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    Posted: 28 Jan 2016 at 6:47pm
The "confirmed bug" link/error has already been patched. Intel last week released a BIOS patch for all Skylake boards to ALL the manufacturers to incorporate into a new BIOS.

For your Z170 OC Formula this updated BIOS, P2.10, can be found in your boards BIOS Downloads now.

""1.Update microcode to 0x74."" represents the BIOS ASRock incorporated the 'data' Intel supplied them.
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I'm back.  I have the same error on the new motherboard.  Apparently it's a widespread error in the z170 chipset, not brand specific.  Source thread here. I'll read it more thoroughly for tip tomorrow I guess.

And I also found this article about a confirmed bug that will require a bios update in Skylake processors... hooray /sarcasm. Hopefully someone else doesn't waste a week waiting on a new motherboard like I did. :)  


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Originally posted by MikeGamerGuy MikeGamerGuy wrote:

It occurred initially without a graphics card even being installed.  All good tips though, thanks.

I see, in that case RMA is the best option. As Wardog said, there comes a time to just throw in the towel and send it back before it drives you completely insane/bald Smile


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Originally posted by MikeGamerGuy MikeGamerGuy wrote:

He told me to send it back so I'm gonna send it back, ...


Yeppers. In a box, add a mailer sticker and BuhBye.

Best shots are best shots. The trick is knowing when to give up. Give up way way before you end up bald up top. I'm living proof I do not follow my own advice, just ask my Wife. She'll tell ya all the late nighters I've spent :)

Hopefully you have better luck with whatever your next one is
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It occurred initially without a graphics card even being installed.  All good tips though, thanks.

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That error is fairly common with the GTX 9xx series and could stem from quite a few sources. The most common source is drivers followed by a defective GPU followed by power problems.

If it is driver related then performing a fresh install as you say you did should have corrected it, another option is to use DDU and uninstall from safe mode and try a few different driver versions and see if that clears the issue.

The error also occurs fairly frequently on factory overclocked GPUs that for one reason or another are not stable at their factory overclock. Loading MSI afterburner and dropping the clocks to stock or lower will clear the issue in a case like this. RMA the GPU if this works.

Another GPU fault is inadequate power getting to the GPU. There are 2 things you can try here:
1. Set "Power management mode" in Nvidia control panel to "prefer best performance" instead of "adaptive". This has corrected the issue for many users.
2. If that still does not work then use MSI Afterburner and set "Power limit" to about 70% and test for TDRs. If this works then the issue is due to a power problem, either in the GPUs power system or the power going to the GPU is unstable or inadequate. Inadequate/unstable power could be caused either by an unstable PSU/poor connection or, an issue with the motherboard not providing enough power to the PCIe slot. Be sure you have both the 8 and 4 pin connectors on your motherboard connected and that they are properly seated. 

If after all this you still have the issue then sending back the board is the only remaining option.
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No problems in device manager.  I'm giving up.  It's either the processor or the motherboard, or something like an unsupported feature that the asrock tech doesn't know about.  He told me to send it back so I'm gonna send it back, because if I don't, I know I'm going to regret it.  Thanks for trying guys.
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For what you've dealt with there, heck yea, return it.

Do you have any !'s in Device Manager by chance? Like a missing ACPI driver? If you do, PM me and I'll direct you if you don't have an idea what I'm discussing.


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Latest bios.  Just did a clean reinstall of windows 7.  The error still popped up.  I've tried it both ways now.  The first time I installed all the latest drivers from asrock's download site.  Tech support had me run the support disk on top of that. I reinstalled windows tonight and just ran the support disk and the same thing occurred.  I'm installing windows on different SSD now to rule out the SSD.   I've built a few systems before this one.  This one has been days of, you know, tediousness.  My video card was definitely bad.  The motherboard came with an invalid MAC address.  I should have just sent it back then instead of fixing it, but then I wouldn't have found out the 980ti was bad until later.  So far I've managed to unplug or swap out everything connected to the motherboard other than the CPU.  If this install is bad I guess I'll just chalk it all up to horrible luck. 
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Originally posted by wardog wardog wrote:

Also, more importantly, is your board running the latest NON-Beta BIOS release?


In doing some Googling, it appears that when you update your BIOS doing so should fix this:
See Dean_peps reply of OCT 10 2015, where he posts a response from ASUS he received
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-event-id-56/aed11fed-4475-4a9a-ad87-4320200dc160?page=4
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