Boot error b8 GA-X58-UD7

[lvl12345]

Hello,

Just installed my new system, but it doesn't boot
All fans are working, all LEDs on mobo are illuminated and nothing on my screen...
I can read b8 on the debug LEDs.

I found a post on another forum with all the debug codes explained, but I don't understand it http://www.overbr.com.br/forum/showthread.php?t=5030&pagenumber=

My components:
- Gigabyte GA-X58-UD7 (stock BIOS, never updated)
- Intel Core i7 980X
- 3x2GB Kingston DDR3-2000Mhz CL8, also tested with 1x2GB DDR3-1333 CL8 from G-Skill
- RADEON HD4870X2, I use it for 2 weeks, the time my 2 HD5850s arrive.
- Corsair HX850w
- Other not influencing components

Images: http://img40.imageshack.us/i/img0514vj.jpg/
http://img204.imageshack.us/i/img0513r.jpg/

So, what's wrong?


Thx for help!!!

 

[Henry Chinaski]

I think that the problem is the bios. You must update it to be able to run the 980X. You should use another older i7 9xx cpu to update bios or change the mobo.

You need, at lest, the F3 bios revision: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=3251&ver=

 

[lvl12345]

I think that the problem is the bios. You must update it to be able to run the 980X. You should use another older i7 9xx cpu to update bios or change the mobo.

I asked this on the Gigabyte forum before buying the CPU, thay said that it isn't a problem to POST and that the frequencies/multiplier/... will be wrong.
I also have no other i7 9xx CPU, or comatible mobo. The only person I know with an i7 CPU has a 860

Any other possibilities?

 

[Henry Chinaski]

I am pretty sure that the problem is the bios revision.

What I would do:
Take the computer to a computer store and ask them to borrow you an old i7 920, for example, to be able to update bios. That micro is very easy to find and maybe they have some of them in some computer of their store.

 

[bilbat]

I think Henry's right, and I think we've seen this once before. While often (but certainly not always) a new 'stepping' of a processor will boot on an older, 'unsupporting' BIOS, it still leaves the problem/question of whether it will be stable/error-free enough to successfully flash the newer BIOS, due to micro-code errors/differences... In the case of the 980 going to 'hexacore', my guess is that the underlying 'architectural' changes are simply overwhelming - you have a whole new 'chunk' of uncore, a new cache interchange/snoop mechanism, and likely new initialization registers - a lot for a poor old BIOS to conquer! [:isamuelson:8]

 

[lvl12345]

Ok, I just sended a mail to my prefered computer store to ask it's possible to do this there. It's one of the biggest stores in my country, so I think it is possible.

Thx for help!!

Could damaged pins be a cause too? Beceause I touched them... I looked with a magnifier and they wheren't broken or folded.

 

[bilbat]

There is a pointer to the excellent Intel 'guide to pin examination' procedure in the i3/i5/i7 'Missing' Memory section of the 'sticky'...