DQS Training Failed and Restart Error's

[Ronnie De St Germain]

My computer is 2yrs old and all of a sudden a week ago when playing a game or just surfing the web my computer screen would completely blur and computer would lock up.I would have to press reset and then I would get this error: DQS Training failed on previous boot, reverting to slower dram speed, press delete to resume...and it goes straight to BIOS.The DQS is set to auto and I have changed nothing.I replaced the cmos battery to no effect, and reseated ram and tried it in different slots and configurations to no effect.Reseated graphics card also to no effect.I updated all drivers and there are no issues with them.I ran MEMTest on memory no issue, Passmark on graphics card, CPU, and no issue.The computer just completely locks up randomly and my screen just blurs into a kaleidoscope of colors and locks up and I press the reset button and it restarts with the DQS Error and sometimes it just goes completely blank and nothing cuts off and the reset button will not work and I have to press and hold the power button to get it to reboot.

Windows 7(64bit)
1 TB Hard Drive
BIOSTAR A770E3 ATX AMD Mother
AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2Ghz
DDR3 1066 4GB Memory
Antec 520 Watt Neo Eco PSU
Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card
HDMI Audio from Motherboard
LG 32in LCD TV via HDMI

 

[ko888]

DQS Training is related to your RAM, usually memory read timings.

Are you overclocking the RAM? DQS Traing only needs to be enabled if you're overclocking the RAM or if you're using non-JEDEC compliant memory modules.

 

[Ronnie De St Germain]

No I am not overclocking anything.There is one thing I forgot to mention...when it 1st started doing this last week and I pressed the reset button to reboot I was getting (2) beeps from the post...and after I unseated the memory and tried different configurations it stopped beeping twice when booting and now only beeps once at reboot or post. I just don't get any type of blue-screen or Microsoft error within windows either beyond the DQS at post. Sometimes like last night I was able to surf for about 1.5hrs before the screen blurred and computer locked up and I had to reset it and then sometimes it just goes black and everything is running but no signal to monitor and reset doesn't work no matter how many times I press it...I have to hold the power button down to cut it off. Now I can almost always get it to the desktop and even go online but within a couple of minutes of getting to the desktop it screws up again.

 

[Ronnie De St Germain]

DQS Training is related to your RAM, usually memory read timings.

Are you overclocking the RAM? DQS Traing only needs to be enabled if you're overclocking the RAM or if you're using non-JEDEC compliant memory modules.

No I am not overclocking anything.There is one thing I forgot to mention...when it 1st started doing this last week and I pressed the reset button to reboot I was getting (2) beeps from the post...and after I unseated the memory and tried different configurations it stopped beeping twice when booting and now only beeps once at reboot or post. I just don't get any type of blue-screen or Microsoft error within windows either beyond the DQS at post. Sometimes like last night I was able to surf for about 1.5hrs before the screen blurred and computer locked up and I had to reset it and then sometimes it just goes black and everything is running but no signal to monitor and reset doesn't work no matter how many times I press it...I have to hold the power button down to cut it off. Now I can almost always get it to the desktop and even go online but within a couple of minutes of getting to the desktop it screws up again. But I will go into the Bios and disable DSQ if there is a choice in options and get back with you shortly.

 

[ko888]

With the video corruption/artifacts, that you said are showing up, I would suspect the graphics card.

If you can borrow a different graphics card, for troubleshooting purposes, then do so.

 

[Ronnie De St Germain]

With the video corruption/artifacts, that you said are showing up, I would suspect the graphics card.

If you can borrow a different graphics card, for troubleshooting purposes, then do so.

I can't even get to the bios now.I start up the computer and nothing for 7 0r 8 tries and then I get the DSQ error and to press delete to go into bios and it restarts again to just a black screen instead of going to the bios...I did get one screen that said choose an operating system to start or press tab to select a Tool of which it shows "Windows Memory Diagnostic" but the screen is locked...meaning it doesn't respond to the keyboard...just frozen. Okay I was just able to make it to the DQS Error and pressed delete as it requested and it took me to the bios memory screen where it showed DQS options but the bios was frozen both times...i wasn't able to select or press anything...I have never had a Bios Screen freeze on me??? I mean windows hasn't even loaded yet for a graphics card to be an issue...right?

 

[ko888]

You need a discrete GPU or iGPU of some sort to be able to even display the POST screens and BIOS setup screens.

Your motherboard can also be the problem.

 

[Ronnie De St Germain]

You need a discrete GPU or iGPU of some sort to be able to even display the POST screens and BIOS setup screens.

Your motherboard can also be the problem.

Didn't know that. Well I finally made it to the bios dram settings(DQS) and it only listed AUTO, DCT 0, DCT 1, and BOTH, and it is currently set to AUTO...no off or on selection. I just ordered a new motherboard, memory, and processor from newegg.com....going to be pissed if it's the graphics card as I could have saved $75.00 and just bought that. I do thank you for your time and if you think of anything else shoot me an email. I do have a friend with a graphics card...its just a pain in the ass downloading the drivers and then removing them if its not the issue but I am going to give it a shot.

 

[Rekemrekem]

biostar blame the memory, theyre not directly telling that the motherboard is already crazy. its gonna be dead soon.