Hi,
First of all I would point out that atm I do not have W8 installed on the PC that had the problems and I did not collect the dump files at the time I was messing with it, a week ago, I just went back to W7 when it didn't work out and W7 has been running just fine since then. I plan to try to install W8 on this PC on spare 320GB SATAII HDD when I have time for it, then I will have the dump files possibly.
I have two identical PC's:
Chieftec 750W PSU
ASUS P8Z77-V mobo (BIOS 1708, AHCI enabled, ASMedia SATAIII controller disabled)
Intel i5 3570K CPU (OC'd to 44x turbo ratio with offset mode +0.065V)
Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition cooler
2x4 GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3 2400MHz @ 2200MHz 1.65V
Sapphire HD6850 1GB
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD SATAIII (original frimware, no updates released by Kingston)
Toshiba (Hitachi) 1TB HDD SATAIII
Lite-On iHAS124-19 DVD-RW SATA
The PC's are used for gaming and school work, my kids use them.
Both PC's have been running W7HPx64 without a hitch since late December, when I got the new mobo, CPU, cooler and RAM. SSD has system files and programs, HDD is used for Steam and games.
I purchased two copies of W8Pro Upgrade on the last day of the sale and following weekend installed W8 x64 (Chipset drivers 9.3.0.1026 and IRST (drivers only, no program) 11.7.0.1013) on first PC with OC'd settings, all went well, it has been working fast and stable for a week now.
But with second PC I ran into problems.
First of all I noticed that at the end of the setup I was not given choice between local and Microsoft accounts, local account was installed without questions. The system logged in automatically into Metro screen, bypassing the log-on screen, but all seemed fine to this point. I installed latest chipset drivers (9.3.0.1026) and no problems there, but after I installed IRST driver 11.7.0.1013 the system started hanging up for maybe 20 seconds at a time.
The IRST I got from a forum, can't find it atm., it was drivers only package, without the program.
I took off the OC and loaded optimal settings in BIOS, cleared CMOS, cross-checked the BIOS settings with the other PC, re-installed W8, but the hangups persisted after installation of IRST drivers, until now the PC had not crashed.
Then I flashed BIOS to the latest revision - 1805 (improved system stability) - and re-installed W8, I started getting crashes after installing the chipset drivers, and hangups+crashes after IRST driver installation. When chipset drivers were installed I saw just a glimpse of "Your PC ran into a problem..." after a crash and it restarted, after IRST driver was installed it started gathering information on the "Your PC ran into a problem..." screen, but progress stayed at 0% for several minutes, then I restarted it myself.
I did not experience a single BSOD, only hangups at first and with the new BIOS it started also crashing.
When I ran Intel driver update utility on the web it didn't recognize the chipset, on the other PC the utility recognizes the chipset and finds the drivers to be up-to-date.
First of all I would point out that atm I do not have W8 installed on the PC that had the problems and I did not collect the dump files at the time I was messing with it, a week ago, I just went back to W7 when it didn't work out and W7 has been running just fine since then. I plan to try to install W8 on this PC on spare 320GB SATAII HDD when I have time for it, then I will have the dump files possibly.
I have two identical PC's:
Chieftec 750W PSU
ASUS P8Z77-V mobo (BIOS 1708, AHCI enabled, ASMedia SATAIII controller disabled)
Intel i5 3570K CPU (OC'd to 44x turbo ratio with offset mode +0.065V)
Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition cooler
2x4 GB G.Skill TridentX DDR3 2400MHz @ 2200MHz 1.65V
Sapphire HD6850 1GB
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD SATAIII (original frimware, no updates released by Kingston)
Toshiba (Hitachi) 1TB HDD SATAIII
Lite-On iHAS124-19 DVD-RW SATA
The PC's are used for gaming and school work, my kids use them.
Both PC's have been running W7HPx64 without a hitch since late December, when I got the new mobo, CPU, cooler and RAM. SSD has system files and programs, HDD is used for Steam and games.
I purchased two copies of W8Pro Upgrade on the last day of the sale and following weekend installed W8 x64 (Chipset drivers 9.3.0.1026 and IRST (drivers only, no program) 11.7.0.1013) on first PC with OC'd settings, all went well, it has been working fast and stable for a week now.
But with second PC I ran into problems.
First of all I noticed that at the end of the setup I was not given choice between local and Microsoft accounts, local account was installed without questions. The system logged in automatically into Metro screen, bypassing the log-on screen, but all seemed fine to this point. I installed latest chipset drivers (9.3.0.1026) and no problems there, but after I installed IRST driver 11.7.0.1013 the system started hanging up for maybe 20 seconds at a time.
The IRST I got from a forum, can't find it atm., it was drivers only package, without the program.
I took off the OC and loaded optimal settings in BIOS, cleared CMOS, cross-checked the BIOS settings with the other PC, re-installed W8, but the hangups persisted after installation of IRST drivers, until now the PC had not crashed.
Then I flashed BIOS to the latest revision - 1805 (improved system stability) - and re-installed W8, I started getting crashes after installing the chipset drivers, and hangups+crashes after IRST driver installation. When chipset drivers were installed I saw just a glimpse of "Your PC ran into a problem..." after a crash and it restarted, after IRST driver was installed it started gathering information on the "Your PC ran into a problem..." screen, but progress stayed at 0% for several minutes, then I restarted it myself.
I did not experience a single BSOD, only hangups at first and with the new BIOS it started also crashing.
When I ran Intel driver update utility on the web it didn't recognize the chipset, on the other PC the utility recognizes the chipset and finds the drivers to be up-to-date.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- W8
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- i5 3570K
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V
- Memory
- 2x4GB G.Skill 2400MHz CL10
- Graphics Card(s)
- HD6850 1GB