I have a Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 rev 1.0. You can find its manual on this page:
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To make a long story short, I was recently having some problems with overheating, so I opened my box and discovered the radiator of my cooler was caked in drywall dust from when I had a home repair done some months before. I cleaned the radiator and everything else, and reassembled, only to find my machine didn't POST (I thought) or show video. I had assumed my case had an internal speaker, which wasn't true after all (more on that later).
I tested my CPU (i7-3930K) in another machine, to no avail, and had tried the other machine's CPU (a Xeon with the same socket) in my machine, also to no avail. At this point, I assumed my motherboard and CPU were fried, and was about to order some old stock of the same models, when I decided to try a few more tests.
I discovered my case had no speaker, so my POST assessment might not have been true. I picked up a speaker and a mobo diagnostic card. Using those tools, I soon discovered the problem was memory related. Removing the RAM and adding it back in various configurations, I found that the machine could boot and launch Windows! However, when I tried to use all 4 of my sticks, I had the same problem come back.
My motherboard has 4 channels of 2 slots each. I have 4 sticks of 8 GB each. I tried various configurations, guided by the mobo's manual. I found that I could use 2 or 3 sticks (any of the sticks... all of them work), as long as I did not use channel B. As soon as I put a stick into channel B, the problem returns. The readout on the diagnostic card, for what it's worth, is 6766. To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of the 4-digit readout for 2-digit codes. I suppose this means codes 67 and 66... maybe the last one that succeeded and the first one that failed?
In any case, does this sound like channel B is fried? Is there something I can do? If the channel is fried, should I replace the motherboard, or is it safe to use the board as long as I avoid using the damaged channel? It would certainly not be fun to reduce my RAM from 32 GB to 24 or 16, but it possibly beats having to track down my same board, paying double for another one since it's out of production and seems to still be quite popular. I should mention that I have good reasons, other than money, for wanting to use the same old board and CPU rather than upgrade to the latest stuff.
Also note: I can only assume that when I tested my CPU, which I now know works, in the other machine... that machine's motherboard must not have supported my CPU, despite having the correct socket.
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To make a long story short, I was recently having some problems with overheating, so I opened my box and discovered the radiator of my cooler was caked in drywall dust from when I had a home repair done some months before. I cleaned the radiator and everything else, and reassembled, only to find my machine didn't POST (I thought) or show video. I had assumed my case had an internal speaker, which wasn't true after all (more on that later).
I tested my CPU (i7-3930K) in another machine, to no avail, and had tried the other machine's CPU (a Xeon with the same socket) in my machine, also to no avail. At this point, I assumed my motherboard and CPU were fried, and was about to order some old stock of the same models, when I decided to try a few more tests.
I discovered my case had no speaker, so my POST assessment might not have been true. I picked up a speaker and a mobo diagnostic card. Using those tools, I soon discovered the problem was memory related. Removing the RAM and adding it back in various configurations, I found that the machine could boot and launch Windows! However, when I tried to use all 4 of my sticks, I had the same problem come back.
My motherboard has 4 channels of 2 slots each. I have 4 sticks of 8 GB each. I tried various configurations, guided by the mobo's manual. I found that I could use 2 or 3 sticks (any of the sticks... all of them work), as long as I did not use channel B. As soon as I put a stick into channel B, the problem returns. The readout on the diagnostic card, for what it's worth, is 6766. To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of the 4-digit readout for 2-digit codes. I suppose this means codes 67 and 66... maybe the last one that succeeded and the first one that failed?
In any case, does this sound like channel B is fried? Is there something I can do? If the channel is fried, should I replace the motherboard, or is it safe to use the board as long as I avoid using the damaged channel? It would certainly not be fun to reduce my RAM from 32 GB to 24 or 16, but it possibly beats having to track down my same board, paying double for another one since it's out of production and seems to still be quite popular. I should mention that I have good reasons, other than money, for wanting to use the same old board and CPU rather than upgrade to the latest stuff.
Also note: I can only assume that when I tested my CPU, which I now know works, in the other machine... that machine's motherboard must not have supported my CPU, despite having the correct socket.