Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H Bios Error

[daniel528]

I have a Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H I just put in a custom computer for someone. While installing it worked fine. Two days later the customer calls and says the computer keeps rebooting. I got there to find the computer going through the post, recognizes the RAID5 system drives, then goes to a black screen with the message "Begin to update Backup BIOS to latest version..Writing to BIOS.........." Then it just reboots.

1) I have updated from version F3 (where the problem started) to F7 BIOS
2) Disconnected all external devices except for monitor, keyboard, and mouse,
3) Reset the Fail-Safe defaults and optimum defaults
4) Took out CMOS battery and replaced

When it works it works good. The last 30 min of trying I could not get past that error.

Processor: AMD3
RAM: DDR3 4 GB
3 SATA WD hard drives setup for RAID5
2 SATA LG DVD drives
550 W Power Supply

Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[apache_lives]

faulty memory can cause the bios to read incorrectly at startup, same as a faulty psu in theory, otherwise faulty motherboard

did you test everything before releasing the computer? generally helps

L-S-D if it was a bad bios update why would it work for a while perfectly *then* fail?

 

[geekapproved]

Try one stick of ram, then the other. See if one is bad.

 

[daniel528]

Thanks for the suggestions. I will try those on Monday when I can get back to town after Christmas.

 

[daniel528]

It turns out that the memory was bad. I did not have another PNY memory stick so I put two patriot memory sticks in. Worked like a charm.

 

[daniel528]

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