- Mar 14, 2014
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Today, the usb 3.0 ports on my motherboard decided to randomly stop functioning (I had my keyboard and mouse connected to them). Strangely enough, the ones on the front of my case were still working. I can get them to function again by completely powering off my PC and turning it back on by the switch while quickly clicking the mouse and hitting a key on the keyboard at the same time as hitting the power button. Then it sticks until I shut off my computer through the start menu. Upon next boot, I have to plug them into a USB 2.0 port. I personally have no issue with this, but then when I go to shut down from the start menu now, about 3-5 seconds after the computer is completely shut off, the computer reboots.
Another issue which may be related but has been happening for a while is I sometimes get an error message upon booting that says a bios error occurred. I think it is related to my OC but after I enter the bios and save them again, It boots into windows. My OC is stable at 4.5 GHz. I render videos daily and also previously stress tested the system for 24 hours with no issues.
Here is what I have tried to fix what has been happening.
- Reflashing the current bios
- Downgrading my bios
- upgrading back to the newest bios
- plugging in my usb devices to different ports
- resetting the bios to factory settings
- resetting my CMOS on my mobo
- Checking my registry for any errors
- Reinstalling and mobo and usb 3.0 drivers
- Checking all my bios settings for anything that may be causing the boot cycle
I am really at a loss at this point. This issue is rather annoying but my computer is functional. For the moment, I have it switched off at the PSU (when I did this, it tried to boot again after a few seconds with the last bit of residual power). If anyone has any ideas or advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
Specs:
i7 4820k @ 4.5 GHz cpu
16 gb DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2 ram (clocked at 1333?)
GTX 780 3 gb gpu
Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 mobo
AZZA Dynamo 850W PSU
Windows 8.1
120 gb SSD for boot
2 tb HDD raid 0
1 tb HDD
Another issue which may be related but has been happening for a while is I sometimes get an error message upon booting that says a bios error occurred. I think it is related to my OC but after I enter the bios and save them again, It boots into windows. My OC is stable at 4.5 GHz. I render videos daily and also previously stress tested the system for 24 hours with no issues.
Here is what I have tried to fix what has been happening.
- Reflashing the current bios
- Downgrading my bios
- upgrading back to the newest bios
- plugging in my usb devices to different ports
- resetting the bios to factory settings
- resetting my CMOS on my mobo
- Checking my registry for any errors
- Reinstalling and mobo and usb 3.0 drivers
- Checking all my bios settings for anything that may be causing the boot cycle
I am really at a loss at this point. This issue is rather annoying but my computer is functional. For the moment, I have it switched off at the PSU (when I did this, it tried to boot again after a few seconds with the last bit of residual power). If anyone has any ideas or advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
Specs:
i7 4820k @ 4.5 GHz cpu
16 gb DDR3-1866 ADATA XPG V2 ram (clocked at 1333?)
GTX 780 3 gb gpu
Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 mobo
AZZA Dynamo 850W PSU
Windows 8.1
120 gb SSD for boot
2 tb HDD raid 0
1 tb HDD
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