Problem with updated BIOS/ RMA mobo

davexnet

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Hello, received a replacement Biostar Geforce6100 M9 MB - working fine
except for this. It came with the newest bios,v.119 and when I put it all together, it crashed after an hour or so. Not a BSOD, but just a complete
freeze with an odd diagonal pattern on the screen. It occurred 2 or 3
other times, and not being able to find the problem (there were no dumps
or event log messages) I downgraded the board to the bios I had used on the
board I returned (for an unrelated problem) v.222. With this bios,
the new board is A-OK - no more crash.
How can I get to the bottom of this kind of problem - it might be useful
(but not imperative) to run the new BIOS because there's a few extra features in there that could be useful.
I have emailed Biostar regarding the crash but got not response.

Perhaps there's a bad default setting with the new bios - If I could track it
down it would be great.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Dave
 
You are doing the right thing by contacting Biostar. Great that your rig is working now. Good thinking to revert the BIOS. Way to go.
 
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