Recent content by jbrianj

Since this is still on Google's top list for the question "cpu clock speed changing rapidly" and the answers are all wrong. This is NOT default CPU behavior, this is NOT "Turbo doing it's work". This is the doing of Microsoft Windows power saving features. If you check the advanced power plan...

I kinda meant in a way that drivers can cause a device(USB controller for example) to misbehave after drivers were used, even after the drivers are unloaded from RAM. I've had a case that wrong drivers caused the LAN device to lock-up(did not detect a cable anymore) completely(even a OS...

Could a faulty/invalid SATA driver cause non-OS related hardware problems? Since the mainboard is already past warranty(a month ago it passed the 2year warranty) and i don't know if this issue will reoccur(also don't think i can classify this motherboard as reliable anymore), I'm going to...

That... actually did the trick apparently(used built-in Qflash in BIOS). I can now boot Windows without an attached USB-stick now. Weirdest technical issue i've ever had... And i really have no idea how i could prevent these kind of things in the future(I would like to know since i'm an IT-student)

Okay what i'm gonna try is not upgrading the BIOS(since there is no new version) but reinstalling it instead. Maybe this'll "reset" the SATA controller and make it operate normally again?

Why though? The system runs fine if a USB storage device is attached to the motherboard, just not when there's none. As i said in the OP the PC runs *COMPLETELY* fine with it attached, and continues to run fine when i remove the USB after boot.

No bios update since 2015(i have the latest). Tried CMOS clears, they do nothing. When i install both Intel INF and Intel ME no driver gets installed and it uses the Microsoft default SATA controller driver. Now i have no idea how i ended up having Intel 8/C220 Series SATA Controller driver...

A wall of text is about to go in, be prepared: So i have a weird major issue with my Motherboard right now. It doesn't boot when there isn't a bootable USB device(any, whether it's a windows boot USB, a Ubuntu live USB or a memtest bootable USB). What happens is that when it's not attached...

I upgraded to the release preview of Windows 10 Redstone(Anniversary update) and Steam broke for me. What fixed it is changing to the Steam beta release.

Me and my friend decided to trade CPU as my motherboard (Gigabyte z87-HD3) DOES work with the refresh(devil's canyon) with the proper bios update. It was just becoming way too much work. I do know a few things that might've caused it. 1) There was a really really tiny bit of non-conductive...

I have no idea why that would be the case, we tried another CPU on it and it works perfectly fine, it is not the motherboard...

We tried installing this CPU on the Z87-C. It does not work the CPU light flashes. What we did: 1) Install the CPU turn it on with a red flashing CPU_LED on the motherboard 2) We figured we needed to update the bios for Devil's Canyon CPU's...(We used EZ Flash 2 utilty) 3) We updated the BIOS...