Hi, I just installed a gigabyte ga-z77x-d3h into my system (i5 3570), and even after reinstalling windows the computer is very glitchy, it takes ages to come on, freezes, and usb devices don't work half the time. I'm thinking it's a dodgy motherboard. Any ideas?
Could be a dodgy board, but fwiw try booting with 1 stick of ram and see what happens. And remove all usb devices plugged into it. Also replug the HD into another sata port.
Actually my first post was wrong, (this is someone else's computer) reinstalling windows fixed the glitches it just pauses on the windows logo for about five minutes before booting up.
Which is still annoying and shows there's something wrong, but if it works besides that, it's a software problem I'd say, maybe some BIOS tweaking with turning off some stuff.
Yeah it sounds like it is pausing trying to start something or detecting something and it's timing out.Just have the basics connected and look through the bios for any settings like network boot and see if it makes a difference.
Make sure things like memory clocks and timings and voltage are set correctly for the hardware, maybe auto settings are not kicking in correctly
