firstly sorry but this is going to be long...
my build:
cpu: i7 6700k
mobo: asus z170 pro gaming BIOS 1105
ram: 16gb (2x8gb) hyper x savage 2400/cl12 1.35v
cooler: H110i GT
gpu: msi gtx 970
ssd: samsung 850 evo 250gb
hdd: WD blue 1tb
odd: external usb
when i had completed the build it would not post, but i got it to run on 1 stick then enable XMP profile 1 in the BIOS so the ram was at 2400 1.35v, disabled it was 1.20v
after that, updated BIOS to 1105 and got both sticks running dual channel
installed win7, upgraded straight away to 10 and all was fine, ran Prime95 26.6 and HWMonitor showed 4.2ghz turbo on all cores, 65c temp with cooler on quiet mode
so i had a go at a bit of oveclocking, set cpu voltage to 1.325 manual, ratio of 45 and ran p95 for about 20mins to check temp and was a-ok
so bumped the ratio to 47 and when trying to run p95 had instant BSOD
so took it back to 45... BSOD upon reboot
reset the bios settings... BSOD loop with different errors coming up
ok... so i wanted to try wiping my ssd and re-installing win7 (only way to get clean install) and guess what.... BSOD
have cleared CMOS, running 1 stick of ram and tried erasing the ssd from BIOS (came up as frozen all the time, after reboot it said was finished wiping after only a few seconds)
have unplugged hdd and tried to install win7 on ssd... BSOD either when tying to boot from cd or after selecting language (a few different errors each time)
now i have the ssd unplugged and trying to install to the hdd but guess what i am getting? yes, BSOD still.
all combinations i have tried with and without the gpu, 1 or 2 sticks of ram, XMP enabled or disabled
i am at my wits end, i really have no idea what is up with this, i can only get to BIOS or look at the inevitable BSOD
do i need to RMA something, and if so what? or is there something i have missed?
my build:
cpu: i7 6700k
mobo: asus z170 pro gaming BIOS 1105
ram: 16gb (2x8gb) hyper x savage 2400/cl12 1.35v
cooler: H110i GT
gpu: msi gtx 970
ssd: samsung 850 evo 250gb
hdd: WD blue 1tb
odd: external usb
when i had completed the build it would not post, but i got it to run on 1 stick then enable XMP profile 1 in the BIOS so the ram was at 2400 1.35v, disabled it was 1.20v
after that, updated BIOS to 1105 and got both sticks running dual channel
installed win7, upgraded straight away to 10 and all was fine, ran Prime95 26.6 and HWMonitor showed 4.2ghz turbo on all cores, 65c temp with cooler on quiet mode
so i had a go at a bit of oveclocking, set cpu voltage to 1.325 manual, ratio of 45 and ran p95 for about 20mins to check temp and was a-ok
so bumped the ratio to 47 and when trying to run p95 had instant BSOD
so took it back to 45... BSOD upon reboot
reset the bios settings... BSOD loop with different errors coming up
ok... so i wanted to try wiping my ssd and re-installing win7 (only way to get clean install) and guess what.... BSOD
have cleared CMOS, running 1 stick of ram and tried erasing the ssd from BIOS (came up as frozen all the time, after reboot it said was finished wiping after only a few seconds)
have unplugged hdd and tried to install win7 on ssd... BSOD either when tying to boot from cd or after selecting language (a few different errors each time)
now i have the ssd unplugged and trying to install to the hdd but guess what i am getting? yes, BSOD still.
all combinations i have tried with and without the gpu, 1 or 2 sticks of ram, XMP enabled or disabled
i am at my wits end, i really have no idea what is up with this, i can only get to BIOS or look at the inevitable BSOD
do i need to RMA something, and if so what? or is there something i have missed?