8 small white lines appear in the top left corner for a few seconds. That has to indicate a hardware problem with the motherboard surely.
After looking up the meanings of the codes, it seems that everything is having errors; hdds, cpu, memory, pci slots. I am thinking the problem is with the motherboard and not every single other part.
Running BIOS 2.4, I have tried resetting the cmos. drivers updated to the best of my knowledge (I wasn't completely sure which ones to get) I have tried other monitors.
Is this motherboard obviously faulty and a candidate for rma? Or should I try reinstalling everything, updating bios, reformatting windows possibly? Is there something else I should be doing? Or does the problem maybe lie elsewhere; can faulty psu, cpu, or ram be causing this?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Really need a pointer on the next step I should be taking here. Thanks for anything you can offer
specs
Gigabyte 7970 OC (running at factory OC)
i5 3570k (stock clocks for now)
Antec HIgh Current Gamer 620W
SanDIsk Extreme 240 SSD
Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard
Western Digital WD Green 2TB
Antec Three hundred two case
Lots of fans
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