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Asrock Z170 Gaming K6 pixelation

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Topic: Asrock Z170 Gaming K6 pixelation

Posted By: thewasyl
Subject: Asrock Z170 Gaming K6 pixelation
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 8:31am

" rel="nofollow - Hello I have an issue that when my system boots BIOS appears pixelated and garbled. Not only at the bios splash screen but also while in bios itself.

Going forward I havent had any blue screens or system failures and I am not sure if I want to poke the bear.

Any tips?

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Posted By: wardog
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 8:51am

" rel="nofollow - Is this on a newly buily system, or one that has been operating properly for some time and just now displays this?

Also, kindly list out your hardware used on it.

Posted By: thewasyl
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2018 at 9:50am

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz, 4001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

Asrock Z170 K6 gaming

AMD radeon RX 480

Memory Type
GDDR5 System Memory
16 GB
Memory Clock
2000 MHz

Windows Version
Windows 10 (64 bit)

Core Clock
1266 MHz

Issue has been going on since I built it. Kinda just left it as is mostly cause besides the weird BIOS nothing has gone wrong. Its weird.

Posted By: thewasyl
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2018 at 11:04pm

bump

Posted By: ASRock_TSD
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2018 at 10:53am

Dear Thewasyl,

Thank you for choosing ASRock.

Regarding your case, we provide some suggestion to try.

1. Update BIOS to the latest version.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z170%20Gaming%20K6/%3ccat=Download&os=BIOS" rel="nofollow - http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty%20Z170%20Gaming%20K6/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

2. Remove the graphic card and use the onboard VGA to check.

3. If possible, please change another monitor to try.

Thank you!

Yours truly,

ASRock TSD

Posted By: thewasyl
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 9:55am

hey just wanted to followup the link posted above and its displaying 404 error

Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:09am

" rel="nofollow - Yep, try this link:
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6/?cat=Download&os=BIOS
Highlight above link, right click open new tab

Before flashing BIOS I would check what version you have. If already at 7.20 then you must know that the newer 7.40 may cause some reboot/instability issues due to micro code fixes. If you are below v7.20 then choose that one first and see if it fixes your problem.

Edit: could not make link active, had to add how too

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https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296

Posted By: thewasyl
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 9:11am

Posted By: thewasyl
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 9:17am

" rel="nofollow - ok question if I am running windows 10 can I only update via instant flash or can i still do the windows version? Only reason I ask is because bios is super difficult to view.

Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2018 at 10:34am

The preferred way is Instant flash but you can use Windows flash with Windows 10.
I suggest you reset BIOS before flashing or turn off any OC including remove XMP profile from ram before flashing to help avoid any issues.

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https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V9/display.php?id=99573335296