Another Faulty motherboard?

Kenshai · May 23, 2009

These gigabyte boards I'm getting this would be the second one in a row with a problem. First one had an issue where many things wouldn't work. This time, my usb controller seems to be messing up, doesn't matter in windows 7 or Vista. Both are doing the same thing. It started out with freezing up and me whenever I plugged a flash drive in. Now it will slow down then blue screen my 7 install or freeze up my Vista install. Front panel as well as rear panel. When I reboot it, I lose USB functionality til I boot into windows, the boot manager and the safe mode boot options will not adjust with a usb keyboard. Yes the legacy usb support is on. I'm just about to disown this board altogether. I've reinstalled both 7 and vista, if anyone can give me ideas, let me know.

Also if I try to boot with the flash drive in, it will freeze before it ever boots into windows, on both platforms. Drive works on other computers just fine.

I am unsure if it worked before, because I didn't use a flash drive or anything other than my speakers + keyboard mouse in usb til just recently.

Edit:Well when I unplug my Z-cinema speakers everything works just fine. Now I'm a bit confused, these speakers worked just fine with other motherboards and not causing issues.

Shadowdust · May 24, 2009

Kenshai said:
These gigabyte boards I'm getting this would be the second one in a row with a problem. First one had an issue where many things wouldn't work. This time, my usb controller seems to be messing up, doesn't matter in windows 7 or Vista. Both are doing the same thing. It started out with freezing up and me whenever I plugged a flash drive in. Now it will slow down then blue screen my 7 install or freeze up my Vista install. Front panel as well as rear panel. When I reboot it, I lose USB functionality til I boot into windows, the boot manager and the safe mode boot options will not adjust with a usb keyboard. Yes the legacy usb support is on. I'm just about to disown this board altogether. I've reinstalled both 7 and vista, if anyone can give me ideas, let me know.

Also if I try to boot with the flash drive in, it will freeze before it ever boots into windows, on both platforms. Drive works on other computers just fine.

I am unsure if it worked before, because I didn't use a flash drive or anything other than my speakers + keyboard mouse in usb til just recently.

Edit:Well when I unplug my Z-cinema speakers everything works just fine. Now I'm a bit confused, these speakers worked just fine with other motherboards and not causing issues.

I have the same issue with my Gigabyte board. It doesn't do it with all USB devices but a lot of times, it will freeze the moment I begin plugging in the device. So far it has happened with a flash drive, game controller, and the power connector to my Turtle Beach HPA-2 headphones.

PaulieG · May 24, 2009

Hmm, I've never had a problem with any Gigabyte board, and I've owned at least 5-6 of them over the years. The EX58-UD5 that I have now, may be the most stable board I've ever owned.

Kenshai · May 24, 2009

Paulieg said:
Hmm, I've never had a problem with any Gigabyte board, and I've owned at least 5-6 of them over the years. The EX58-UD5 that I have now, may be the most stable board I've ever owned.

I've used four different gigabyte boards and never had a problem with a single one til this one. I'm loyal to which I have good luck with, but I didn't read anyone having any issues with this besides me. So I figured it was an isolated incident.

craigo · May 24, 2009

Hi Kenshai,

Are you running the latest bios revision for your mainboard? The easiest way to check is to install this utility http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
and check the motherboard tab for the bios revision... You can go to http://www.giga-byte.com/ and get the latest bios and easy to use bios flash utility.... whilst your on your mainboard download page open device manager and check the version of your driver software to what gigabyte has available for download... If there is anything newer update it as this will often solve problems like the one you describe

Hope you get it sorted,
Craig0.

Kenshai · May 24, 2009

craigo said:
Hi Kenshai,

Are you running the latest bios revision for your mainboard? The easiest way to check is to install this utility http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
and check the motherboard tab for the bios revision... You can go to http://www.giga-byte.com/ and get the latest bios and easy to use bios flash utility.... whilst your on your mainboard download page open device manager and check the version of your driver software to what gigabyte has available for download... If there is anything newer update it as this will often solve problems like the one you describe

Hope you get it sorted,
Craig0.

I'm purposely running an older bios revision, but yes I flashed to the most recent, and no it didn't fix the problem, I'm not too worried about it at the moment, just I may forget here and there that I have an issue. Thank you though.

Mussels · May 24, 2009

you could try using a powered USB hub and connecting the speakers to that.

Kenshai · May 24, 2009

Mussels said:
you could try using a powered USB hub and connecting the speakers to that.

Oh good call, think the Rockband one will work fine? :laugh:

Mussels · May 24, 2009

Kenshai said:
Oh good call, think the Rockband one will work fine?

no idea. but its worth a shot, USB is USB.

Hayder_Master · May 24, 2009

i have one and i know what the problem is , it happened with me when i install info chipset driver , so i leave this driver and install USB using update driver from device manger

Kenshai · May 24, 2009

hayder.master said:
i have one and i know what the problem is , it happened with me when i install info chipset driver , so i leave this driver and install USB using update driver from device manger

I suppose I'll uninstall chipset drivers and give it a go.

Hayder_Master · May 24, 2009

Kenshai said:
I suppose I'll uninstall chipset drivers and give it a go.

try it my friend i told it happened with me with my gigabyte p45 when i install win xp , i don't have this problem under vista or 7 but seems it is same problem

System Name	Current
Processor	i5 2500k @ 4.5
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Cooling	Xigmatek Gaia
Memory	2x4G G-skill Sniper
Video Card(s)	GTX 680
Storage	128 Crucial M4, 1 TB Seagate Baracuda
Display(s)	Shimian Achieva 27"
Case	Corsair 400R
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsais HX-620
Software	Windows 7

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI X570 Gaming Plus
Cooling	Corsair H100
Memory	32 GB Team Xtreme DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 7900 XT
Storage	2 TB Corsair MP600/2 TB Intel 660p
Display(s)	31.5" Acer ED323QUR
Case	Corsair Carbide 500R
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Z
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 1000 GT
Mouse	Havit HV-MS735
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy Graphics 26359 CPU 11728 Total 22203

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Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
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Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
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Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	Current
Processor	i5 2500k @ 4.5
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Cooling	Xigmatek Gaia
Memory	2x4G G-skill Sniper
Video Card(s)	GTX 680
Storage	128 Crucial M4, 1 TB Seagate Baracuda
Display(s)	Shimian Achieva 27"
Case	Corsair 400R
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsais HX-620
Software	Windows 7

System Name	Current
Processor	i5 2500k @ 4.5
Motherboard	ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Cooling	Xigmatek Gaia
Memory	2x4G G-skill Sniper
Video Card(s)	GTX 680
Storage	128 Crucial M4, 1 TB Seagate Baracuda
Display(s)	Shimian Achieva 27"
Case	Corsair 400R
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsais HX-620
Software	Windows 7

Another Faulty motherboard?

Kenshai

Shadowdust

PaulieG

Kenshai

craigo

Kenshai

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Kenshai

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Hayder_Master

Kenshai

Hayder_Master

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Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
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Cooling	Corsair H100i
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Video Card(s)	2X EVGA GTX680
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