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when did your computer start doing this, was it when you put in an SSD? Was it ever a working system?
    
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when did your computer start doing this, was it when you put in an SSD? Was it ever a working system?

See, that's the thing. It just started doing it. Out of the blue. It's been running great for 4 months. Then blam.

No clue.

I would hate to RMA the board. It's still in the year warranty. If it is a year...
post #13 of 25
try transferring your SSD to another system and see if your OS will load.
    
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Sadly, there is no other system. Options are limited.

But why did it work out of the blue and then stop again?

No clue about that.
post #15 of 25
well i'd say check your windows error logs but that's pretty hard to do without a computer. The controller in your SSD could have failed or possibly your BIOS/UEFI got hosed via electrical problems. But i'm really just shooting in the dark since we are limited on troubleshooting options. Do you have the option of downloading a new copy of your bios to re-flash your Mobo? Do you have another type of HDD to try in the computer?
    
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post #16 of 25
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well i'd say check your windows error logs but that's pretty hard to do without a computer. The controller in your SSD could have failed or possibly your BIOS/UEFI got hosed via electrical problems. But i'm really just shooting in the dark since we are limited on troubleshooting options. Do you have the option of downloading a new copy of your bios to re-flash your Mobo? Do you have another type of HDD to try in the computer?

I could download a new bios through a laptop and I could use another hdd. But no OS installed on that. I've never re-flashed a mobile before.
post #17 of 25
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I could download a new bios through a laptop and I could use another hdd. But no OS installed on that. I've never re-flashed a mobile before.
re-flashing using the UEFI is super easy. Download the applicable bios form gigabyte, extract the zip file to an empty flash drive, it should appear as a .rom then enter the bios flash program from within your bios/uefi. Select the .rom file from your flash drive and let the bios read it(which is the flashing of the bios), the whole reading of the bios should only take a few minutes at max.
    
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Just to make sure, is your motherboard infact running on a point and click style UEFI or is it the old school blue screen bios?
    
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post #19 of 25
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Just to make sure, is your motherboard infact running on a point and click style UEFI or is it the old school blue screen bios?

The 990XAUD3 is EFI compliant, but it is menu driven ala "old school BIOS".

@OP
If you are planning on flashing it, try QFlash from the BIOS page, and sorry if I didn't say this earlier, but that method of forcing the board to fail it's main firmware and check the backup has a chance of not working. It may take a few tries, I remember reading about that a while back on the Gigabyte forums whilst looking for a way to flash the backup BIOS (ALT-F12 trick DOES work on this board), to force a restore, it's ALT-F11, but the power cycling method is the only hope if it's being a brick.

Though, if it was working and you haven't changed a single thing- and it just up and quit on you, I'd look into RMAing it personally. Or at least, I wouldn't trust it, but I am picky.

EDIT: The files for the BIOS-ROM come in a 7ZIP SFX archive, extract it and you will get 3 files, the one that matters is named "990XAUD3.F**", copy that to a FAT16/32 (HAS TO BE FAT!) flash drive, or HDD partition, boot into your BIOS and enter QFlash. Select "DMI Data: Disabled" and "CMOS Default: Enabled" and then update from that file you put on the FAT drive.
Edited by mezmenir - 7/17/12 at 1:13pm
post #20 of 25
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I really appreciate all the help on this issue.

I am formatting a flash drive to FAT as we type. I will try to reflash the bios.
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