So I have a new computer just built, using:
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-F2A88X-D3H(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128656 )
Processor:
AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280)
I built the system, put in 8GB of RAM (2x4GB), installed Win 7 64bit, and all that jazz. After some extensive troubleshooting, with multiple clean installs, BSOD's, I eventually determined that I can make the system work 100% as long as I don't install the Display adapter drivers for the APU (installs radeon graphics drivers). I know this is the issue, becuase once those are installed, I can't boot up for more than 2 minutes without getting crashes. However, I can boot into safe mode, and if I go into device manager and uninstall display adapter drivers, it is able to reboot and run with no issues. So all the above leads me to believe that my my APU is the source of my problems, when it tries to use the "GPU" portion correctly, it stops working nearly instantly. After calling Gigabyte's support desk they had me try a few different settings in BIOS, changing GFX to forced IGP, and forcing 2gb to be set aside for it etc...No change. He believed it was an APU issue, and suggested I RMA it. The conflicting piece of information I have that makes me think it could be a motherboard issue, is that the board has 1 PCIe express x16 slot, that is labeled as the dual graphics channel. (so maybe designed more for AMD than Nvidia?) I have one spare Nvidea 9800 GeForce card that I installed while troubleshooting, once that card is in I get the same errors, and inability to boot properly. Could this still be an issue with APU, or should I be looking more at my motherboard? I'd really like to know for sure which component is failing so I only RMA the correct one! Any suggestions? It seems the drivers issue is fairly common with some the AMD A serries processors, (doing some searching around various tech forums), so I'm still suspecting that, but don't understand why that would affect my discreet card as well!
Like I said any suggestions, thoughts, or general ridicule from those with more knowledge of these things that me would be appreciated. Am I missing something obvious?
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-F2A88X-D3H(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128656 )
Processor:
AMD A10-5800K Trinity 3.8GHz
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280)
I built the system, put in 8GB of RAM (2x4GB), installed Win 7 64bit, and all that jazz. After some extensive troubleshooting, with multiple clean installs, BSOD's, I eventually determined that I can make the system work 100% as long as I don't install the Display adapter drivers for the APU (installs radeon graphics drivers). I know this is the issue, becuase once those are installed, I can't boot up for more than 2 minutes without getting crashes. However, I can boot into safe mode, and if I go into device manager and uninstall display adapter drivers, it is able to reboot and run with no issues. So all the above leads me to believe that my my APU is the source of my problems, when it tries to use the "GPU" portion correctly, it stops working nearly instantly. After calling Gigabyte's support desk they had me try a few different settings in BIOS, changing GFX to forced IGP, and forcing 2gb to be set aside for it etc...No change. He believed it was an APU issue, and suggested I RMA it. The conflicting piece of information I have that makes me think it could be a motherboard issue, is that the board has 1 PCIe express x16 slot, that is labeled as the dual graphics channel. (so maybe designed more for AMD than Nvidia?) I have one spare Nvidea 9800 GeForce card that I installed while troubleshooting, once that card is in I get the same errors, and inability to boot properly. Could this still be an issue with APU, or should I be looking more at my motherboard? I'd really like to know for sure which component is failing so I only RMA the correct one! Any suggestions? It seems the drivers issue is fairly common with some the AMD A serries processors, (doing some searching around various tech forums), so I'm still suspecting that, but don't understand why that would affect my discreet card as well!
Like I said any suggestions, thoughts, or general ridicule from those with more knowledge of these things that me would be appreciated. Am I missing something obvious?
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