I've decided to re-organize this post, and update it on my findings. the previous way I had it formatted can be found here: https://pastebin.com/UiV7EJq8
My build:
I7-4790k
Asus Formula VII
Corsair Vengance Pro 2133hz 9-11-10-30 4x8GB (2 kits)
1080 TI FE (EVGA)
Corsair HX750i
840 EVO SSD (boot drive)
2x 1TB WD Blacks (in RAID 0)
Symptoms:
Things I know are functioning "fine":
Have ran memtest86 for 10 hours on my RAM at my BIOS' stock speeds. no failures.
Memetest86 for 5 hours at 1866mhz 9-11-10-30 @1.5V (moba shows it's feeding it 1.523V-1.527V) with 0 failures.
ram has failed at 2133mhz 9-11-10-30 @1.5V which it is speced for. and also at 2000mhz
I have used 2 completely different 1080 TI's on the same motherboard. (EVGA shipped me one, before I had to return my old one. impossible for them to ship me the same card back, since I had both at the same time. EVGA has tested the 1080 TI I returned. and says it's functioning fine.
I've watched the PSU voltages both in bios and in windows for a few moments. the 3.3V, 5V, and 12V never even reach past ~2% fluctuations. and 12V rail is VERY stable. I don't have any equipment to check outside of that though. and really unsure what else i should be checking when it comes to the PSU
SSD is completely healthy, benchmarked and checked S.M.A.R.T. also Rapid mode is off, has been off
Now some more info:
After I tested my new GPU, and still got artifacts. (never tested BIOS at this point, or noticed anything wrong with it. Also had DP-DVI monitor connected) At that point I sent my Motherboard to ASUS with out further testing, they returned it with the BIOS flashed to the latest version. and CMOS reset.
I havn't looked further into artifacting with BIOS being all funky. but in the small benchmarks i've done, I haven't noticed anything causing further artifacts with the DP-DVI monitor unplugged.
At this very moment i'm packing up my motherboard, to ship it back to ASUS for more testing. I'll continue to update this as I continue to troubleshoot. And once the solution is found. I will be posting that as well. Any input and ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
My build:
I7-4790k
Asus Formula VII
Corsair Vengance Pro 2133hz 9-11-10-30 4x8GB (2 kits)
1080 TI FE (EVGA)
Corsair HX750i
840 EVO SSD (boot drive)
2x 1TB WD Blacks (in RAID 0)
Symptoms:
-GPU hit 90C+ due to precision XOC failing to apply fan curve, and completely freezing up on me. after this all these problems occurred.
-Artifacts across 2 out of 3 of my monitors. Both using Displayport, one Using a Displayport to DVI adapter.
-Artifacts seem to not occur when my Displayport to DVI monitor is unplugged.
-When booted into windows, connecting the DP-DVI monitor, windows can't reconize besides it's a display device. but nothing else.
-BIOS freezing as soon as it shows, up on screen. But only consistently in one scenario.
-When BIOS freezes, It shows temps and clocks as N/A and will remain completly unresponsive.
-When BIOS freezes it's instant, no delay, as soon as the display shows up, or even possibly before it shows up on my monitor.
-BIOS will not freeze if GPU isn't installed and using on-board graphics.
-even if BIOS freezes i can always boot into windows after I restart the computer.
-If i get a cpu fan error(using a AIO water cooler), and press F1 to enter into BIOS, sometimes it will skip BIOS, and go straight into windows.
-Will ALWAYS freeze BIOS if the following is true, change one and it might freeze, might not: XMP is on Profile 1, SSD is plugged in, and GPU is plugged in also. but change any one of these and it's a 50/50 that it might freeze. All plugged in; and it will freeze. 100% of the time. (Note: XMP sets the correct specs for the RAM @ 2133mhz, 9-11-10-30 1.5V)
Things I know are functioning "fine":
Have ran memtest86 for 10 hours on my RAM at my BIOS' stock speeds. no failures.
Memetest86 for 5 hours at 1866mhz 9-11-10-30 @1.5V (moba shows it's feeding it 1.523V-1.527V) with 0 failures.
ram has failed at 2133mhz 9-11-10-30 @1.5V which it is speced for. and also at 2000mhz
I have used 2 completely different 1080 TI's on the same motherboard. (EVGA shipped me one, before I had to return my old one. impossible for them to ship me the same card back, since I had both at the same time. EVGA has tested the 1080 TI I returned. and says it's functioning fine.
I've watched the PSU voltages both in bios and in windows for a few moments. the 3.3V, 5V, and 12V never even reach past ~2% fluctuations. and 12V rail is VERY stable. I don't have any equipment to check outside of that though. and really unsure what else i should be checking when it comes to the PSU
SSD is completely healthy, benchmarked and checked S.M.A.R.T. also Rapid mode is off, has been off
Now some more info:
After I tested my new GPU, and still got artifacts. (never tested BIOS at this point, or noticed anything wrong with it. Also had DP-DVI monitor connected) At that point I sent my Motherboard to ASUS with out further testing, they returned it with the BIOS flashed to the latest version. and CMOS reset.
I havn't looked further into artifacting with BIOS being all funky. but in the small benchmarks i've done, I haven't noticed anything causing further artifacts with the DP-DVI monitor unplugged.
At this very moment i'm packing up my motherboard, to ship it back to ASUS for more testing. I'll continue to update this as I continue to troubleshoot. And once the solution is found. I will be posting that as well. Any input and ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.